Here’s all the latest CRC news about your rivers including recent newsletter stories, press releases, and more. If you’re a reporter and need more information, check out our Media Kit or contact our Communications Director at 413-772-2020 x206.
Farmers in VT and NH Invited to Take Survey
March 13, 2024Windham County Natural Resources Conservation District and project partners are currently surveying farmers throughout the Connecticut River Watershed in New Hampshire and Vermont to learn more about how they manage to prevent Nitrogen...
CRC Submits Testimony on Hydro, PFAS and Climate Change in CT
March 7, 2024Connecticut River Conservancy Testimony in OPPOSITION to SB 300 An Act Concerning Natural Gas Capacity and the Renewable Portfolio Standard March 6, 2024 To: Honored […]...
Long Island Sound River Restoration Network Submits Testimony on Dam Safety in CT
March 7, 2024Long Island Sound River Restoration Network Testimony in SUPPORT of SB 192 An Act Concerning Dam Safety with modifications March 8, 2024 To: Honored Co-Chairs, […]...
Connecticut River Conservancy Receives MassDEP Grant for Water Quality Monitoring
March 6, 2024CRC is leading a coalition of four watershed organizations to conduct a regional monitoring program among coalition partners....
Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity: Final Comment Period Open for Hydropower Facilities on the Connecticut River
March 1, 2024As part of our mission, CRC has been a consistent participant in the relicensing of the Wilder, Bellows Falls, Vernon, and Turners Falls hydroelectric dams, and the Northfield Mountain Pump Storage facility for almost twelve years,...
LiveStream: Geological Time Travel Through the Connecticut River Basin
February 28, 2024For Connecticut River Conservancy's first LiveStream of the season we welcomed Alfred (Fred) Venne, Museum Educator at the Beneski Museum of Natural History at Amherst College, for a riveting journey back and forth through time to...
CRC Submits Testimony to Prevent Pollution in CT
February 26, 2024Connecticut River Conservancy Testimony in SUPPORT OF HB 5218 An Act Concerning the Establishment of Riparian Buffers and Revision of Certain Inland Wetlands Provisions February […]...
VT Needs to Plan for Climate Resiliency Now!
February 14, 2024As River Steward for Connecticut River Conservancy, I can’t stop thinking about rivers. Since the 2011 Tropical Storm Irene, as an organization we have been racing to get projects done to protect communities before the next big flood....
Climate Resiliency Legislation – Comments on VT S213
February 8, 2024CRC is supportive of all aspects of this bill. It is vital that regulatory authority regarding development in river corridors and flood hazard areas be managed by the state....
Dam Removal Report Illuminates the Effects of Stream Barriers
January 22, 2024The Long Island Sound River Restoration Network (RRN), a network of Connecticut and New York-based organizations including Connecticut River Conservancy dedicated to the restoration and health of the region’s rivers, has released...
Deerfield River Watershed Community Invited to Give Input
January 19, 2024State planners and regional water quality partners are hosting a virtual meeting on January 24 to introduce the state’s kick-off of the update to the Tactical Basin Plan for the Deerfield and lower Connecticut Rivers and adjacent...
Flood Mud: Improving Flood Sediment Management
January 12, 2024Vermont experienced catastrophic flooding in July 2023. Given that these floods are expected to become more frequent and severe with climate change, effective response and recovery measures are becoming increasingly important. Sediment...