River Groups

Rivers Alliance
of Connecticut
Connecticut's United Voice for River Conservation

(Page updated Wed Apr 6, 2011)

Support your local river groups!

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!

Jump to groups with names that begin with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

AMC Whitewater Committee 20 White Pine Dr. Brookfield, CT 06804 Phone: (203) 775-1569 Contact: Mark Schappert e-mail: Riverloony@earthlink.net http://www.ct-amc.org/paddle/index.shtm	American Rivers 1025 Vermont Ave., N.W. Suite 720 Washington, DC 20005 Phone: 202-347-7550 Fax: 202-347-9240 outreach@amrivers.org http://www.americanrivers.org
American Heritage Rivers Initiative Dan Burke, River Navigator USFWS CT River Coordinator’s Office 103 East Plumtree Rd. Sunderland MA 01375-9467 Phone: (413) 548-9420 e-mail: dan_burke@fws.gov	Blackledge River Watershed Committee 64 Cone Rd. Hebron, CT 06248-1306 Contact: Jim Murphy Phone: (860) 228-3211
Branford River Project PO Box 254 Branford, CT 06405 Phone: (203) 481-5765 Contact: Maria Storm e-mail: mstorm@worldnet.com	Byram River Watershed Alliance 24 Caroline Place Greenwich, CT 06831 Phone: (203) 637-9333 Contact: Bob Jensen e-mail: 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 Phone: (860) 354-6928 http://www.candlewoodlakeauthority.org
Center For Coastal Watershed Systems Yale University 205 Prospect Street, Sage Hall Phone: (203) 432-3026	Clean Sound Inc. 20 Ojibwa Rd. Shelton, CT 06484 Phone: (203) 929-6195 Contact: John Toth e-mail: tcyanicky@erols.com
Coginchaug River Greenway Committee Contact: Jim Gibbons Phone: (860) 345-4511 e-mail: jgibbons@canr1.cag.uconn.edu	Columbia Canoe Club 41 Pine Woods Mansfield, Ct 06250 Contact: Sue Audette Phone: (860) 456-4906
CT Audubon Society 118 Oak St Hartford, CT 06106-1514 Contact: Sherman Kent www.ctaudubon.org	CT Canoe Racing Assoc. 456 Bassetts Bridge Rd Mansfield, Ct 06250 Phone: 860-455-1205 Contact: Cathy Mahizza
CT Conservation Association 3010 Fairfield Ave Bridgeport, Ct 06605	CT Council on Soil and Water Conservation Suellen Kozy McCuin 24 Ingham Hill Rd. Essex, CT 06426
CT Federation of Lakes P.O. Box 1112 Windsor, CT 06095 Phone: (860) 456-3179 Contact: George Knoecklein, President e-mail: knoecklein@juno.com	CT Fly Fisherman's Assoc. PO Box 380268 Silver Lane East Hartford, CT 06138
CT Forest and Parks Assoc., Inc. 16 Meriden Rd Rockfall, Ct 06481 Phone: (860) 346-2372 e-mail: conn.forest.assoc@snet.net http://www.ctwoodlands.org	CT Fund for the Environment 205 Whitney Avenue, 1st floor New Haven, CT 06511 Phone: (203) 787-0646 e-mail: protect@cfenv.org
CT League of Conservation Voters 553 Farmington Avenue, Suite 201 Hartford, CT 06105 860.236.5442, ctlcv@ctlcv.org
CT River Assemblyy c/o CCROG 241 Main Street Hartford, CT 06106 Phone: (860) 522-2217 x29 Contact: Karen Berchtold email: kberchtold@crcog.org	CT River Museum 67 Main Street Essex, CT 06426 Phone:(860) 767-8269 Contact: Jerry Roberts, Exec Director email: jroberts@ctrivermuseum.org website: www.ctrivermuseum.org
CT River Watershed Council 15 Bank Row Greenfield, MA 01301 Phone:(413) 772-2020 Contact: Chelsea Gwyther email: crwc@ctriver.com www.ctriver.org	CT River Estuary Regional Planning Agency PO BOX 778 Old Saybrook, CT 06475-0778 Phone: (860) 388-3497
CT River Education Initiative WGBY Educational Services 44 Hampden St. Springfield, MA 01103 Phone: 1-800-522-2217 e-mail: teacherserv@wgby.org website:wgby.org/edu/crei/index.html	Central Connecticut Stripers Club Philip J. Fredericks 44 Howe Street Meriden, Ct. 06450 Phone: (203) 634-6520 pjfredericks@snet.net
CT River Coastal Conservation District, Inc. deKoven House Community Center 27 Washington Street Middletown, CT 06457 Phone: 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 Contact: Linda Krause email: crepa@connix.com	CT River Committee 155 South Main Street Suffield, Ct 06070 Phone: (860) 668-2739
CT River Salmon Association 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 Contact: Jane Bawerman Phone: (860) 346-3282 e-mail: 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 Connecticut 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.conservect.org/eastern
Farmington Canal Rails to Trails Assoc. 940- Whitney Ave Hamden, CT 06517 Phone: (203) 281-7194 Contact: Bill Davies e-mail: bdavies@snet.net
Farmington River Anglers Assoc 18 Saddle Ridge Dr West Simsbury CT 06092 Phone: (860) 658-1754 Contact: Dick Reynolds email:wintersurf@aol.com www.fraa.org	Farm River Coalition Susan DeSilver 1647 Middletown Ave Northford, CT 06472 Phone: (203) 484-4738
Farmington River Club Inc. P.O. Box 475 Canton, CT 06019 Phone: (860) 693- 6445 contact: Bill Cole	Farmington River Coordinating Committee 100 East River Road - P.O. Box 395 Pleasant Valley, CT 06063 Contact: Liz Lacy Phone: (860) 379-0282 www.farmingtonriver.org
Farmington River Watershed Assoc. 749 Hopmeadow Street. Simsbury, CT 06070 Phone:(860) 658-4442 Contact : Eric Hammerling email: ehammerling@frwa.org website: www.frwa.org	Farmington Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited Contact Carl Swanson 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 Contact: Rich O'Brien email: rtking401@aol.com	Friends of the Connecticut River P. O. Box 215 Middle Haddam, CT. 06456 Phone: (860) 267-4900 Contact: Gerry Owen
Friends of the Farm River Estuary, Inc. 127 Highland Avenue Branford, CT 06405 Contact: Chris Peterson Phone (203) 481-0060 Fax (203) 481-4666 email: christpeterson@attbi.com website: www.farmriverfriends.org	Friends of Goodwives River Richard Windels President - Friends of Goodwives River 11 Queens Lane; Darien, CT 06820 656-2160 email: rwindels@optonline.net
Friend of West River Memorial Park 269-271 Winthrop Ave #3 New Haven, CT 06511 Phone: (203) 865-6433 Contact: David Reher	Great Meadows Conservation Trust PO Box 171 Glastonbury, CT 06033 Phone:(860) 563-4143 Contact: Mr. Cox email: coxserv@aol.com
Harbor Watch 10 Woodside Lane Westport, CT 06880 Phone: (203) 226-4861 Contact: Richard B Harris	Highland Lake Watershed Assoc. P.O. Box 1022 Winsted, CT 06098
Hockanum River Linear Park Committee. 407 Woodbridge Street Manchester, CT 06042 Phone: (860) 402-9908 Contact: Douglas H. Smith email: hikethehockanum@aol.com website: http://www.ci.manchester.ct.us/leisure/	Hockanum River Group 235 East River Drive, Apt. 1005 East Hartford, CT 06108 Phone: (860) 289-4566 Contact: Cynthia and James Reik
Hockanum River Watershed Association 407 Woodbridge Street Manchester, CT 06042 Phone: (860) 402-9908 Contact: Douglas H. Smith email: hikethehockanum@aol.com website: www.hockanumriverwa.org
Housatonic Coalition 11 Lantern Hill Road Trumbull, CT. 06611 Phone: (203) 261-1868 Contact: Mike Piquette	Housatonic Environmental Action League, Inc. (HEAL) P.O. Box 21 Cornwall Bridge, CT 06754 phone: (860) 672-6867 phone/fax contact: Audrey Cole healct@snet.net
Housatonic Fly Fisherman Assoc Po Box 5092 Hamden, Ct 06518 Phone: (203) 248-5079	Housatonic Lake Authority P.O. Box 26 Derby, CT 06410
Housatonic River Commission 74 Dublin Road Falls Village, CT 06031 Phone: (860) 824-0083 Contact: Chuck Lewis	Housatonic River Commission c/o Northwestern CT Council of Governments 17 Sackett Hill Road Warren, CT 06754 Phone: (860) 868-7341
Housatonic Valley Association Inc. PO Box 28 Cornwall Bridge, CT 06754 Phone:(860) 672-6678 Contact: Lynn Werner www.hvatoday.org email: ct@hvatoday.org	Isaac League of America Save our Streams Program 1401 Wilson Blvd Level B Arlington, Virginia 22209 Phone: (703) 528-1818
Jonah Center for Earth and Art 190 Court St. Middletown, CT 06457 (860) 346-6657 ext 13 Contact: John Hall Hall.john.c@sbcglobal.net http://www.thejonahcenter.org/
Lake Lillinonah Authority c/o Anne Schiessel, Chairman 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 contact: Ed Himlan email: mwc@commonwaters.org www.commonwaters.org/enewssurvey.html.	Mattabessett River Watershed Assoc. P.O. Box 7174 Berlin, CT 06037 Contact: Jim Creighton Phone:(860) 424-3681 email: info@mrwa-ct.org www.mrwa-ct.org
Mianus River Watershed Council P.O. Box 421 Greenwich, CT 06830 Phone:(203) 869-5200 Contact: Dave Medd dmedd63034@aol.com	Mianus River Gorge Preserve RFD #2, Mianus River Rd. Bedford, NY 10506-9802 Phone: (914) 234-3455 Contact: Rod Christie
Mianus Valley Assoc. 690 River Rd. Cos Cob, CT. 06807 Contact: Peter Moss	Middlesex County soil and Water Conservation Dist. deKoven House, 27 Washington Street Haddam, CT. 06457 Phone: (860) 346-3282 middlesex@ct.nacdnet.org
Mill River Wetland Comm. 476 Old Mill Road Fairfield, CT. 06430 Phone: (203) 259- 1847 Contact: Joy Shaw e-mail: river-lab@juno.com	Mill River Watershed Assoc. 130 Highland Ave. Hamden, Ct 06518 Contact: Martin Mador martin.mador@yale.edu
Nature Conservancy CT Chapter 55 Church Street, Floor 3 New Haven, CT 06510-3029 Phone: (203) 568-6270 Fax: (203) 568-6271 E-mail: ct@tnc.org, website	Naubesatuck Watershed Council 19 Chaplin St. Chaplin, Ct phone: (860) 455-1043 contact: Kurt Heidinger http://nwc.ctgaia.net/drupal/
Natchaug River Alliance 36 Morey Road Chaplin, CT. 06235 Phone: (860) 455-9754 Contact: Rusty Lanzit	Naugatuck River Watershed Assoc. P. O. Box 122 Middlebury, CT. 06762-0122 Phone: (203) 758-9166 Contact: Bob Gregorski
NAUGATUCK-POMPERAUG CHAPTER OF TROUT UNLIMITED Contact Bob Perrella - President 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 email- Robbette@hotmail.com	New Haven Riverkeeper 63 Glen View Terrace New Haven, CT. 06515-1520 Phone: (203) 946-6521 Contact: Peter Davis
Northwest Conservation Distrist 1185 New Litchfield St Torrington, CT 067 Phone: 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 Phone: 877-NRWA-INFO email: lbwillisct@aol.com or info@norwalkriver.org website: http://www.norwalkriver.org/ fax:203-431-8442 Contact: Lillian Willis	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 contact: Chet Arnold Phone: (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 Contact President: Bill Moskalski 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 River Watershed Revitalization Initiative Contact: Mary Richel Pelletier 80 Elizabeth Street Hartford, CT 06105-2212 E-mail: maryvrp@parkriver.org website: http://www.parkriver.org/
Pawcatuck Watershed Partnership c/o Jeff Nield Rhode Island DEM, Suite 330 Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Providence, RI 02903 Phone: (401) 222-3434	Preserve the Wetlands Inc. P.O. Box , Rowayton Station Norwalk, CT. 06853 Contact: Walter Glass
Pequabuck River Watershed Assoc. P. O. Box 1461 Bristol, CT. 06010 Phone: (860) 589-5547 Contact: Carl Swanson email: PRWA@attbi.com	Project SEARCH DEP Education Division 79 Elm Street Hartford, CT 06106 phone: (860) 424-3655 Contact: Lisa Wahle lisa.wahle@po.state.ct.us www.projectsearch.org
Pequabuck River Organization c/o Central CT Regional Planning Agency 225 North Main St., Suite 304 Bristol, Ct 06010 Phone: (860) 589-7820 Contact: Ken Shooshan-Stoller e-mail: ccrpampo@ct1.nai.net	Pomperaug River Watershed Coalition PO Box 141 Southbury, CT 06488 contact: James Belden info@pomperaug.org www.pomperaug.org.
Pomperaug River Watch c/o Linda Schocken 72 Paper Mill Road Woodbury, CT 06798	Project WET DEP Education Division 79 Elm Street Hartford, CT 06106 phone: (860) 424-3538 Contact: Dave Parsons dave.parsons@po.state.ct.us
Quinebaug-Shetucket Heritage Corridor 107 Providence Street Putnam, CT 06260 phone: (860) 963-7226 fax: (860)928-2189 email: quinebaug.shetucket@snet.net	Quinnipiac River Watershed Association 290 Pratt St Meriden, CT 06450 Contact: Mary Mushinsky Phone: 203-237-2237 email: qrwa@sbcglobal.net website: http://www.qrwa.org/
Quinnipiac River Linear Trail Committee Wallingford Town Hall 45 South Main Street Wallingford, CT 06492 Contacts: Mary Mushinsky, Lynn Hoffman	Ripowam Neighbors 101 Maltbie Avenue Stamford, CT. 06902 Phone: (203) 322-2772 Contact: Tessa and Hal Ried
Rivers Susan E. Lamb, Editor phone: (970) 221-1707 FAX: 970-224-1220 contact: Susan E. Lamb, Editor Email: 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 Phone: (860) 293-0131 Contact: Joseph R. Marfuggi 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 phone: (203) 341-1170 Contact: Fran Pierwola
Salmon Brook Watershed Association 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 http://www.savedarienswetlands.org
Save Our Shores 49 Meadowwood Drive Greenwich, CT 06830 phone: (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 phone: (860) 442-8349 email: cf_grimsey@aol.com	Scantic River Watershed Association 15 Gilbert Rd Somers, CT 06071 Contact: Culver Modisette http://www.scanticriverwatershed.org/
Sea Grant MAP 1084 Shennecossett Road Groton, CT 06340-1017 Contact: Heather M. Crawford	Shepaug River Association 8 South Street Washington, CT. 06794 Contact: Edwin Matthews, Jr. http://www.shepaug.org
Shepaug-Bantam River Commission Sackett Hill Road Warren, CT 06754 Phone: (860) 838 7341	Soundkeeper P.O. Box 4058 East Norwalk, CT 06357 Contact: Terry Backer http://www.soundkeeper.org/ www.soundkeeper.org
Sound Waters Inc. Brewers Yacht Haven Marina 69 Dyke Lane Stamford, CT. 06902 Phone: (203) 323-1978 contact: Dianne Seldritch swaters@soundwaters.org	Southwest Conservation District Northern Research Station 51 Millpond Rd Hamden, CT 06514 Phone: 203-287-8179 Fax: 203-288-5077 www.conservect.org/southwest
Still River Greenway & Waterway Alliance Danbury-Brookfield-New Milford, CT Contact: Chair Meghan Ruta at stillriveralliance@gmail.com, Facebook
Thames River Basin Partnershipp c/o Elizabeth Rogers, NRCS 139 Wolfden Road Brooklyn, CT 06324 Phone: (860)774-8397 http://www.ct.nrcs.usda.gov/ctthames/	Trout Unlimited Connecticut www.cttrout.org and www.tu.org/ P.O. Box 1594 Fairfield, CT 06825 info@cttrout.org Contact 2006-2007 Chairman Bill Blaufuss prosit67@hotmail.com (203) 856-2004
Thames Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited P.O. Box 151 Ledyard, CT 06339 Contact: Richard Guarino, president 860-464-8254 web site 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 Phone: (860) 848-8961 Contact: Tammy-Rain Terry e-mail: rainfall@uconect.net	Vision Waterfront Committee 900 Chapel Street, Tenth Floor New Haven, CT. 06510 Phone: (203) 782-4380 Contact: Linda Singer e-mail: lsinger@gnhcc.com
West Haven Watershed Association Mary Head, President 45 Court Street West Haven, CT 06516 Phone: (203) 934-8562	West River Watershed Assoc. 205 Prospect Street New Haven, CT. 06511 Phone: (203) 432-3026 Contact: Mary Tyrell e-mail: mary.tyrrell@yale.edu
Willimantic River Alliance P. O. Box 9193 Bolton, CT. 06043-9193 e-mail: info@willimanticriver.org http://www.willimanticriver.org/	Wood Pawcatuck Watershed Assoc. 203 Arcadia Road Hope Valley, RI. 02832-3230 401-539-9017 Contact: Lori Urso 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