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General Watershed Information

Center for Watershed Protection
http://www.cwp.org
“CWP is a non-profit 501(c)3 corporation that provides local governments, activists, and watershed organizations around the country with the technical tools for protecting some of the nation¹s most precious natural resources: our streams, lakes and rivers.”
From the CWP homepage, you can access “Why Watersheds? An introduction to the whys and hows of water resource protection.”

Center for Coastal and Watershed Systems Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
New Haven, CT 06511 203-432-3026
http://www.yale.edu/ccws
“Our main focus is academic research, teaching and developing linkages between communities in coastal watersheds and the scientific community in order to foster collaboration on watershed research, education, habitat preservation and ecological restoration.”

EPA¹s Surf your watershed site
http://cfpub1.epa.gov/surf/

Connecticut Watersheds

Rivers Alliance of Connecticut
Collinsville, CONNECTICUT 06022 860-693-1602
http://www.riversalliance.org
Contact: rivers@riversalliance.org
“The statewide coalition of river organizations and individuals formed to protect and enhance Connecticut's rivers by promoting sound river and watershed policies, uniting and strengthening the state's many river groups, and educating the public about the importance of river conservation. Our achievements include new state programs for protected rivers, river restoration, and coordinated river planning; strengthened grassroots organizations for river conservation; expanded recreational access to rivers; and work on in-stream flow management for the state.”

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service: CT Stream walk Initiative
http://www.ct.nrcs.usda.gov/ctthames/images/strmindx.htm
A statewide, watershed citizen monitoring program that “serves two purposes: resource evaluation through data collection and community involvement and education. Through the survey, volunteers collect information on existing physical conditions of instream and streamside characteristics of the streams in a river basin. This information can be used later to identify resource needs and to plan conservation measures in the basin. .. . . The survey brings volunteers into direct contact with a river and creates the opportunity for them to understand better the way a river system works and the relationships between their communities and the river.”

CT Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Management
http://dep.state.ct.us/wtr/
CTDEP¹s mission is “to protect and restore the State's surface, ground waters, water related resources to protect public water supply, human health and safety, hazard mitigation, river restoration, preserve and enhance water based recreation, propagation of fish and aquatic life, and the natural character and economic well being of the State. The Bureau achieves its mission through the adoption of water quality standards for the State's surface and ground water resources, regulation of municipal and industrial wastewater discharges, management of water withdrawals, construction on and adjacent to coastal and inland water resources, enforcement of the water quality, mitigation of natural hazards, control of floodplain development, river restoration, water resource protection, remediation of waste disposal sites, monitoring and assessment of water quality, management of the Connecticut Clean Water Fund, and development of strategies to abate or prevent water pollution.”

Connecticut Fund for the Environment
http://www.cfenv.org/
"Connecticut Fund for the Environment, founded in 1978, is the state’s nonprofit legal champion for the environment. CFE utilizes law, science, and education to better air and water quality, control toxic contamination, minimize the adverse impacts of highways and traffic congestion, protect public water supplies, and preserve the open space and wetlands so crucial to both the state’s citizens and its wildlife."

Quinnipiac River Watershed

The Quinnipiac River fact sheet
http://dep.state.ct.us/wtr/watershed/quinnriv.htm

The Quinnipiac River Watershed¹s Inspectors Report Summary
http://dep.state.ct.us/wtr/watershed/quininsp.htm

Quinnipiac River Watershed Integrated Pest/Crop Management Project: Success Stories, January 2001
http://dep.state.ct.us/wtr/nps/succstor/qripmicm.pdf

University of New Haven¹s Quinnipiac River Watershed and Region Homepage
http://qrwgis.newhaven.edu
“This site is dedicated to the dissemination of information on the Quinnipiac River watershed and its surrounding area. Much of the information at this site is in the form of GIS data files .. broken down by subbasin within the watershed.”