Please join us for Holiday Cocktails & Conversation and HVA’s Annual Meeting Thursday, December 15th at 5:30 pm (Zoom) “Coping with Climate Change in Your Community” Featuring speaker Scott Jackson Department of Environmental Conservation Extension Professor, UMASS Amherst Celebrate watershed heroes Lou and Elaine Hecht! Click here to RSVP

What affects water quality in rivers that flow through your community? Investigate first-hand how important our watersheds are and what it takes to protect them as we visit mountain, forest, river, and stream habitats. Explore a variety of methods for investigating a watershed. Sample macroinvertebrates, learn water quality monitoring techniques, and explore how communities use […]

Spring is the season of renewal, a time to reconnect with nature. What better way than a walk in a forest. Forests matter at a more fundamental level than we may realize. From the air we breathe, to clean drinking water, to wildlife habitats and diversity of life, we depend on forests for our well-being. […]

Win awesome prizes, have loads of fun, and support environmental health! Explore anywhere in the 2,000 square-mile, tri-state Housatonic Valley Watershed any time during all of June. Go it alone or get a team together. Walk, bike, paddle, take photos, visit parks—you name it! Find a place to explore by checking out the interactive map on […]