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Connecticut's United Voice for River Conservation


 
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Litchfield, CT 06759
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A primary goal of Rivers Alliance is to assist, strengthen, and foster where absent, local and regional river and watershed groups. These groups monitor with close, thoughtful attention changes in their natural landscapes and cue into issues of regional significance quickly and astutely.  We urge you to join these groups and support them in their valuable endeavors.   

The aims of river conservation are best served when strong partnerships exist between local, state, and national river groups!

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AMC Whitewater Committee
20 White Pine Dr.
Brookfield, CT 06804
(203) 775-1569
Riverloony@earthlink.net
www.ct-amc.org/paddle/index.shtm

American Rivers
1025 Vermont Ave., N.W. Suite 720
Washington, DC  20005
202-347-7550
Fax: 202-347-9240
outreach@amrivers.org
http://www.americanrivers.org

American Heritage Rivers Initiative
USFWS CT River Coordinator’s Office
103 East Plumtree Rd.
Sunderland MA 01375-9467
(413) 548-9420
dan_burke@fws.gov

Branford River Project - Branford Land Trust
P.O. Box 254
Branford CT 06405  info@branfordlandtrust.org
(203) 483-5263
www.branfordlandtrust.org/

Byram River Watershed Alliance
24 Caroline Place
Greenwich, CT 06831
(203) 637-9333
bob@bobjensen.net

CT Assoc. of Conservation and Inland Wetlands Commissions (CACIWC)
deKoven House Community Center
27 Washington St
Middletown, CT 06457
(860)344-8321
www.caciwc.org

Candlewood Lake Authority
P.O. Box 37 
Sherman, CT 06784
(860) 354-6928
http://www.candlewoodlakeauthority.org

Cherry Brook Garden Club
P.O. Box 145
Canton CT 06019 www.wcherrybrookgardenclubcantonct.org
gardener@cherrybrookgardenclubcantonct.org
860-693-6859
Clean Sound Inc.
20 Ojibwa Rd.
Shelton, CT 06484
(203) 929-6195
tcyanicky@erols.com

Coginchaug River Greenway Committee
(860) 345-4511 jgibbons@canr1.cag.uconn.edu

Columbia Canoe Club
41 Pine Woods
Mansfield, Ct 06250
(860) 456-4906

CT Audubon Society
2325 Burr Street,
Fairfield, CT 06824
www.ctaudubon.org


CT Conservation Assoc.
3010 Fairfield Ave
Bridgeport, Ct 06605
(203) 384-2000
CT Council on Soil and Water Conservation
24 Ingham Hill Rd.
Essex, CT 06426
860-767-9594

CT Federation of Lakes
P.O. Box 1112
Windsor, CT  06095
(860) 456-3179
knoecklein@juno.com

CT Fly Fisherman's Assoc.
Veterans Memorial Clubhouse
100 Sunset Ridge
East Hartford, CT 06118
www.ctflyfish.org/
860-747-3324
CT Forest and Park Assoc.
16 Meriden Rdd
(860) 346-2372
info@ctwoodlands.org
http://www.ctwoodlands.orgg
CT Fund for the Environment
205 Whitney Avenue, 1st floor
New Haven, CT  06511
(203) 787-0646
protect@cfenv.org
www.ctenvironment.org/
CT League of Conservation Voters
553 Farmington Avenue, Suite 201
Hartford, CT 06105
860-236-5442
www.ctlcv.org/
ctlcv@ctlcv.org
 
CT River Assembly
c/o CCROGG
241 Main Street
Hartford, CT 06106
(860) 522-2217 x29
kberchtold@crcog.org
CT River Museum
67 Main Street
Essex, CT 06426
Phone:(860) 767-8269
jroberts@ctrivermuseum.org
www.ctrivermuseum.org
CT River Watershed Council
15 Bank Row
Greenfield, MA 01301
(413) 772-2020
crwc@ctriver.comm
www.ctriver.org

CT River Estuary Regional Planning Agency
PO BOX 778
Old Saybrook, CT 06475-0778
(860) 388-3497

CT River Education Initiative
WGBY Educational Services
44 Hampden St.
Springfield, MA 01103
1-800-522-2217
teacherserv@wgby.org
wgby.org/edu/crei/index.html
Central CT Stripers Club
44 Howe Street
Meriden, Ct. 06450
(203) 634-6520 pjfredericks@snet.net
CT River Coastal Conservation District, Inc.
deKoven House Community Center
27 Washington Street Middletown, CT 06457
860-346-3282, Fax: 860-346-3284
www.conservect.org/ctrivercoastal
 
CT River Gateway Commission
PO Box 778
Old Saybrook, CT 06475-0778
Phone:(860) 388-3497
crepa@connix.com

CT River Committee
155 South Main Street
Suffield, Ct 06070
(860) 668-2739

CT River Salmon Assoc.
Robert A. Jones, President
76 Deming Road
South Windsor, CT  06074
http://www.ctriversalmon.org

CT River Watch Program
deKoven House, 27 Washington Street
Middletown, CT 06457
(860) 346-3282
jane-brawerman@ct.nacdnet.org

Save Darien's Wetlands, Inc.
25-13 Old Kings Hwy N, #137
Darien, CT 06820
203-655-8402 http://www.savedarienswetlands.org
Eastern CT Conservation District (ECCD)
Norwich office: 238 West Town Street Norwich, CT 06360
860-887-4163 x 400
Brooklyn office: P.O. Box 112
139 Wolf Den Road
Brooklyn, CT 06234 860-774-8397 x 3
www.co
Fairfield Conservation Dep
John J. Sullivan Independence Hall
725 Old Post Road
Fairfield, CT 06824
203-256-3071
203-256-3123 FAX
www.fairfieldct.org/conservation.htm tsteinke@town.fairfield.ct.us
Farmington Canal Rails to Trails Assoc.Rails to Trails Assoc.
940- Whitney Ave
Hamden, CT 06517
(203) 281-7194
bdavies@snet.net

Farmington River Anglers Assoc
PO Box 177
New Hartford, CT 06057
860-628-1918
wintersurf@aol.com.com">wintersurf@aol.com
www.fraa.org

Farm River Coalition
Susan DeSilver
1647 Middletown Ave
Northford, CT 06472
(203) 484-4738

Farmington River Club Inc.
P.O. Box 475
Canton, CT 06019
(860) 693- 6445

Farmington River Coordinating Committee
P.O. Box 395 - 100 East River Road
Pleasant Valley, CT 06063leasant Valley, CT 06063
(860) 379-0282
www.farmingtonriver.org

Farmington River Watershed Assoc.
749Simsbury, CT 06070
(860) 658-4442
efielding@frwa.org
www.frwa.orget="_blank">www.frwa.org

Farmington Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited
860-589-5547
carl.swanson@comcast.net
http://www.tufv.org/index.htm

Friends of Ash Creek
90 Kenwood Ave.
Fairfield, CT 06430
Phone:(203) 259-5605
rtking401@aol.com

Friends of the CT River
P. O. Box 215
Middle Haddam, CT. 06456
(860) 267-4900

Friends of the Farm River Estuary, Inc.
127 Highland Avenue
Branford, CT 06405
Phone (203) 481-0060
Fax (203) 481-4666
christpeterson@attbi.com
www.farmriverfriends.org
Friends of Goodwives River
President - Friends of Goodwives River
11 Queens Lane; Darien, CT 06820
656-2160
rwindels@optonline.net
Friend of West River Memorial Park
269-271 Winthrop Ave #3
New Haven, CT 06511
(203) 865-6433
Great Meadows Conservation Trust
PO Box 171
Glastonbury, CT 06033
Phone:(860) 563-4143
coxserv@aol.com

Harbor Watch
10 Woodside Lane
Westport, CT 06880
(203) 226-4861

Highland Lake Watershed Assoc.
P.O. Box 1022
Winsted, CT 06098

Hockanum River Linear Park Committee.
407 Woodbridge Street
Manchester, CT 06042
(860) 402-9908
hikethehockanum@aol.com
http://www.ci.manchester.ct.us/leisure/

Hockanum River Group
235 East River Drive, Apt. 1005
East Hartford, CT 06108
(860) 289-4566

Hockanum River Watershed Assoc.
407 Woodbridge Street
Manchester, CT 06042
(860) 402-9908
hikethehockanum@aol.com
www.hockanumriverwa.org
 

Housatonic Coalition
11 Lantern Hill Road
Trumbull, CT. 06611
(203) 261-1868

Housatonic Environmental Action League, Inc. (HEAL)
P.O. Box 21
Cornwall Bridge, CT  06754
(860) 672-6867 phone/fax
healct@snet.net

Housatonic Fly Fisherman Assoc
Po Box 5092
Hamden, Ct 06518
(203) 248-5079

Housatonic Lake Authority
P.O. Box 26
Derby, CT 06410

Housatonic River Commission
74 Dublin Road
Falls Village, CT 06031
(860) 824-0083

Housatonic River Commission
c/o Northwestern CT Council of
Governments
17 Sackett Hill Road
Warren, CT 06754
(860) 868-7341

Housatonic Valley Assoc. Inc.
PO Box 28
Cornwall Bridge, CT 06754
Phone:(860) 672-6678
www.hvatoday.org
ct@hvatoday.org

Isaac League of America
Save our Streams Program
1401 Wilson Blvd Level B
Arlington, Virginia 22209
(703) 528-1818

Jonah Center for Earth and Art
190 Court St.
Middletown, CT 06457
(860) 346-6657 ext 13
Hall.john.c@sbcglobal.net http://www.thejonahcenter.org/  
 

Lake Lillinonah Authority
22 Hidden Brook Road
Brookfield, CT 06804

Lake Zoar Authority
Southbury Town Hall
501 Main Street South
Southbury, CT 06488

Massachusetts Watershed Coalition
14 Monument Square
Leominster, MA 01453
mwc@commonwaters.org
www.commonwaters.org/enewssurvey.html.

Mattabessett River Watershed Assoc.
P.O. Box 7174
Berlin, CT 06037
Phone:(860) 424-3681
info@mrwa-ct.org
www.mrwa-ct.org

Mianus River Watershed Council
P.O. Box 421
Greenwich, CT 06830
Phone:(203) 869-5200 
dmedd63034@aol.com

Mianus River Gorge Preserve
RFD #2, Mianus River Rd.
Bedford, NY 10506-9802 
(914) 234-3455

Mianus Valley Assoc. 
690 River Rd.
Cos Cob, CT. 06807

Middlesex County soil and Water Conservation Dist.
deKoven House, 27 Washington Street
Haddam, CT. 06457
(860) 346-3282
middlesex@ct.nacdnet.org

Mill River Wetland Comm.
476 Old Mill Road
Fairfield, CT. 06430
(203) 259- 1847
river-lab@juno.com

Mill River Watershed Assoc.
130 Highland Ave. 
Hamden, Ct 06518
martin.mador@yale.edu

Nature Conservancy CT Chapter
55 Church Street, Floor 3
New Haven, CT 06510-3029
(203) 568-6270 Fax: (203) 568-6271
ct@tnc.org,
website

Naubesatuck Watershed Council
19 Chaplin St.
Chaplin, Ct
(860) 455-1043
http://nwc.ctgaia.net/drupal/

Natchaug River Alliance
36 Morey Road
Chaplin, CT. 06235
(860) 455-9754

Naugatuck River Watershed Assoc.
P. O. Box 122
Middlebury, CT. 06762-0122
(203) 758-9166

NAUGATUCK-POMPERAUG CHAPTER OF TROUT UNLIMITED
203-264-1758
johnnytroutseed@charter.net
http://www.tunaugpomp.org/
Naugatuck River Steward
39 Plainfield Dr
Waterbury, Ct 06708
phone- 203-597-0654
fax- 203-597-1659
Robbette@hotmail.com
New England Canoe and Kayak Racing Assoc.
www.neckra.org

New Haven Riverkeeper
63 Glen View Terrace
New Haven, CT. 06515-1520
(203) 946-6521

Northwest Conservation Distrist
1185 New Litchfield St
Torrington, CT 067
860-626-7222
Fax: 860-626-8833
ncd@conservect.org
www.conservect.org/northwest
North Central Conservation District
Vernon office: 24 Hyde Avenue
Vernon, CT 06066-4503
860-875-3881
Windsor office: 100 Northfield Drive, 4th Floor
Windsor, CT 06095-4730
860-285-0867
www.conservect.org/northcentral

Norwalk River Watershed Assn.
P.O. Box 197
Georgetown, CT 06829
877-NRWA-INFO
lbwillisct@aol.com or info@norwalkriver.org  
http://www.norwalkriver.org/   
fax:203-431-8442

Norwalk River Watershed Initiative
c/o Cindy Ingersoll NRWI Coordinator
61 Fieldcrest Drive
Ridgefield, CT 06877
(203) 470-6115
cingersoll@snet.net

Nonpoint Source Educ for Municipal Officials (NEMO) PO Box 70
Haddam, Ct 06438-0070
(860) 345-4511
carnold@canrl.cag.uconn
www.canr.uconn.edu/ces/nemo

Nutmeg Chapter of Trout Unlimited
P.O. Box 1594, Fairfield CT 06825
president@nutmegtu.org  or info@nutmegtu.org
http://www.nutmegtu.org/

Park River Partnership
c/o Eastern CT RC&D Council
24 Hyde Ave
Vernon, CT 06066

Park Watershed, Inc. (formerly Park River Watershed Revitalization Initiative)
P.O. Box 271646
West Hartford, CT 06127
www.parkwatershed.org
Maryp@ParkWatershed.org
(860) 881-5089

Pawcatuck Watershed Partnership
Rhode Island DEM, Suite 330
Office of Strategic Planning and Policy
Providence, RI 02903
(401) 222-3434

Preserve the Wetlands Inc.
P.O. Box , Rowayton Station
Norwalk, CT. 06853

Pequabuck River Watershed Assoc.
P. O. Box 1461
Bristol, CT. 06010
(860) 589-5547 
PRWA@attbi.com

Project SEARCH
DEP Education Division
79 Elm Street
Hartford, CT 06106
(860) 424-3655
erin.mccollum@ct.gov
www.projectsearch.org

Pequabuck River Organization
c/o Central CT Regional Planning Agency
225 North Main St., Suite 304
Bristol, Ct 06010
(860) 589-7820
ccrpampo@ct1.nai.net

Pomperaug River Watershed Coalition
PO Box 141
Southbury, CT 06488
info@pomperaug.org
www.pomperaug.org.

Pomperaug River Watch
72 Paper Mill Road
Woodbury, CT 06798

Project WET
DEP Education Division
79 Elm Street
Hartford, CT 06106
(860) 424-3538
dave.parsons@po.state.ct.us

Quinebaug-Shetucket Heritage Corridor
107 Providence Street
Putnam, CT  06260
(860) 963-7226
fax: (860)928-2189
quinebaug.shetucket@snet.net

Quinnipiac River Watershed Assoc.
POB 2828
540 Oregon Road
Meriden, CT 06450
qrwainfo@att.net
203-237-2237
http://www.qrwa.org/

Quinnipiac River Linear Trail Committee
Wallingford Town Hall
45 South Main Street
Wallingford, CT 06492

Ripowam Neighbors 
101 Maltbie Avenue
Stamford, CT. 06902
(203) 322-2772

Rivers
Susan E. Lamb, Editor
(970) 221-1707
FAX: 970-224-1220
susan@instreamflow.com
www.instreamflow.com

Rivers Alliance of CT
P.O. Box 1797
Litchfield, CT 06759
860-361-9349
rivers@riversalliance.org
www.riversalliance.org 
Riverfront Recapture
1 Hartford Square West, suite 100
Hartford, CT.06106
(860) 293-0131
www.riverfront.org
 

River Watch Network
153 State Street
 Montpelier, VT 05602
802-223-3840

Sasco Brook Pollution Abatement Comm.
c/o Westport Conservation Department
110 Myrtle Avenue
Westport, CT 06880
(203) 341-1170

Salmon Brook Watershed Assoc.
P.O. Box 556,
Granby CT 06035
http://www.salmonbrookwatershed.org
Save Darien's Wetlands, Inc.
25-13 Old Kings Hwy N, #137
Darien, CT 06820
203-655-8402

Save Our Shores
49 Meadowwood Drive
Greenwich, CT 06830
(203) 661-6343

Save the Sound
20 Marshall Street
South Norwalk , CT 06854
Ph:   203.354.0036
Fax: 203.354.0041
1888.SAVE.LIS
www.savethesound.org

Save the River/Save the Hills
35 Oswegatchie Road
Waterford, CT 06385
(860) 442-8349
cf_grimsey@aol.com

Scantic River Watershed Assoc.
15 Gilbert Rd  Somers, CT 06071
Contact: Culver Modisette
http://www.scanticriverwatershed.org/

Sea Grant MAP
1084 Shennecossett Road
Groton, CT 06340-1017 

Shepaug River Assoc.
8 South Street
Washington, CT. 06794
http://www.shepaug.org

Shepaug-Bantam River Commission
Sackett Hill Road 
Warren, CT 06754
(860) 838 7341

Soundkeeper
P.O. Box 4058
East Norwalk, CT 06357
http://www.soundkeeper.org/

www.soundkeeper.org

Sound Waters Inc.
Brewers Yacht Haven Marina
69 Dyke Lane
Stamford, CT. 06902
(203) 323-1978
swaters@soundwaters.org

Southwest Conservation District
Northern Research Station
51 Millpond Rd
Hamden, CT 06514
203-287-8179 Fax: 203-288-5077
www.conservect.org/southwest

Still River Greenway & Waterway Alliance
Danbury-Brookfield-New Milford, CT stillriveralliance@gmail.com,
Facebook

Thames River Basin Partnership, NRCS
139 Wolfden Road
Brooklyn, CT 06324
(860)774-8397
 http://www.ct.nrcs.usda.gov/ctthames/

Trout Unlimited CT
www.cttrout.org and www.tu.org/
P.O. Box 1594
Fairfield, CT 06825
info@cttrout.org
prosit67@hotmail.com
(203) 856-2004

Thames Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited
P.O. Box 151
Ledyard, CT 06339
860-464-8254
www.thamesvalleytu.org

The Watershed Partnership
Jerry Silbert MD , Executive Director
Guilford, CT
qrwa@qrwa.org
www.qrwa.org

Uncasville Environmental Coalition
36 Maple Avenue Extension
Uncasville, CT. 06382
(860) 848-8961
rainfall@uconect.net

Vision Waterfront Committee
900 Chapel Street, Tenth Floor
New Haven, CT. 06510
(203) 782-4380
lsinger@gnhcc.com

Voices for the Farmington River

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West Haven Watershed Assoc.
Mary Head, President
45 Court Street
West Haven, CT 06516
(203) 934-8562
West River Watershed Assoc.
205 Prospect Street
New Haven, CT. 06511
(203) 432-3026
mary.tyrrell@yale.edu

Willimantic River Alliance 
P. O. Box 9193
Bolton, CT. 06043-9193
info@willimanticriver.org
http://www.willimanticriver.org/

Wood Pawcatuck Watershed Assoc.
203 Arcadia Road
Hope Valley, RI. 02832-3230
401-539-9017
Fax (401) 539-7450
info@wpwa.org  
www.wpwa.org

To have your group added, contact Rivers Alliance.

 

Rivers Alliance of Connecticut
PO Box 1797
7 West Street, 3rd Floor
Litchfield, CT 06759
860-361-9349
rivers@riversalliance.org
www.riversalliance.org