NW CT Community Foundation announces grant recipients
The Register Citizen TORRINGTON — The Northwest CT Community Foundation has awarded grants to 19 area nonprofit organizations, totaling $147,250 ...
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What made 2021’s weather unique and why we’ll likely see more big storms
Newtown Road is blocked by overflowing water from Limekiln Brook in Danbury. Remnants of hurricane Ida brought heavy rain and ...
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Housatonic Valley Association gets state grant for ecological restoration in Hoosic, Housatonic, Farmington River watersheds
The Housatonic Valley Association is receiving a grant of $59,085 to restore aquatic ecosystems and boost climate change resiliency in ...
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State asks Winsted for conservation easements for Crystal Lake properties
The Register Citizen A view of Crystal Lake in Winchester. Jerry Dougherty / Contributed By Emily M. Olson WINSTED — ...
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Housatonic Valley Association Receives Grants to Improve Long Island Sound
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Housatonic Valley Association (HVA) has been awarded two grants from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation ...
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Housatonic Valley Association Honors Watershed Champions
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On Friday, December 3, 2021, over 70 staff, board members, friends, and supporters of the Housatonic Valley ...
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The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will please outdoor recreational enthusiasts
Gene Chague, Berkshire Eagle A stretch of the Housatonic River winds through Lenox Photo by STEPHANIE ZOLLSHAN — THE BERKSHIRE ...
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A regional approach to climate resilience
Berkshire Edge The Housatonic Stream Restoration for Regional Flood Resilience Project spans the City of Pittsfield and the Towns of ...
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Studying the strengths, vulnerabilities of CT’s forests
Robert Miller, NewsTimes When we look at the woods, we think of them as something that’s always been there and ...
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A Land Conservation Success Story
Photo credit: Steep Rock Association HVA recently joined several organizations, local land trusts, community members, and State Representatives Maria Horn ...
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Letter: River cleanup was great — and it shouldn’t be necessary
Berkshire Eagle To the editor: This past Saturday, I joined a group of determined local folks to remove trash from ...
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U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy to hold Highlands roundtable June 28
REGISTER CITIZEN GOSHEN — United States Senator Chris Murphy, D-Connecticut, is holding a Highlands Reauthorization Roundtable in Goshen June 28 ...
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Nonprofits receive spring foundation grants
The Register Citizen TORRINGTON — The Northwest CT Community Foundation has awarded grants to 24 area nonprofit organizations, totaling $106,850 ...
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CT DEEP announces grants to fight aquatic invasive species
Westchester & Fairfield County Business Journals By Kevin Zimmerman May 5, 2021 Several Fairfield County projects are among the recipients ...
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State grant money will go toward combatting invasive species in Candlewood Lake and other CT waters
Newstimes Kendra Baker May 4, 2021 Thousands of dollars in state grant money will support several Danbury-area projects designed to ...
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Maloney Announces Highlands Conservation Act Reauthorization
FORT MONTGOMERY, NY — Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D-Cold Spring, announced bipartisan legislation Friday that would reauthorize a conservation act ...
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Volunteers help clean up Great Brook stream in New Milford
ctpost Sandra Diamond Fox April 12, 2021 NEW MILFORD — Dressed in old clothes and wearing work gloves and boots, about ...
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Housatonic Valley Association’s virtual auction is Feb. 21
Register Citizen WASHINGTON — Actor Christine Baranski’s annual harvest-time tradition of hosting HVA’s Auction for the Environment is a winter-time ...
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Five Highland projects closed in 2020 in Connecticut
Cornwall Conservation Trust has announced the protection of Red Mountain (Galluci) preserve (66 acres). This was the fifth Highlands project ...
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New Milford to restore polluted stream through partnership
The Litchfield County Times By Sandra Diamond Fox, Jan 8, 2021 NEW MILFORD — Through a community-wide effort, a polluted ...
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Ostrove honored as Candlewood Mountain ‘champion’
The Greater New Milford Spectrum The Housatonic Valley Association, which serves the Greater New Milford area and beyond, recently announced ...
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Robert Miller: Connecting the forest dots to make a whole
By Robert Miller The Housatonic Valley Association hosted its annual Still River Day to teach Danbury middle and elementary school ...
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HVA receives capacity grant to help protect wildlife corridor
New Milford Spectrum The John T. and Jane A. Wiederhold Foundation has awarded Housatonic Valley Association (HVA) a $60,000 Habitat, ...
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HVA to hold virtual benefit auction Feb. 21
NEW MILFORD SPECTRUM The Housatonic Valley Association announced its virtual benefit auction for the environment has been moved from Nov ...
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Lighter river use follows the storms
TriCorner News From the Lakeville Journal and the Millerton News August 12, 2020 By Patrick L. Sullivan There was less activity ...
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Concerns about river visitors and the fishing
TriCorner News From Lakeville Journal and Millerton News August 6, 2020 By By Patrick L. Sullivan AMESVILLE — The weekend of ...
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Increasing crowds along river have area leaders mobilizing
Republican-American\ With increasing crowds converging at sites along the Housatonic River, area leaders and organizations are coming together to find ...
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Managing river access sites a long-term goal
Register Citizen August 5, 2020 Area leaders and organizations are coming together to find a long-term plan for safe and ...
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Gustafson Farm in Watertown becomes part of Connecticut Farmland Trust
Litchfield County Times By Joseph Montebello, Jun 26, 2020 WATERTOWN — There is a lot to preserve in the Litchfield ...
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50 Nonprofits Raise Funds for Covid-19 Expenses
From June 15 through July 31, more than 50 nonprofits are participating in Northwest Corner Gives (www.northwestcornergives.org), a crowdfunding giving platform, ...
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Digital map available for Warren cemetery
Spectrum/William Neary used a drone to make digital images of the Old Warren Center Cemetery as part of a digital ...
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How will the coronavirus pandemic impact CT waterways?
CT Post Mike Jastremski, Watershed Conservation Director Photo: H John Voorhees III / Hearst Connecticut Media Mike Jastremski, water shed ...
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Funding keeps WestConn’s environmental outreach going
NEWS TIMES By Katrina Koerting Published 3:22 pm EDT, Tuesday, April 14, 2020 Photo: Contributed Photo / Western Connecticut State ...
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WCSU Receives Funding for Graduate Science Programs
PATCH Naugatuck This three-year project entails planting more than 2,000 native plants and restoring more than three-acres of habitat. DANBURY, ...
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Landmark Agreement Will Ensure Faster and More Complete Cleanup of Housatonic River in Berkshire County
02/10/2020 Contact Information: David Deegan (deegan.dave@epa.gov) 617-918-1017 LENOX, Mass. – Following more than a year of mediated negotiations, the U.S ...
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EPA Awards 2019 Environmental Justice Small Grant for Project in Danbury, Conn.
United States Environmental Protection Agency BOSTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that $1.5 million in competitive ...
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Housatonic Valley Association to hold annual auction
TORRINGTON REGISTER WASHINGTON — The Housatonic Valley Association’s Annual Auction for our Environment is set for 2 p.m. on Nov ...
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November 10 in Washington: Housatonic Valley Association Plans Fundraising Auction
TOWN TIMES WASHINGTON — The Housatonic Valley Association’s annual Auction for Our Environment will take place from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, November 10 ...
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HVA auction set for Nov. 10
NEW MILFORD SPECTRUM The Housatonic Valley Association will hold on Nov. 10 its annual auction to help fund HVA’s water ...
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Berkshire Athenaeum Holds Climate Change Preparedness Forum
By Josh Landes WAMC Northeast Report The Berkshire Athenaeum in Pittsfield, Massachusetts is holding a climate change preparedness forum ...
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Letter: Founders’ Weekend marks a cleaner Lee
Berkshire Eagle Posted Friday, September 20, 2019 To the editor: Lee was even cleaner this year during this year's Founders ...
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DEC awards funds to reduce flooding and restore aquatic habitats in Hudson River Estuary
ALBANY – The State Department of Environmental Conservation has awarded $216,000 for two projects to help communities prepare for and ...
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Way We Were, Week Ending August 30
The Newtown Bee published some news from years gone by and this was one of the short articles. September 16, ...
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Explore the Outdoors with an Accredited Land Trust
HVA is one of 25 organizations achieving renewed accreditation Saratoga Springs, New York (August 6, 2019) – Summer is the ...
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Environmental nonprofits receive project grant
Berkshire Eagle The Berkshire Environmental Action Team, the Hoosic River Watershed Association and the Housatonic Valley Association have received a ...
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Oxford Main Street Project Volunteer Day
The volunteers will be eliminating invasive plants from the 17 acres of open-space across from the Oxford Town Hall By ...
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Extraordinary life: Jim Perkins was an idea man with ‘a special kind of luck’
Jim Perkins, president of the Housatonic Valley Association Board of Directors in the early 1990s, died April 16 in Kent ...
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War of the Worlds: Imported insects battle invasive plants
By Robert Miller Torrington Register Citizen Zetterstrom and his team of volunteers — the Knotweed Network — have paddled the ...
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Stockbridge: River Art Project 3 opening reception
Berkshire Eagle, June 18, 2019 An opening reception for The River Art Project 3 will be held from 6 to ...
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Housatonic River access site opening Saturday in Cornwall
Published in the Register Citizen CORNWALL — A new river access site is opening on the Housatonic River. In the ...
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Opening up rivers, one dam at a time
By Robert Miller When, in the late 18th century, the Industrial Revolution knocked, the state of Connecticut swung the door ...
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Berkshire River Steward position available
The Housatonic Valley Association (HVA) is seeking applications for our River Steward of Tomorrow Watershed Conservation Internship position, available for ...
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Meeting Will Explore Final GE Pollution Settlement Fund Allocations
By Josh Landes • May 1, 2019 Tonight in Lenox, Massachusetts, state and federal officials will hold a public meeting ...
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Berkshire Watershed Director
Housatonic Valley Association Location: Stockbridge, Massachusetts Job Type: Full-time Categories: Natural Resources/ Restoration / Project Management / When you apply ...
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GE pays last installment for natural resources restoration along Housatonic River
Posted Saturday, April 20, 2019 By Clarence Fanto, Eagle correspondent General Electric is ponying up $1.5 million for the fourth ...
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New Housatonic River launch in Great Barrington also sends message for river cleanup
Narain Schroeder, left, and Dennis Regan reveal the new Housatonic River boat launch Thursday on Division Street in Great Barrington ...
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Gene Chague | Berkshire Woods and Waters: Regan retiring after 20 years with Housatonic Valley Association
By Gene Chague, The Berkshire Eagle Dennis Regan took the job of Berkshire Manager for the Housatonic Valley Association in ...
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New England EPA Still Without Permanent Director
The EPA’s New England office — which serves six states and ten tribal nations — has been run by an acting administrator ...
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Cottage Street bridge fix could be years away
It's not just bridges that have fallen into decay because of decades of deferred maintenance, VanDeusen said — it's also ...
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Robert Miller: The state water plan should be adopted
News Times By Robert Miller, Sunday, April 7, 2019 Photos: Christian Abraham / Hearst Connecticut Media Who owns the rain? ...
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Some Housatonic River Mediation Participants Are Critical Of The Process
www.nepr.net Some environmental groups say they're frustrated with the lack of progress on talks over the cleanup of the Housatonic ...
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Groups assail value of Housatonic cleanup mediation
LENOX — Leaders of local environmental groups are prohibited from saying what's afoot in talks over how industrial toxins will ...
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Housatonic Valley Association Readies for Accreditation Renewal
The land trust accreditation program recognizes land conservation organizations that meet national quality standards for protecting important natural places and ...
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Senate votes 92-8 to reauthorize Land & Water Conservation Fund
In a huge bipartisan victory for the local environment, the U.S. Senate has passed the Natural Resources Management Act, which ...
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HVA joins Town of New Milford in demanding stricter permit for Candlewood Solar project
HVA has joined with the Town of New Milford and other area conservation organizations to urge Connecticut DEEP to enforce ...
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HVA receives grant to plant over 3,000 trees and shrubs along local waterways
$49k NYSDEC grant supports “Trees for Tribs” efforts in the Ten Mile River and Green River watersheds The Housatonic Valley ...
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Funds for conservation and wildlife threatened
From Robert Miller, Danbury News Times: There’s a 202-acre collection of lands on Coltsfoot Mountain in Cornwall which the town’s ...
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Northwest Hills Interactive Trails app wins Regional Planning Award
The interactive trail map created by HVA for the Northwest Hills Council of Governments has won a CT American Planning ...
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New culvert on Churchill Brook helps fish and reduces flood risks
HVA has replaced a crumbling culvert on Churchill Brook in Pittsfield with a new fish-friendly passage thanks to the support ...
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HVA awarded $49k contract from Harlem Valley Rail Trail Association
HVA will develop a “learning zone” at trail site by Webatuck Creek. The Housatonic Valley Association (HVA) has been awarded ...
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Danbury students fully immersed in nature for annual Still River Day
More than 100 students touch fish, meet bugs and build model watersheds while learning about river history, ecology and preservation ...
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Explore the Northwest Corner of Connecticut with this new interactive trails map/app!
HVA and our Litchfield Hills Greenprint Collaborative recently wrapped up a contract with the Northwest Hills Council of Governments (NHCOG) ...
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HVA awarded over $13k from Mass. Environmental Trust
Mass. Environmental Trust Grant will fund continuing work on the Southwest Branch of the Housatonic HVA is thrilled to announce ...
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HVA Issues Statement on Cricket Valley Energy
The Housatonic Valley Association supports the request from multiple community leaders for rigorous baseline air and water quality monitoring before ...
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Fall 2018 Volunteer Opportunities!
Volunteering is a great way to get some exercise, meet new people who share your interests, and of course to ...
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HVA provides $250,000 to state to protect land in Norfolk
At a celebration event held on July 13 with Sen. Chris Murphy, the Housatonic Valley Association presented the Connecticut Department ...
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HVA Receives $2500 from Big Y World Class Markets for New Milford Boat Launches
Grant will support the construction and upkeep of boat launches at Harrybrooke Park and Erickson Road The Housatonic Valley Association ...
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Vote “YES” to protect Connecticut public lands on November 6
Why should YOU care about protecting public lands? On November 6th the citizens of Connecticut can vote “YES” on the ...
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Act now to save the Land & Water Conservation Fund!
America's most important conservation and recreation program will expire in less than a year unless Congress acts. For 52 years, ...
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Land trusts celebrate success!
On Friday, July 27thmore than 50 friends and supporters of the Housatonic Valley Association (HVA) gathered at the Stockbridge Train ...
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August 10th: Student Stories from Still River Watershed Connections
Come join our Still River Watershed Connections team and hear firsthand how they: Sweated the humid days to remove Knotweed ...
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Danbury Teens Help Out on Still River in New Milford
From the News Times: About 50 yards back from the Still River is a 2,000-square-foot patch of Japanese barberry — ...
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Looking for safe passage for fish and wildlife
Read coverage of this effort in the News Times! HVA is checking out culverts in Washington and Roxbury to determine ...
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Kids Transformed into Water Droplets to Explore a Local Stream
Cornwall Consolidated School students got a new perspective on rivers and the water cycle in an afternoon of activities led ...
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100+ Students and Volunteers Help Restore Salmon Creek
Outdoor Classroom teaches map skills and fly casting, too. In celebration of Earth Day, Sharon Central School students (Grades 1-8) ...
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2018 Volunteer Opportunities Announced for Berkshires Region!
Looking for a way to get "hands-on" with river protection? HVA Berkshires has lots of upcoming volunteer opportunities and your ...
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Know your invasives: Emerald Ash Borer
The Emerald Ash Borer is an enemy to forests in half of the United States. First appearing in Canada and ...
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Know your invasives: Japanese Knotweed
One of the world's most invasive plants, Japanese knotweed was introduced to New England from Asia as an ornamental plant ...
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Feds’ rule upholds Housatonic’s cleanup
HVA's Dennis Regan was cited in this great summary of the recent EPA rulings: It took the nation's top environmental ...
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Healthy waterways make for healthy citizens
TriCorner News published the below editorial about the grant HVA received to develop a watershed management plan for the Ten ...
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Grant to fund Roxbury community program, ‘A Town Wants to Know’
HVA's Tim Abbott was a featured speaker in Roxbury's grant program. Tim descibed the geology of the Roxbury area, the ...
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Cornwall Consolidated School Walk-A-Thon Raises $1,814 for HVA
Funds will protect local waters and lands, and support HVA education programs Cornwall Consolidated School (CCS) Principal Michael Croft and ...
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HVA Auction for the Environment raises $160k
Thanks to YOU, our friends and supporters, HVA's annual auction (held on December 3, 2017) was another huge success! We'd ...
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New canoe & kayak launch on the Still River
A team of Danbury-area young environmentalists joined forces with volunteers to complete the landscaping and planting around a new canoe ...
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Volunteers Remove Invasives in the Berkshires
Volunteers in the upper watershed have been busy this summer with an invasive plant removal project. The effort is made ...
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HVA Recognizes New Milford River Trail Association
Celebrating the official opening of the Young’s Field Riverfront Trail on June 17, the second phase of the New Milford ...
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“River Art Project” benefits HVA & Riverkeeper
Artist Jim Schantz has organized an art exhibition for this summer to honor the Housatonic. The exhibit is located in the ...
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Thanks, Golfers “Fore the Rivers!”
“Fore the Rivers” Golf Tourney Supports HVA Environmental Efforts throughout the Housatonic Region SOUTHBURY, CT – June 12, 2017. Even ...
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