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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

CACIWC
Po Box 2373
Vernon, CT 06066
contact: Tom O'Dell
Phone: (860) 896-4731
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
Contact:  Martha Smith
e-mail:  martha.smith@yale.edu
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 River Assembly
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 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
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

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 High Street
Middletown, CT 06547
Phone: (860) 344-0716

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

Norwalk River Watershed Assn.
P.O. Box 197
Georgetown, CT 06829
Phone: 877-NRWA-INFO
email: lbwillisct@aol.com
info@norwalkriver.org  
website: http://www.norwalkriver.org/   

fax:203-431-8442
Contact: Lillian Willis

Norwalk River Watershed Initiative
c/o Jessica Kaplan
356 Thayer Pond Road
Wilton, CT 06897
Phone: (203) 834-0033
e-mail: kaplan356@aol.com

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: Ed Edelson
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

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

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

The Still River Greenway and Waterway Alliance
25 Inglenook Road
New Fairfield, Connecticut 06812
Contact: Sig Hepp
Email: GRASSRTS@HOTMAIL.COM

Thames River Basin Partnership
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.