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It was a veritable Who’s Who of the Connecticut River watershed’s principal stewards last May at a two-day retreat of the Connecticut River Watershed Partnership (CRWP). Led by CRWP’s executive director, Mass Audubon’s Markelle Smith, twenty-seven people spent all or part of the meeting at the Grafton Inn in Grafton, Vermont, discussing past successes, current challenges, and steps to more effective collaboration.
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It seemed like such a good idea. Just coat seeds with insecticide so that the plants sprout with the insecticide systemically already in their leaves, ready to repel and kill the pests.
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In the Connecticut River, the scientific community recognizes ten species of migratory fish that include American shad, alewife, American eel, Atlantic salmon, striped bass, blueback herring, sea lamprey, hickory shad, Atlantic sturgeon, and shortnose sturgeon. They travel thousands of ocean miles and annually swim up the Connecticut River, some a few miles and some over two hundred miles.
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Second Annual Award for Early Career Achievement in Environmentalism
On September 26, 2024, The Watershed Fund and Estuary magazine gave its second Early Career Achievement Award in Environmentalism to Riley Doherty of New Haven, Connecticut.
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Forty years ago, the waters of the Connecticut River were vastly improved, mainly through teeth exerted by the Environmental Protection Agency (among many others) on flagrant polluters.
Resources: How to Propagate Native Seeds
Links to detailed instructions about how to propagate native seeds
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Mark your calendars: Spring 2026. That is when we celebrate the next biennial World Fish Migration Day (WFMD).
Announcement
Estuary Magazine and The Watershed Fund are pleased to announce the winner of the 2024 Early Career Achievement Award, Riley Doherty.
In Memoriam: David Holahan
We were deeply saddened to learn of the death of David Holahan, an important, prize-winning contributor to Estuary magazine, who died June 11, 2024.
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The Connecticut River watershed has no governor. It has no regent, no ambassador, no prince or princess…
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As Estuary begins its fifth year of publication, it seems fitting to reflect on what has taken place and what lies ahead.
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On My Mind: Rowing Proud and Strong from High School Dropout to College Graduate: The Care Center of Holyoke Leads the Way
If you were sitting around one day trying to think of a category of American citizens who could use your help, young single mothers on welfare would have to be high on your list.
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