Connecticut River Watershed Council: Links of Interest

Connecticut River Watershed Council

We work with many agencies and organizations that contribute to the well-being of the Connecticut River and its communities. The following links will help you know about and contact them.

Public Agencies, Commissions and Facilities

Colleges, Universities and Environmental Education

Museums and Nature Centers

Nonprofit organizations

Public Agencies, Commissions and Facilities

Federal
American Heritage Rivers Initiative
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
National Marine Fisheries Service
National Park Service
Silvio O. Conte National Fish & Wildlife Refuge
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
U.S. F&WS - Connecticut River Coordinator
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) - CT
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) - MA
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) - NH and VT
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) -- Nationwide Invertebrate Community Data
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Region 1
U.S. EPA - Surf Your Watershed

State
CT Department of Environmental Protection
CT DEP - Office of Long Island Sound Programs
MA Executive Office of Environmental Affairs
MA Riverways Program
NH Department of Environmental Services
NH Rivers Management Program
VT Agency of Natural Resources

Regional Planning Agencies
Capitol Region Council of Governments - CT
CT River Estuary Regional Planning Agency - CT
Franklin Regional Council of Governments - MA
Midstate Regional Planning Agency - CT
Northeastern VT Development Agency - VT
North Country Council - NH
Pioneer Valley Planning Commission - MA
Southwest Region Planning Commission - NH
Southern Windsor County Regional Planning Commission - VT
Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission - VT
Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission - NH
Windham Regional Commission - VT

Other Agencies
CT River Gateway Commission
Connecticut River Joint Commissions - NH & VT
Metropolitan District Commission - Hartford, CT
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
Northeast River Forecast Center (Nat'l Weather Service)
New England Interstate Water Pollution Commission
New England Fisheries Management Council
RAMSAR - Wetlands of International Importance
Silvio O. Conte Anadromous Fish Research Center

Museums and Nature Centers

Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center
Connecticut Audubon Center at Glastonbury
Connecticut River Museum
Dinosaur State Park - CT
Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium
Historic Deerfield, Inc.
Hitchcock Center for the Environment
Montshire Museum of Science
Nature Museum of Grafton
Science Center of Connecticut
The Fort at No. 4
Vermont Institute of Natural Science

Colleges, Universities and Environmental Education

CT River Education Initiative
Pioneer Valley Institute
Student Conservation Association
Cooperative Extension - CT
Cooperative Extension - MA
Cooperative Extension - NH
Cooperative Extension - VT
UConn - Institute of Water Resources
UConn - Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials
UMass - Citizen Planner Training Collaborative
UMass - Connecticut River Homepage
UMASS -- The Environmental Institute
UMass - Water Watch Partnership
Vermont Law School
Yale - Center for Coastal and Watershed Systems

Nonprofit organizations

River and Watershed Groups
American Rivers
Clean Water Action
Clean Water Network
Chicopee River Watershed Council
Connecticut Riverfest (NH and VT)
Connecticut River Salmon Association, Inc.
Deerfield River Watershed Association
Farmington River Watershed Association
MA Watershed Coalition
Millers River Watershed Council
NH Coldwater Fisheries Coalition
NH Rivers Council
Rivers Alliance of Connecticut
Riverfront Recapture, Inc. (Hartford, CT)
River Network
Vermont Natural Resources Council
Vermont River Conservancy
Westfield River Watershed Association
White River Partnership

Land Trusts
Lynde Point Land Trust (CT)
Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust
The Nature Conservancy - MA
T he Nature Conservancy - CT
The Nature Conservancy - NH
The Nature Conservancy - VT
Old Lyme Conservation Trust
The Trustees of Reservations (MA)
Upper Valley Land Trust, Inc.
Vermont Land Trust

Other Environmental Groups
American Farmland Trust
Center for Ecological Technology
Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (CISA)
Connecticut Audubon Society
Connecticut Forest and Park Association, Inc.
Connecticut Fund for the Environment, Inc.
CT Public Interest Research Group
Conservation Law Foundation
Earth Share of New England
Massachusetts Audubon Society
MA Public Interest Research Group
NH Public Interest Research group
The Northern Forest Center
Save The Sound, Inc
Society for the Protection of NH Forests
Trout Unlimited
Trust for Public Land
VT Public Interest Research Group
Waterkeeper Alliance
Working Lands Alliance - CT