Rivers Alliance
Connecticut's United Voice for River Conservation

What We Do

Funders and Members

Contact Us
P.O. Box 1797
Litchfield, CT 06759
860-361-9349
rivers@
riversalliance.org

Join Us

(Page updated August 2012)

Resources

American Canoe Association

The American Canoe Association (ACA) is a member-based, national nonprofit organization serving the broader paddling public by providing education related to all aspects of paddling; stewardship support to help protect paddling environments; and sanctioning of programs and events to promote paddlesport competition and recreation.

www.americancanoe.org
108 Hanover Street, Fredricksburg, VA 22401
540-907-4460

American Heritage Rivers Initiative

The American Heritage Rivers Initiative (AHRI) is a network of locally driven partnerships working to improve quality of life and promote sustainable development.

water.epa.gov/type/watersheds/named/heritage
bess.gillelan@noaa.gov
Interagency Task Force on American Heritage Rivers, 300 Seventh Ave. S.W. - Reporters Building - Suite 680, Washington, DC 20024
202-401-0226

American Rivers 

American Rivers is a national conservation organization working to protect and restore America's rivers and streams. Based in Washington, DC, American Rivers has offices across the country.

www.amrivers.org 
Headquarters: 1101 14th Street, NW, Suite 1400, Washington, D.C. 20005
202-347-7550
Northeast Region:
Northampton, MA - 413-585-5896
Albany, NY - 518-482-2631
Email: outreach@americanrivers.org

Appalachian Mountain Club 

AMC is a nonprofit organization that promotes the protection, enjoyment, and understanding of the mountains, forests, waters, and trails of the Appalachian region of the northeastern United States.

www.outdoors.org 
Connecticut Chapter: www.ct-amc.org/CT/index.shtm
Headquarters: 5 Joy Street,  Boston, MA  02108
617-523-0636

Audubon Connecticut

Audubon Connecticut is an operating unit of the National Audubon Society that works to conserve and restore natural ecosystems, focusing on birds, other wildlife, and their habitats for the benefit of humanity and the earth's biological diversity. Audubon Connecticut has five centers:

• Audubon Center at Bent of the River

• Audubon Greenwich

• Audubon Miles Wildlife Sancturary

• Guilford Salt Meadows Sanctuary

• Sharon Audubon Center

http://ct.audubon.org
613 Riversville Road, Greenwich, CT 06831
203-869-5272

Branford River Project - Branford Land Trust

The Branford River Project is a joint effort of the Branford Land Trust and the Branford Rotary Club. The group was started in 1995 with the goals of * Understanding the status of the Branford River; * Promoting community awareness of each individual's role in preserving the health of the river; and * Developing and implementing projects designed to preserve and/or improve the quality of the river.

http://www.branfordlandtrust.org/brpmain.html
P.O. Box 254, Branford, CT 06405
203-483-5263
info@branfordlandtrust.org

Candlewood Lake Authority

The Candlewood Lake Authority provides lake, shoreline and watershed management to foster the preservation and enhancement of recreational, economic, scenic, public safety and environmental values of the Lake for the City of Danbury and the towns of Brookfield, New Fairfield, New Milford and Sherman in cooperation with the State of Connecticut and Northeast Utilities. The Candlewood Lake Authority is responsible for the lake patrol and is represented by the five towns which border the lake.

www.candlewoodlakeauthority.org
20 Sawmill Rd  Sherman, CT 06784
860-354-6928

Center for Watershed Protection

The Center for Watershed Protection works to protect, restore, and enhance our nation's streams, rivers, lakes, wetlands, and bays.

www.cwp.org
8390 Main Street, Ellicott City, MD 21043
410-461-8323
center@cwp.org

Clean Sound Inc.

Clean Sound, Inc. is an all volunteer, not-for-profit, tax exempt corporation, established in 1990 to remove fixed and floatable pollutants from Long Island Sound and all contributing watershed areas, to work to restore degraded habitats, and to inform others about the pollution problems facing the Long Island Sound.

http://www.cleansound.org
20 Ojibwa Road, Shelton CT 06484
203-913-7571
Email: info@cleansound.org

Columbia Canoe Club

c/o The Bag Lady of Water Works Canoe Company, 41 Pine Woods Lane, Mansfield Center, CT 06250
860-456-4906
email: baglady@charter.net

CT Association of Conservation and Inland Wetlands Commissions (CACIWC)

The Connecticut Association of Conservation and Inland Wetlands Commissions Inc. provides education and information to the volunteers and staff that carry out the responsibilities of Connecticut’s municipal Conservation and Inland Wetlands Commissions.

http://caciwc.org
deKoven House Community Center
27 Washington Street
Middletown, CT 06457
860-344-8321
Email: board@caciwc.org

CT Audubon Society

Connecticut Audubon Society conserves Connecticut’s environment through science-based education and advocacy focused on the state’s bird populations and habitats. CAS operates nature facilities in Fairfield, Milford, Glastonbury, and Pomfret; an EcoTravel office in Essex; and an Environmental Advocacy program in Hartford. It also manages 19 wildlife sanctuaries around the state. Working exclusively in the state of Connecticut, CAS is an independent organization, not affiliated with any national or governmental groupup www.ctaudubon.org
2325 Burr Street, Fairfield, CT 06824
203-259-630505

CT Council on Environmental Quality

The CEQ is a nine-member board that operates independently of the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. It annually assesses the state's environmental quality and recommends actions to improve state environmental programs. The Council also advises state agencies on the environmental impact of proposed construction projects and investigates citizens' complaints and allegations about violations of environmental laws. The CEQ's online newsletter, the Environmental Monitor, provides information about current state projecs and land transfers. CEQ also publishes Environmental Quality in Connecticut

www.ct.gov/ceq/site/default.asp
79 Elm Street, Hartford, CT 0610606
860-424-4070
 

CT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) 

Main website: www.ct.gov/dep

Water Bureau: http://ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2719&q=325520&depNav_GID=1654

Water Quality Standards and Classifications: http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2719&q=325620   

Integrated Water Quality Report - 2011: http://www.ct.gov/dep/lib/dep/water/water_quality_management/305b/ctiwqr10final.pdf

Aquifer Protection Area Program: http://ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2685&q=322252&depNav_GID=1654

Stream Flow Standards and Regulations: http://www.ct.gov/dep/lib/dep/regulations/26/26-141b-1throughb-8.pdf

CT Department of Public Health

Fish Consumption Advisory and the Safe Eating of Fish Caught in CT: http://www.ct.gov/dph/cwp/view.asp?a=3140&q=387460&dphNav_GID=1828&dphPNavCtr=%7C

CT Fund for the Environment

The Connecticut Fund for the Environment and its program Save the Sound use CFE's legal and scientific expertise to protect and improve the land, air, and water of Connecticut and Long Island Sound.

www.ctenvironment.org
142 Temple Street, Suite 305, New Haven, CT 0651010
203-787-0246

CT River Education Initiative

CREI is website, coordinated by WGBH/PBS, that uses the Connecticut River as a source of inspiration for teachers and students in Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. By understanding the ecology, history, and geography of the River and its environs, teachers and their students can become keys to protecting the River Valley for future generations.

www.wgby.org/crei 
44 Hampden Street, Springfield, MA 0110303
413-781-2801

CT Waterworks Association

The Connecticut Water Works Association (CWWA) is an association of public water supply utilities serving more than 500,000 customers, or a population of about 2 1/2 million people in Connecticut. The CWWA promotes state policies that assure reliable high-quality public water supplies to protect public health.

www.cwwa.org
1245 Farmington Ave., Suite 103, West Hartford, CT 0610707
860-841-7350

Federal Websites

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: www.epa.gov

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: www. fws.gov

U.S. Geological Survey: www.usgs.gov

Statistics and information relevant to state planning: www.fedstats.gov

Federal Clean Water Issues e-mail list:
If you would like up-to-date information and action alerts about federal clean water issues and decisions, e-mail the Clean Water Network at cleanwaternt@igc.apc.org and ask to be subscribed to the Clean Water Network listserve.