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2017 ANNUAL REPORT HOUSATONIC VALLEY ASSOCIATION

You make it possible!

Board of DirectorsPresident

F. Anthony ZuninoVice President

George S. LoganSecretary

Barton JonesTreasurer

James H. Maloney

Linda AllardChristine Baranski

Ann BarrettJoseph EllisLou Hecht

Ecton ManningMichael M. Nesbitt

Barclay PrindleEvan van Hook

Honorary MembersAllan L. Frew

Diane von Furstenberg

Advisory CouncilDavid Dolinsky

Shep EvansRobert Houlihan

Christopher Kukk, Ph.dDavid Platt

Harmon SmithSteven J. Whitman

Cover PhotosTop: Paddlers enjoying an HVA guided trip on the Houstonic in

Stockbridge; center photo below: River Steward Katie Jacob helps a turtle cross the road; left: green

heron; right: deer on the Housatonic. All photos from HVA fi les except

where noted.

ecause of you, the Housatonic River Valley is a unique and special place. People come here from all over the

world to hike, fi sh, paddle and enjoy nature’s beauty.

Still, we are a region at risk. Floods, droughts and heat caused by a changing climate threaten our woodlands and streams, and the life they sustain.

The good news is that we’ve mapped our important forests and cold water streams. Because of you, we know where to focus land and water conservation in the Housatonic Valley to buffer against the effects of a changing climate and preserve clean, cold waters.

And because of you, in towns across the Berkshires and Litchfi eld Hills, along the Ten Mile River and in the lower Valley to Long Island Sound, a network of people and partners is working with one aim – to protect our cherished Housatonic River Valley.

Facing the challenges ahead, it is you, our members and friends, who balance the odds. It is you who make success possible.

On behalf of the Board and staff – thank you!

F. Anthony Zunino, President

TO M E M B E R S A N D F R I E N D S Special Thanks to ourRiverSmart

Business Partners

Becton-Dickinson CompanyHarney & Sons Fine Teas

National Iron BankSalisbury Bank and Trust Company

White Horse Country Pub and Restaurant

Special Thanks to ourCorporate Associates

Advanced Multifamily Security Systems, Inc.Amazon Smile

Aqua Environmental LabAquarion Water CompanyB & L Construction, Inc.

Bank of the WestBennett Sullivan Associates

Crane & Co., Inc.Crystal Rock LLCDixon Golf, Inc.DSA Companies

EarthshareFirstLight Power Resources, Inc.

Foresight Land Services, Inc.GE Foundation

Harper Haines Fluid Control, Inc.Heritage Development Group, Inc.

IBM Matching Gifts ProgramIllinois Tool Works Foundation

Ion Bank FoundationIroquois Gas Transmission System

Just Give.OrgLee Bank

Litchfi eld BancorpO’Connor Davies, LLP

Pawling Engineered Products, Inc.Phoenix Realty Management

Pitney Bowes Employee Involvement Fund, Inc.

The Platt Brothers & Co.Price Chopper’s Golub Foundation

Tata & Howard, Inc.United Way of Greater WaterburyWinters Brothers Waste Systems

Zuberry Associates

Lynn Werner, Executive Director

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Because of you, the Ten Mile River and Wassaic and Webatuck creeks won New York State Inland Waterway designation! Your support now leverages public funds to help Ten Mile Watershed Roundtable towns protect this gem of a river valley.

You also monitored the Southwest Branch in Pittsfi eld; Wahconah Falls Brook in Dalton; Green River in Austerlitz, New York; and Alford, Egremont, and Great Barrington, Massachusetts; streams across northwest Connecticut and the Housatonic River; and streams feeding the Still River in Danbury, New Milford, Bethel, and Brookfi eld. And you found more than 400 compromised stream crossing road culverts that are severe barriers to fi sh, wildlife and water fl ow and need to be replaced to restore our waters.

You make it possible: Pond Mountain Brook in Kent, Connecticut.

and Churchill Brook in Pittsfi eld, Massachusetts will improve as community leaders replace three barrier culverts.

Sustainability is on the rise in Dover, New York as community leaders work toward Climate Smart Community Certifi cation as a model for towns in the Ten Mile Watershed.

Stormwater pollution is targeted in Pittsfi eld, Dalton and Lanesborough with new stormwater management plans; rain gardens on Pittsfi eld’s Main Street; and “track-down” of pollution in the greater Danbury Still River watershed.

The campaign for National Water Trail designation of the Housatonic River from Pittsfi eld to Long Island Sound gets underway, backed by U.S. Senators in both states.

You create new river access: Check out new river access sites on the Still River at Erickson Road in New Milford, and along the Housatonic River in Stockbridge where steep slopes are navigated via a nifty fl oating dock launch. New sites are planned for the Housatonic at Division Street in Great Barrington, Massachusetts and North Kent Road in Kent, Connecticut; the West Branch at Mill Street in Pittsfi eld, Massachusetts; and the Still River at Harrybrooke Park in New Milford, Connecticut.

By year’s end…We were mapping water quality across the entire watershed, and prioritizing challenges and opportunities to share with our partners and you.

You protect and restore clean water!

Y O U R W A T E R

New offi cesWe’ve moved into two new offi ces this year! The Berkshire offi ce is now in Stockbridge’s historic Merwin House (space we share with Historic New England) and the New York offi ce is now in Maxon Mills in Wassaic.

Waconah Regional High School student putting in buffer plants

on the Old Mill Trail in the Dalton/Hinsdale area in Massachusetts.

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Riverfront land is restored on the East Branch Housatonic River Old Mill Trail as students and interns replaced invasives with native plants in Dalton and Hinsdale.

New partnerships emerge in the Ten Mile and Oblong valleys, and Sheffi eld and New Marlborough.

The fi rst comprehensive online Trails Map for the 21-town Northwest Hills Council of Governments – 540 miles – is ready!

Sixteen AmeriCorps youth spent six weeks helping 20 land trust and community groups create/maintain seven trails and build nesting boxes and community gardens. They named the Greenprint Collaborative their Sponsor of the Year! (see sidebar)

Your voice is represented on Regional Conservation Partnerships – Hudson to Housatonic, Berkshire-Taconic and Berkshire Wildlife Linkages – and shaping an emerging conservation vision across the Northeast.

By Year’s End ...we were into a six-month analysis of Housatonic Valley landscapes, identifying ecologically important forest corridors across the watershed and their links to a vast woodland corridor stretching from the Hudson Valley to Canada.

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The Greenprint Collaborative partners rock!(See members on back page.) Eight land trusts tapped the Greenprint Jessie B. Cox Landowner Incentive Fund ($85,000 for survey/legal/appraisal work) to save 1,850 acres of forest and habitat. The Greenprint Partners Pledge Fund topped $650,000; partners leveraged it for $3 million in public/private funding to save 800 acres. And a quarter of the $8 million in Highlands Conservation Act (HCA) funds aimed at northwest Connecticut helped our partners save 1,600 acres to date.

You helped create the HCA, lauded by Congress this year as a model public/private partnership. We’ve matched each federal dollar with nearly four non-federal dollars. You make it possible!

Your impact: Another 320 acres of forest, greenway,

scenic vistas and New England cottontail habitat in Winchester, Torrington, Kent, Sharon and Cornwall is conserved with state open space grants, matched HCA dollars to close the deals.

The northern 23 acres of Robbins Swamp in North Canaan is fi nally conserved thanks to Greenprint member Norfolk Land Trust, a donation by a willing landowner – and you.

Americorps honors Greenprint Partners

Americorps volunteers Kennedy with bunny and Sam planting a community garden.

Danbury Youth Services and Danbury High School, engages young people – 64 so far – in improving the environment and learning essential job skills for the future.

Downtown Pittsfi eld is a teaching tool as the public sees fi rst-hand how sidewalk rain gardens prevent stormwater pollution.

Take a walk on the wild side or step back in time with a new augmented reality “app” that allows you to see wildlife or view the Housatonic River as it was 100 years ago on the Old Mill Trail – thanks to Miss Hall’s School, historian John Dickson – and you!

Hundreds of people shared a picture story of last year’s Housatonic River Source-to-Sound journey as part of River Art exposition sponsored by Jim Schantz and hosted by Dick and Pam Stebbins at the scenic Stockbridge Train Station to benefi t river conservation work.

By year’s end … We were designing a new website, expanding social media, framing a video starring the Housatonic River, and exploring the idea of a watershed-wide gathering of activists and conservation partners to share goals and resources in the wake of diminished public policies and funds for our environment.

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C H A N G I N G L I V E S

You touch lives across the Housatonic Valley

Nearly 600 young people from pre-school to high school explored rivers and wildlife this year – some coming nose-to-nose with frogs and salamanders for the very fi rst time. From the Berkshire streams to northwest Connecticut’s Salmon Kill to the Still River in Danbury, youngsters stenciled storm drains, sampled water quality, planted buffers, made shade for brook trout and yes – even kissed a few frogs.

Dozens of families experienced the magic of the Housatonic River in guided canoe trips through the Berkshires and northwest Connecticut. And hundreds more joined Be RiverSmART, a Berkshire partnership with the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts using art and science to reduce polluted runoff from homes and gardens. April was “Be RiverSmart” month at the Berkshire Athenaeum featuring workshops and displays. Everyone can do something to Be River Smart. Check out BeRiverSmart.org today!

You make it possible: The Still River is improving in Danbury

as dozens of high school students replaced invasives with native buffer plants, restored riverfront habitat and reduced polluted runoff. Still River Watershed Connections, a partnership with area funders like you,

Special Thanks to ourProject Sponsors

Donald and Elizabeth AbbottBernard Adams and Edna H. Travis

AKC Fund, Inc.Alnasco Co., Inc.

Becton-Dickinson Co.Berkshire Bank Foundation, Inc.

Berkshire Environmental Action TeamBerkshire Environmental Endowment Fund

Berkshire Natural Resources CouncilBerkshire Regional Planning CommissionBerkshire Taconic Community Foundation

Blue QScott and Roxanne Bok

Canyon RanchCity of DanburyCity of Pittsfi eld

Commonwealth of MassachusettsConnecticut Community Foundation

Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

Connecticut Land Conservation CouncilDavid L. Klein Jr. Foundation

David and Sandy DolinskyThe Dutchess Land Conservancy

Elson-Slemmer Fund for the EnvironmentEnvironmental Professionals’ Organization

of ConnecticutEversource Energy

Fairfi eld County’s Community FoundationFarmington River Watershed Association

FirstLight Power Resources, Inc.The Friends of the Berkshire Athenaeum

Friends of DoverGould Family Foundation

Hanser Land Aquisition FundLouis and Elaine HechtHistoric New England

Honeywell International CorporationHorizon Foundation, Inc.

Ion Bank FoundationIroquois Gas Transmission SystemJessie B. Cox Charitable Lead Trust

Barton and Debby JonesPeter R. & Cynthia K. Kellogg Foundation

Khurshed Bhumgara FundKimberly-Clark Corporation

Marcia Brady Tucker FoundationMassachusetts College of Liberal Arts

Millbrook Garden ClubNational Audubon Society, Inc.

National Fish and Wildlife FoundationNational Iron Bank

Natural Resources Damages FundThe Norcross Wildlife Foundation, Inc.

Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation

Northwest Hills Council of GovernmentsOpen Space Institute

Oppenheimer Environmental FundPitney Bowes

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Special Thanks to ourProject Sponsors

Massachusetts Department of Ecological RestorationMassachusetts Rivers AllianceMassachusetts Watershed CoalitionMerchants of New Preston Village Miss Hall’s SchoolNational Fish and Wildlife FoundationNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationNational Park ServiceThe Nature ConservancyNaugatuck River Revival GroupNaugatuck Valley Council of

GovernmentsNaugatuck Valley Outdoors ClubNew England State Foresters AssociationNew York State Offi ce of Parks,

Recreation and Historic Preservation North Atlantic Aquatic Connectivity

CollaborativeNorthwest Connecticut Conservation

DistrictNorthwest Hills Council of GovernmentsNorthwest LandscapesOblong Land ConservancyPark Avenue Elementary SchoolPatagonia World Trout InitiativePittsfi eld High SchoolPomperaug River Watershed CoalitionPontoosuc Lake AssociationPrinceton HydroProject NativeRegional Land Conservation (RCP)

NetworkRennia Engineering Rivers Alliance of ConnecticutRotary Club of New MilfordSharon AudubonSheffi eld Land TrustShepaug River AssociationSierra Club – Connecticut ChapterStill River Alliance CommissionStockbridge Bowl AssociationTown of BethelTown of Brookfi eldTown of CanaanTown of ColebrookTown of CornwallTown of DaltonTown of DoverTown of EgremontTown of Great BarringtonTown of HinsdaleTown of KentTown of LanesboroughTown of LeeTown of LenoxTown of New MilfordTown of NewtownTown of NorfolkTown of Northeast

T H A N K S T O Y O U A N D O U R PA R T N E R S

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Appalachian Mountain Club, Berkshire and Conn. Chapters

Berkshire Community CollegeBerkshire County League of SportsmenBerkshire Environmental Action TeamBerkshire Hatchery FoundationBerkshire Litchfi eld Environmental CouncilBerkshire MuseumBerkshire Natural Resources CouncilBerkshire Regional Planning CommissionCandlewood Lake AuthorityCenter for Watershed ProtectionCity of DanburyCity of Pittsfi eldColumbia Land ConservancyCommonwealth of Massachusetts

Department of Ecological RestorationConnecticut AudubonConnecticut Department of Energy and

Environmental Protection Connecticut Farmland TrustConnecticut Forest and Park AssociationConnecticut Fund for the EnvironmentConnecticut Institute for Resilience &

Climate AdaptationConnecticut Land Conservation CouncilConnecticut League of Conservation

VotersConnecticut River ConservancyCornell Cooperative Extension – Dutchess CountyDanbury High SchoolDanbury Youth ServicesDover Plaza Dutchess County Parks Dutchess County SWCDDutchess Land ConservancyEarthShareEversource EnergyFarmington River Coordinating

CommitteeFarmington River Watershed AssociationForesight Land Services Engineering Co.Friends of the Great SwampFriends of the LakeGreat Barrington Trails & GreenwaysGuido’s SupermarketHarlem Valley Rail Trail Association Heritage Land Preservation TrustHighstead Foundation, Inc.Housatonic Fly Fishermen’s AssociationHousatonic River CommissionHousatonic Valley Council of Elected

Offi cialsHousatonic Valley Regional High SchoolLand Trust AllianceLand Trust of DanburyLitchfi eld DistilleryMassachusetts Audubon SocietyMassachusetts Department of Fish &

Wildlife

Town of OxfordTown of Ridgefi eldTown of SalisburyTown of SeymourTown of SharonTown of Sheffi eldTown of StockbridgeTrout Unlimited – Candlewood Valley,

Conn., Taconic, Massachusetts Ma/RI Council and National Chapters

The Trustees of ReservationsTwin Brooks Gardens U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyU.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceUnited Way of Greater WaterburyUniversity of Connecticut Dept. of Civil

and Environmental EngineeringUniversity of MassachusettsUpper Housatonic Valley National

Heritage AreaUSDA NRCS CTUSGS CT Water Science CenterValley Council of GovernmentsValley United WayVillage of MillertonWestchester Land TrustWestern CT Council of GovernmentsWestfi eld River Watershed Association

Municipal MembersCity of AnsoniaCity of DerbyCity of SheltonTown of CornwallTown of EgremontTown of KentTown of Litchfi eldTown of New MilfordTown of NorfolkTown of North CanaanTown of OxfordTown of SalisburyTown of SeymourTown of Sheffi eldTown of Sherman

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Rivers Alliance of Connecticut, Inc.Rotary Club of Derby-Shelton, Inc.

Salisbury Bank & TrustSchantz GalleriesSiemon Company

Society for Women Environmental ProfessionalsStop & Shop

TD Charitable FoundationTown of DoverTown of Kent

Town of StockbridgeTrout Unlimited – Connecticut Chapter

Gay TuckerU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Union Savings BankUpper Housatonic Valley National

Heritage AreaValley Community FoundationEliot and Annick Wadsworth

Weir Farm National Historic SiteWerth Family Foundation

Western Massachusetts Master Gardener Association – Berkshire City Chapter

F. Anthony and Sally A. Zunino

SPECIAL THANKS TO ...Auction guests, donors, bidders and chairs: Christine Baranski, Linda Allard, Judy Auchincloss, Jack and Pam Baker, Robert Couturier and Jeffrey Morgan,Frank Delaney and Diane Meier, John Favreau, Carolyn Klemm, Seth Meyers and Alexi Ashe,Hamilton South and Manuel Bellod, Anne Swift and Lee Lord, Diane von Furstenberg and Barry Diller,Sam and Lynn Waterston, Heather Watts and Damian Woetzel.

Tournament golfers and sponsors: Aquarion Water Company; Crystal Rock, LLC; FirstLight Power Resources, Inc.; O’Connor Davies, LLP; Republican-American; Zuberry Associates; Advanced Multifamily Security Systems; Winters Brothers Waste Systems; Heritage Development Group, Inc.; Tata & Howard, Inc.; Heritage Village Golf Course, and Tee and Green sponsors.

Donald and Meryl GummerSusan and Murray HaberDena and Felda HardymonHenry and Nancy KissingerRob Kuhbach and Sherrill AndrewsRon and Carol KurtzJohn F. Lyons and Susannah GrayRobert C. MarshallPeter and Leni MayBenjamin Nickoll and Christine ArmstrongLawrence Noe and Leslie SingerPhilla C. OsborneDiana Hitt PotterDavid C. Robinson and Margaret FieldWarren Rubin and Bernice WollmanWilliam SchrenckBruce and Kathryn Wandelmaier

WATERSHED GUARDIANS$500+

Bernard R. Adams and Edna H. TravisCanon Stephen Paul BoothJon and Sara BudishChristopher and Annette Clow*Michael Dennis and Katherine WenningDoolittle Lake Co.Steven Fordyce and Victor JimenezBarbara L. GarsideAndrea and Mary Ellen GeisserBruce Haims and Judy JacksonNina KaletschPat and Paul D. KaplanCharles D. and Jane Parsons KleinLewis and Sharon KormanEdward P. KrugmanLawton S. LambSheryl Leach and Howard RosenfeldRaymond J. Learsy

Liz McCarthy and Brian O’LearyNancy McWilliamsJ. Thomas and Cynthia MitchellKatherine MooreSteven Paggioli and Olaf SoltauSally Gooch PaynterJames and Sarah PictonEugene and Diana PinoverJoseph and Emilie PryorClaire PryorBenjamin and Donna RosenBruce RowlandLon RubackinRalph W. and Sandra SandmeyerDiana Simrell SavoryBeth P. SchoberRichard and Carol SeltzerJeffrey and Amy Rose SilvermanElizabeth W. SmithAbby WellsPhyllis H. WojanJames WorthJohn and Jennifer Youngblood

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROUS SUPPORT!

PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE$10,000+

Linda Allard GallenScott L. and Roxanne BokJoseph and Barbara EllisLouis and Elaine HechtEdward and Megg HoffmanPeter R. and Cynthia K. KelloggRoger and Fa LiddellKirsten PeckermanRonald and Michelle SaltzAnne H. Swift and Lee LordEliot and Annick WadsworthWerth Family FoundationF. Anthony and Sally Auer Zunino

BLUE HERON SOCIETY$5,000+

Tucker and Karen AndersenScott W. AsenJack and Pam BakerChristine BaranskiJayne BentzenLarry and Martha BingamanMarjorie T. Coleman and William R. ColemanRobert Couturier and Jeffrey P. MorganNicholas and Caroline DaifotisValerie Friedman and Frank AdamsScott and Ellen HandBarton and Debby JonesRobert and Jane KeiterKurt F. LeopoldEzra P. and Reeva S. MagerEcton and Betsy Manning

Richard and Lauri ZarinGary and Debra Zrelak

RIVER SPONSORS$250+

Michael and Courtney AddyAppalachian Mountain Club, CTLawrence Appel and Ellen DunnJohn E. Avery, IIIBarbara CantacuzinoTodd R. and Kalyn Johnson ChandlerJohn and Anne Coffi nJohn Creasy and Caroline CreasyDelehanty Stock Farm, Inc.*William DonahueDr. David M. and Deborah Menzell DresslerDr. Richard Dyer, Jr.Robert T. and Betsy EatonJoel and Victoria ErnstElizabeth FaulknerJames and Elizabeth FishmanMartha J. FleischmanHenry A. and Susan O. FlintBrigid K. Glackin and Michael J. MurphySherwin M. GoldmanJohn F. Green*Ann GuestPeter and Helen HajeMichael Hallows and Lynn PerryNancy Hengen and Henry MonaghanBruce Hoheb and Susan MenconiNeil and Nancy HumphreysInterlaken Resort and Conference CenterWilliam and Joanna SeitzDaniel and Leila JavitchAnne Kreamer and Kurt AndersenAndrew and Elizabeth KriegmanJonathan and Bonnie LandmanAnthony LaRussoDwight Lee and Blair Brown

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Gifts received from August 1, 2016 through July 31, 2017

Rebecca and Jim NearyMarguerite PurnellRoyall Victor, IIIJean Vitalis

GREEN HERON SOCIETY$2,500+

Sharon CasdinDavid and Sandy DolinskyAllan L. FrewRon Garfunkel and Sande BreakstoneRonald and Jill Jones James H. MaloneyWilliam F. and Sue MorrillMichael and Martha NesbittKate PaleyBarclay Prindle and Amy SchuchatL. George and Nancy RiegerCharles and Barbara RobinsonDaniel D. Sherr and Margaret FergusonRichard and Pamela StebbinsEvan van Hook and Liutauras Psibilskis

NIGHT HERON SOCIETY$1,000+

William T. Baker and Bayard Gordon Anne H. BassRichard Berry and Lucy CommonerRalph and Elizabeth BrownArthur and Linda CarterGraydon and Anna CarterDr. Mitchell Charap and Dr. Karen GilmoreCharles I. and Ellen F. CogutThomas P. Dore and Maureen KirbyJohn and Eileen FieldMichael and Sally GordonMichael D. Griffi n and Molly B. Hart

“It was a delight to explore the Old Mill Trail. It is easily within reach of town centers, has a handicap-accessible sec-tion and offers time amongst lovely hemlocks and along the river. We’re grateful to HVA, Mass Wildlife, and BNRC for their collaboration and hard work making this trail that offers something for everyone.”

Karen Ross, BNRC member

Members

Cooper Grace and River Jastremski plant buffers along the Still River in

the Danbury area.

THE HOUSATONIC RIVER IS A NATIONAL TREASURE

Beverly Rubman and Mark GoldfusJoel GoldsteinDouglas GoodSusan GrisellFrank HainesJames R. Hamilton

Quincy Hammond*George HardmanBenjamin and Lucy Bardo HarmsThomas W. HartchHarold M.and Gretchen HastingsKathy and Craig HavenDr. Harvey HaydenLesley and Philip HeimlichDrs. George and Jill HetsonJames B. and Alice HicksBill and Anne HolmFrank HoodEllen and Jean-Marie HorovitzDavid J. HubbardCharles R. and Anne S. HummelJohn and Maggie Humphrey

Ronald and Jo-Ann LeeJames and Shira Levin*David and Jane LindleyMichael and Ann LoebJames D. ManningJohn and Ada MasieroAlan H. McLeanHans-Joerg MeiliKate and Joel MillonziSarah and Tom Morrison*Jacolyn MottNew Morning MarketCynthia Newby and Jan NapierNorthville MarketMadeleine and Joel PoliczerT. Merrill and Marie PrenticeRichard L. Revesz and Vicki BeenStuart and Stephanie SaftSusan Saint JamesPat SalingRichard B. and Bette SaltzmanJoelle Sander*H. Marshall and Rae SchwarzSusan and Jim ScottRichard C. Sears and Brenda L. Singer

Members

Ami Bierbower*C.D. BlinnEdward and Elenor BloomJeffrey and Lynne BolsonSebastian and Anne AuberjonoisGeorge W. and Kathleen BossersBruce and Andrea Repola Braffman*Alex and Catherine BrandorffDonald B. and Susan P. BrantMary Reid BrashAustin and Lynda Brazee

John and Joan BrothersRandolph E. Brown and Raye HodgsonJames L. BuckleyCharles and Eileen ByrneElizabeth and Blake CabotEdwin N. CadySteven B. Callahan and Randal R. DwengerJoanna CarpenterWilliam G. CavanaghMichael and Jennifer CippolettiJared Clark and Jessica RoseNancy G. ClarkJoyce ClatemanDarlene CloutherJoseph and Phyllis CohenLawrence and Ronnie CohenTerry and Joel CohenJ. Barclay Collins, IIYolanda Colon-Greenberg*Donald S. and Leslie ConneryJames Nicoll and Mary CooperJeffrey and Caren Cox*James W. CrowleyCandace CunibertiCharlotte DallettStuart S. DalyVeralyn DaveeNan and Richard Davis

J. Richard deBart, Jr.Lee and Sophia deBoerJoyce DeCesareLeendert and Maryellen DeJongPeter and Dale DemyLawrence and Elizabeth DexheimerFrank and Sandra DignardSuzanne DixonSheryl DominguezRichard and Lisa DonovanKerry DouglasDavid and Livia DuffeeMary M. DusenburyJoseph DwyerEd Herrington, Inc.*Lisa and Lee EinbinderBerry R. EitelElyse HarneyWalter J. and Mary EngelsWilliam W. EnserDr. Richard EvansRonald Faanes, PhDJano FairservisDr. Ralph and Jean FalkensteinPeggy FarberPhilip and Gretchen FarmerJohn Paul FavreauMargot H. FeelyEdward and Audrey FermanSpencer FinchPeter and Patty FindlayMilos and Martina FormanCharles G. FredetteD. Kent Freeman and Adriana MartinezM.E. FreemanJacob E. and Katherine H. FrickerBenno and Stephanie FriedmanFriends of the Ansonia Nature Center, Inc.Ray and Maryellen FurseVincent GalanoPeter GalantJane Garmey*John A. Garraty, Jr.William G. and Helen GarrisonVictor Ghermack and Lori Shephard*Michael and Lisa Glantz*

Stephen SondheimJoseph N. and Marianne StinemanJohn Hoyt and Katherine StookeyGregory and Holly Miller SullivanAso O. TavitianFrederic Thaler and Kathleen Mooney*Ann Trowbridge and David MarohnGay TuckerJohn Van Der TuinLee Vance and Cynthia King VanceMichael and Elizabeth VaretAnn and Larry WagnerMarc and Rita WeingartenPam White and Paula Josa-Jones*Windy Hill FarmRoy and Ginny YoungAnne Zinsser

STREAM SPONORS$100+

Byron Abreu**Donald and Elizabeth AbbottMary M. Ackerly and Michael SconyersPeter and Ellen AclyNorman Adler and Michelle Shackelford Michael P. AlbertDr. Henry and Elyse AllenDrs. Lewis and Karen AltfestKip and Merry ArmstrongJohn and Mary ArnoldWilliam Arnold and Stephanie WargoRobert AvianJane BakkerChristopher BaldwinEmmert and Alberta BalisHarding Bancroft and Eliza KloseJohn and Judy BarberMs. Leila J. BaroodyGregory and Laura BatchJoseph J. BaxerDick BellMary P. HawvermaleRobert and Barbara Bettigole

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“I grew up close to the Housatonic River Watershed, and have taken full advantage of the recreational opportunities it provides. It feels wonderful to help protect an area that I have grown to love and use.”

— Michelle Bissett River Steward

“As I was paddling through the Cobble one August evening, the bank swallow nests reminded me of pueblos. Now years later I remember that evening light as if it shone from a pink, southwestern sunset. Unimpressed, the sandpipers stood around bowing mechanically like wind-up toys. And the Holsteins were just Holsteins, wearing their yellow tags, moping down to the water and posing against a stand of butter-and-eggs, bittersweet, and the hills to the west.

Hilary Russell,.auction donor

Noah Hassmer with a turtle he found on

an HVA paddle trip at Woods Pond.

YOU CAN PADDLE THE RIVER FROM TOP TO BOTTOM

Diane F. Moody*Jeff and Molly MorganStephen A. MoroccoLucia MulderDiane F. Murphy*Clark W. NichollsRobert E. and Janet NicksonDavid Ohanian and Suzanne Nelsen*Jonathan and Kelly OpdykeGerald O’ReillyRich and Jean O’ReillyCharles and Ann OrsilloEliot Osborn and Louise LindenmeyerLawrence and Carol O’TooleHenry B. and Marion L. PennellSharon and Robert PerlmanClarisse PerretteMichael T. and Judy Hanna PeschelGuy PetersonSteven and Diane PetersonJudith Petrovich and Philip GrausmanJanet PickeringJames and Sarah PictonJane PoehlerJoseph and Janet Aspen PolizzottoPomperaug River Watershed CoalitionPond Mountain TrustBridget PotterNorma Probst and Brian GaneyHector P. and Erica Prud’hommeAndrew and Sally Ellis QualeRobert V. Re and Didi SkaffDavid and Janet ReagonDavid L. Resnick and Catherine M. KlemaClyde J. RichardsonBeth and Tom RickartGordon and Jayne RidgwayEllen RittmanBrian RoachClarence L. and Frances RobertsStephen RootMarc Rosen and Susan PinskyJoseph and Jennifer RuggieroJamie Russ

Michael D. TrappHerbert B. and Nancy Z. TullyShari and Jonathan TurellJohn and Mira Van DorenRita G. VitalisKathleen and Michael VoldstadJim and Karen Vulcano*James Wade and Elizabeth WadeJanet and Lawrence WadeCarolyn and Edward WagnerAlexandra WalcottCynthia F. Walsh

Donald J. Ward, Jr.John and Liza Olsen WatersMalcolm and Donna WattmanJay and Susan WeintraubDavid WelchCrosby Wells**Lynn Werner and Kevin HonanJohn KuhnsLisa Kimmel WhiteReid and Laird WhiteBruce WhitefordEvelyn WilliamsRobert G. WilmersFrank E. and Linda Low Wolcott*David B. WolfAlice WolfeBarbara and Richard WolkowitzWillard and Susannah WoodDonald and Nina Weber Worth*Cynthia WyattJeremy and Kathryn YudkinLinda H. Zonana

FRIENDS$25+

Dr. Phyllis Ackman and Dr. Lawrence ViernsteinNicholas Adams

Bernice T. KruppFran Kumin and Richard TicktinAlice La PrelleGeorge Labalme, Jr.Robinson B. Lacy and Karen DoeblinTillie Page LairdEd Lamkay and Arthur NovellStephanie Landis*Joan N. LarnedRev. Ledlie and Roxana LaughlinStarling R. LawrenceRobinson Leech, Jr.Lenox Garden ClubDr. Martin G. LevineAnn H. LilleyMary LincolnHoney Sharp and David LippmanMcAdory and Marilyn LipscombEileen and Peter LitwinMichael Makes and Esther ConollyJoseph and Christine MammanoJeffrey and Annette MarcusDr. Paula MarcusPhil and Susan MarkertMatthew P. Smyth, Inc.*Skip and Lyn MattoonCatherine M. MazzaPatricia McGovern and David BehrensThomas A. J. McGowanPhyllis McGuire*Betsey McKearnanSeamus McKeon*Christine McLaughlinAmy and Brendan McLennan*Paul G. and Deborah J. McMahon*Arlene McMullinC. Robert Meek and Joan PondDr. Faith A. MenkenDrs. Fred and Andrea MenschJames and Catherine MillerJohn M. Mills, Jr.Margaret MinerTimothy and Nancy MinklerJennifer and Neil MitchellJohn and Marilyn Moller

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Allen Hyman, MDGeoffrey M. Iddison*Michael and Cindy ItaliaanderJeffrey and Gail Jacobson*Lee KennedyDavid and Amanda Jones*Joel Jones and Felicia Brodzky-JonesTerry and Jean Crum JonesGary Kahn*Susan KaufmanThomas and Kay KeyJeffrey Kimball and Pamela HoganRobert KitchenDavid and Suzanne KlausmeyerPhyllis and Harvey KleinEugene and Barbara Shattuck KohnRobert G. and Linda A. Kovacs

James and Julia SamartiniDr. Jeet and Maury SandhuJohn SanzoSunil Savkar and Stephanie BirkmannDr. Wynn and Elizabeth SaymanEric SchiffmanGeorge Schoellkopf and Gerald IncandelaDr. John R. and Rebecca SchreiberFrederick SchroederJoyce SchwartzThe Sebranek FamilyDaniel and Nell SemelAnn SeregiCatherine SetterlinKen and Gwynne SeufertLlewellyn Sinkler and Oscar ShamamianJames and Jill Sheffi eldLee SheldonShelton Conservation Comm.Susan and Judd ShovalJeffrey and Nancy SienkiewiczKarla Simon**David and Robin SingerRobert and Reneé SlonakerCameron SmithChristopher and Marlene SmithGeorge T. SmithVirginia SmithHoward Sobel and Ilene Smith*Michael and Joan SperoL. P. Sperry, Jr.John and Elizabeth SpragueJohn H. StaubEd SteinEleanor A. SternlofSunny Side Acres, Inc.Alan SurmanLori Pine SustielLinda TallyAlex TaylorJanet F. TaylorRobert and Rebecca ThomasJerry and Gail TobinRobert G. and Audrey G. TobinAnne P. ToddRobin Tost

“Swift fl owing water pure and clear, makes music for us all to hear. Your falls and rapids always thrill all creatures high upon the hill. Thanks to our friends at HVA, we all share the joy today, Keep it gleaming, keep it streaming, keep it gleaming.”

Nick Moore, Sharon, member since 1988

“The River Steward internship has not only been a great opportunity to give back to the environment, but has allowed me to share my summer with an incredible staff of inspiring individuals. All the while cementing the reasons I chose this fi eld to forge a career in.”

— Katie JacobRiver Steward

Members

YOUR NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS ARE

DOCUMENTING RIVER

CONDITIONS

Polly AdamsEllen Adler and Moshe AdlerDr. Michael H.and Betsy F. AldermanChristopher AlonzoKarin M. AltmanKy AndersonEdward D. AndrewsMs. Anne MakepeaceLewis H. ApatArc Consulting, LLC*Larry LaneLeon ArdenSamuel and Susan AverillAlphonse and Ruth A. AvitabileJeff Bacon

Georgina Baez*John and Liddy BakerStephen R. and Marjorie Gilman BakerJulia Devlin and Fred BallingMartin BaltusKaren C. BarbalungaA. Richard BarberCarolyn BarboliniStephanie Ann BarlowVictoria BarnesAnn BarrettThomas and Arleen BarrettRonald BarronWilliam J. and Christine M. BasiliereMalcolm H. and Joan BeattyJames and Margaret BeauregardStuart Beck and Joanne BeckRichard BeckermanLinda Beech and Thomas SchuellerMeg BegleySally Begley

Michael BelknapCarlo Benedetto*Rebecca and Ted BentSusan and Bruce BergerHelene BergerBernard BerofskySandra BertacciniKate BinzenDaniel Birger and Ellen GlassGeorge and Nancy BissellFelix Blaska*Russ and Tracy BodnarGregory and Joy BollardRobert BookmanCarter and Sally BoothNelson BotwinickAnne BowenBenjamin BoyarJohn and Jane BoyerBert BoysonJoy G. BoyumPeter and Lillian Brada*Maureen A. BradyElaine BrandonAnita BreanJeremy BrecherElaine and Charlie BrennerAndrew and Pamela BreslinJoyce G. BriggsBrookfi eld Animal Hospital*Jean Brown and Jeffrey LiebowitzJoshua BrownLouise and Malcolm BrownAlice BrowneAnn E. Bryant*Teresa F. BuchanCecilia Buck-TaylorBulls Bridge Body ShopR. Randolph Burns*Thaddeus E. and Mary-Ann BurrLinda BuschNancy Bushnell and Victor ReilingCarmella ButtacavoliTimothy Cage and Eric NelsonPeter Canby and Anne PutnamMark and Jane CapecelatroLynn and Mike CaranoDan CarelloCarmen and David Carlson

Barbara EnsignKenneth and Veronica ErdmannJoan ErmishGerard Esposito and Andrea DubrowJames F. EvansGeorge and Lorraine FaisonTom and Connor FarleyDan and Tricia Farley-BouvierMarcella Farrell*Zahra Fazeli

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Michael CaroeWilliston and Patricia CaseJames and Nancy CebikGene and Jan ChagueJohn R. and Kristina ChandlerMichael and Sarah ChelminskiGlen CherryJoseph and Evelyn ChiaritoKatherine P. ChilcoatHope ChildsAnthony ChiodoCathleen Chittenden*Lee Ellen ChontosJohn and Patricia Chory*Christopher Clapper and Sarah GeraceWilliam P. ClarkThomas W. and Nioma CoenPeter CoffeenMarc Cohen and Emily MeklerRuss CohenDavid Colbert*Jay ColesNita Colgate*Kenneth and Claire CollierK. Lee and Barbara CollinsJim and Karen ConsolatiGavin Cyrus Cook and Megan P. SheaSusan M. CookMargaret CooleyMichael CooneyVictor S. Coppleson and Linda B. CopplesonEugene and Adeline CoppolaSpedito and Josephine CostaKerry and Bonnie CouchmanRoger and Mary CoutantDana B. CowinKathy CreightonThomas and Mieke CriderAnni CrofutJudith CrouchRichard and Rebekah CrouchDenis L. and Barbara J. CurtissLinda J. CyszWilliam and Suzan DahlCarl D’Alvia and Jacqueline Saccoccio*Dark Entry Forest, Inc.

Dennis DaughertyEdward T. Davis IV and Susan Z. LeffPaul De Angelis and Elisabeth Kaestner*Frank DeFino and Terri DeFinoPaul J. DelascoLionel and Judith DelevingneNancy DellertCarmela DeLucaHerb Dershowitz and Liane MontesaWilliam and Melody DevlinJody DieffenbacherClayton DiltsKate DimancescuDonna and James DiMartinoAlexandra and Anthony DiPentimaCarole A. DmytryshakJoseph C. DoboszynskiJerry and Gretchen DoolittleJennifer Dorsen*Suzanne C. DossDr. John and Janis DowneyJohn DownieVictoria Ann DoyleWalter J. DrozeckLaura Dubester and Alan SilversteinJames DuffyJohn Dundas*David DunleavyEdwin Durgy*Helen DurgyJohn and Yvonne DuttonTom DwyerGary L. DycusNatalie DyerThe Dzenutis FamilyDiane and Paul EdwardsJanet EisensteinLarry and Leslie Elias-Saed*Bradford H. ElkerCia ElkinGeorge EllingSusan ElliottPeter and Patricia ElsbachDavid and Bonner ElwellDiana and John Engel

“Not all land trust members are born with a green hand. Many like myself have to learn the ropes from the ground up. HVA’s Greenprint Collaborative provides a level of assistance that cannot be found elsewhere and is my go-to source for the diffi cult questions concerning land preservation. The Goshen Land Trust is proud to be a supporting member”

Barry Donaldson, President Goshen Land Trust

Members

“The River Steward Internship with HVA gave a great opportunity to explore and learn about parts of our watershed while working on the stream team assessment project. I walked miles of river that many people don’t ever get to see while recording data along the way. This assessment project made me more conscious of how humans impact our water ways; now I wonder about anything out of place on any river or stream I go to.”

— Dylan LaChanceRiver Steward

YOUNGSTERS ARE HAVING FUN

IN THE RIVER LOOKING FOR RIVER BUGS

Robin and Virginia GrossmanHarold GurneeMichael and Kim GuyClyde and Beverly HabermanBob HagadornMichael H. HainsselinPaul E. HaleRobbin HalfnightTom Halstead*Charles and Mary Hamilton*Phyllis HammerMark and Jane Hanley and FamilyChris and Carol Hardy-FantsMarilyn M. HartJohn Hartje and Carol CamperCraig L. Haurand

Ken HawleyElizabeth HaxoJohn HazardDavid HeckElizabeth and Jerome HellmanErnest and Elsie HelmkeJ. Callender and Sue C. HeminwayLynne and Jose HenriquezJames and Lynn HerbertCaroline HerrickGeorge HertagJohn C. HicksStuart and Susanne Hirshfi eld

Leo and Merle KailasPeter and Nancy B. KalmesDr. John and Anita KaneWalter R. KaneLorraine KapinosVictoria Kapinski*Michael Kaplan*Carol KastendieckJeanne Lane Katz*Rima KatzRobert and Linda KatzJanet Kaufmann*Lynn S. Kearcher and Carl ChaietJohn A. KeefeDennis and Elizabeth KeenanJohn KelloggJames KellyKenneth E. KellyPamela KempeOlga KennedyAlice J. King and Thomas E. KingLarry S. KingSusanne King and Richard BerlinGil KleinMartha KleinPhilip D. KnowlesThomas KoelleEllen Koh*Danica Kombol and David Lewis*June M. KostickMary Homer KotrotsiosJames KrivonickLawrence KunstadtHarold KupleskyDr. David and Denise KurishNoel Labat-ComessElaine E. LaBella and Ann SherwoodDr. Norman and Susan LadovLouisa Mattoon LaFontanDaniel LakeCary and Elizabeth LakenbachSusan LamontLaura Lane and David R. DevoeBruce and Janie LarsonEdwin J. and Ruth LarsonRichard and Diana LarsonChristopher LawrenceDr. Robert K. Lee

Robert B. Lee, M. D.Dr. Cavin Leeman and Diane L. ZimmermanHalleck and Theresa Lefferts*Jack Leiser*Joan Leonard and Thomas Leonard*Dan LeonardChristopher LeoneJerry LeveyRichard M. LevichDr. Howard and Judith LevinSydney and Judith LevineHarold and Jeanette LevyRichard and Leslie Lillien LevyRoss Levy, M.D.Marilyn LieffLaurie LisleRobert S. LjungquistClemens Loew, Ph.D.John and Susan LoganWallace LomanHenry L. and Mary LongRuss and Mimi LongyearJames LooneyDr. Richard and Mary LoyerWilliam and Kathy LyonJoan MacFarlaneJustin MackDorothy J. MaffeiLouis J. Maggio, M.D.Jim and Jacqueline Mann*Susan MargolinJerome MartinLona MartinOscar MartinezNancy MascioJames H. MaxymillianJohn and Debra Mazur*Susan McBrienHarold and Marie McCarthy

Herbert L. HochbergPeter and Phyllis HofmanTheodore C. and Barbara HollanderSteven HomerCarl and Janet HooperMargaret HornickPeter and Louisa HorthGuy Horvath*Dorothy HostermanBarbara and Duncan HoxworthMarjorie I. HubbardPeter and Lucille InsalacoKevin Ireton and Cynthia BattistaSusan IrwinCarolyn B. Ivanoff

Paul and Rita IversonMaura JabbonskyRonald and Adriana JanisDr. Raymond and Karen E. JankowichJosie JanssenJoan JejerWayne JenkinsRobert Jiminski*Eric C. and Elizabeth JonesFrederick M. and Kay JosephSheila JosephsonRuth G. Kahn

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Franklin and Naomi FeldmanMarian and Carr FergusonRobert Fiengo and Barbara BevingtonDr. Jack and Joyce FinkelsteinDr. Robert W. Finley, IIILen Fishman and Susan O. SchnurJohn FitzgeraldLaura Salas FloresFounders Insurance Group, Inc.Suzie FowleSusan G. FoxZita B. Fox*A. King FrancisPaul and Linda FrankDr. Carol FrankenLouise FrankenbergIngrid FreidenbergsAnne and Richard French*Harry E. and Martha S. Freshler*Katherine FreygangJudith Frost*Austin FryeJacek M. and Coby GalazkaDr. John W. and Jean H. GallupDr. John and Ann GaltRobert and Kathy GambinoWilliam and Joanna GemmellGuy and Rhea Gerace*Joseph and Phyllis GeraghtyGordon H. GertsenAnn GetsingerSarah Getz and James LaPortaSusan Purcella GibbonsJames and Virginia GiddensSarah Sedgwick GinocchioNancy Ginsburg*R. GinzelMartin and Cynthia GlendonGerald and Cathy GollubWillard and Vivian GombertMichael and Kathie GordonDrs. Richard Gottlieb and Josephine WrightDoug GoudeyCarol F. GourleyDoug and Kate GreenEric GreenbergDr. Richard A. GreeneRobert E. and Patricia Groeschner

“Paddling the Housatonic River is a great experience. I enjoy seeing birds, turtles and the wildlife along the river. As a volunteer with HVA, I know how important the Housatonic Watershed area is and want to help protect it now and for the future.”

Sharon Siter, HVA Berkshire volunteer

Members

Prize-winning fl oat fi lled with trash from the river in a regatta in Ashley Falls, Massachusetts.

THERE ARE MILES OF TRAILS TO

EXPLORE IN THE HOUSATONIC WATERSHED

Robert SchroterMartin and Jane SchwartzHarriet SchweitzerAndrea Scott and Rob JenterNick SedelnikFrederick R. and Arleen SellGerry SenseneyStephen and Celia Senzer*John A. SetaroRobert I. and Jane S. G. Shapiro*Sharon Optical*Janice ShelavageShelton Land Conservation Trust, Inc.Anita L. ShortCarolyn and Peter SibnerBetty SilbertLeonard and Gail SilvermanEllery W. and Mary Lusanna SinclairVicky SingerMichele and Tom Sirois*Rev. Peter SkallerJim and Dana SlaughterJonathan Sloss*Elizabeth SlotnickGeorgene Smith

Oxford Land Trust, Inc.Richard and Lois PaceBarbara Koz Paley*Robert J. PalloneNickitas F. and Penelope PanayotouMargaret ParishJanet ParsonsVera Pavlisova*John and Susan PaynePeter and Pat PearcePhilip PechukasEdward F. and Carol A. PeltierJohn and Shirley PerottiVictoria PerottiCarl D. and Odessa PetersonMargaret Mary PezzoloJohn PhelanArnold PhillipsJohn and Mary PhilpottRichard PinnerJohn and Jane PittariErnest J. and Michele PizzutoDr. Eric Plakun and Dr. Deborah BuccinoJohn F. Pogue*

Are YouRiverSmart?

Find out atBeRiverSmart.org

Myron and Carolyn NeugeborenThomas and Susan NeumannAdam Halasi-KunRob and Nell NicholasNancy A. NicholsR. J. NickersonCarolyn Noble and John MorrisseyKaren NobleAnn NobleMargaret NockJames and Anne Marie NoelChristopher NyeAnn Oberkirch, M.D.John C. O’BrienKristin O’ConnorJohn OddyRon and Barbara OlsonAdam OrsiWilliam G. C. Ortel and Norine HarrisEdward Oshrin and Ying Li-OshrinJohn and Della OstendorfJames Overmyer and Ellen Weiden

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James and Helen McCarthyLee McClellandWilliam W. McGheeJames and Mary Ellen McMellonJames and Diane McNultyLinn Mehta and Katherine CaryAmanda Meier*Joel H. and Theresa C. MeiselJohn and Carol MesserschmittSteven Miano and Roseann MistrettaCarl and Patricia MillerDwight D. MillerGloria Miller and Macey LevinJohn L. MillerMichael G. and Nancy MillerMichael A. MillerInga-Britta MillsAlbert Misiewicz, Jr. and Nicole CignoliRobert and Wanda MoellerCol. (R) Kevin MooreGeoffrey MorrisElizabeth MorrisonWilliam MorrisonRene and Annette MoserMary MotaskyPat MulberryRobert B. Muller, Sr.Patricia Murdy and Chris JuhasRaymond B. and Holly S. MurrayIrene G. NachwalterSheri A. Nadeau*Michele Levin NaidichAlex and Judith NardacciRobert L. Nason and Lisa SloaneRuth NelkinHarold and Joan NelsonPerry and Laura NeminskiAlexander Neubauer and April Stevens

Richard PomerantzVirginia B. PotterAllan and Jackie PriaulxDale B. PrindleElsie PuglisiHenry and Anne PutzelMichael R. Quenneville and Michael K. QuennevilleStuart and Stacey RabinowitzEd and Stephanie Raftery*Keith and Marie RafteryCarol and Larry RandPatricia RansonMelissa RathburnCurtis Read and Julie StuartDavid E. ReedNancy ReshaCristin and David RichRobin and Catherine RinglerDr. Myron and Martha T. RitroskyKathryn and George Ritter, M.D.Edward RizziStephen RobertsonJean Robinson and Dawn MacNuttScott and Joan RobinsonJeanne B. RobisonAdele P. RodbellGuy A. RosatoDr. Henry and Cheryl RoseSteven and Christina RosenDr. Bennett L. and Sarelle RosnerHelen and Donald RossWesley and Suzanne RossPeter O. Rostenberg, M.D.Harvey and Barbara RothenbergEdward G. RothsteinVlada RousseffRocco and Mary RuggieroAladin SabanovicJane Salata and Richard HayesMauricio SalazarAlan and Pamela SandstromAnn Sartori*Mark and Linda Saul Sena*Melissa Savage and Gladys LewisSusan SayleLarry and Marietta SchiffTom and Jacque SchillerDr. Philip and Hannah Schorr

“The Housatonic River, with its prolifi c hatches of mayfl ies, caddisfl ies and stonefl ies, is one of the fi nest fl yfi shing rivers in the Northeast. Its ‘Catch and Release’ and Trout Management Areas are destination points for thousands of anglers. Trophy sized trout, bass, pike and carp are caught in its waters annually.”

Gene Chague, member since 1992Weekly Outdoor Sports Columnist for the Berkshire Eagle newspaper.

Members

Volunteers work with HVA and BEAT (Berkshire Environmental Action Team) at a cleanup on the

West Branch of the Housatonic River.

NEW RIVER ACCESS MAKES

IT EASIER TO LAUNCH YOUR

CANOE OR KAYAK

Chauncey C. Loomis, Jr.**Ecton and Betsy ManningClaire Murphy**James A. Newman**Edward R. Peckerman**Kirsten PeckermanJohn F. Ready**L. George RiegerRichard C. SearsHarmon D. SmithMarc** and Janet TaylorLynn A. WernerF. Anthony and Sally Zunino

**deceased

Gifts Honoring OthersIn Memory of Cora LaBerge AbbottDonald and Elizabeth Abbott

In Memory of Byron AbreuDaniel Ruggiero

In Honor of Diane Beebe’s BirthdayCarol Buckheit and Omarya Rodriguez

In Honor of Frank Delaney and Diane MeierEcton and Betsy Manning

In Honor of Ezra Mager’s BirthdayBrian P. Friedman

In Memory of Robert MarsdenBeacon Integrated Solutions, LLCBerkshire Chapter of SPAAMFAASteven and Gerri BoneskeCarl BradfordJeffrey and Marcella BradwayRichard BradwayMargaret S. DerrickRonald DriscollDonald and Dawn FillioNancy Fitzpatrick and Lincoln Russell

Dr. Michael and Maureen TesoroJoseph L. Testa*Edgar and Leona ThomasDavid and Elaine Thorne*J. Daniel and Laurie B. ThorntonRebecca ThorntonWesley E. ThorntonAnna Timell*Bill and Sharon TingleyDavid S. Torrey and Shelley E. HarmsC. Joseph and Cheryl TracyPeter and Susan TraubRoger and Katherine Tremblay*Leigh Tunick*Thomas J. Turek, DMDJ. Wyatt and Sandra UhleinSally Underwood MillerCharles C. and Margaret C. VailSally VaunEdith VelmansPeter and Sheila VialeBill VoldstadHenry and Eva Von AnckenJeff WaingrowRob Wallace and Robin GrubardGregory and Christine WardGregory Ward and Michael WardWashington Food MarketLadd WeinbergArthur WeinshankE.J. WeldonChristina WellenkampConrad Wells*Lynton A. WellsLeni WelteFrances WhiteheadLynn K. Whitney*

Mark J. SmithPhilip and Kathleen SmithHarvey SnitikerPauline SobotkaAlfred SocolowWalter SoderlundWilliam Soja*Dominick and Arlene SorrentinoMyron Sosnow*

Southbury Planning CommissionJos SpelbosAnna Marie Spencer*Jack SpencerEva M. St. JohnJanet SteadWilliam V. and Janice K. SteersJoel M. SteinDavid SteinbergerMissy StevensAnne Stewart-FitzroyStockbridge Gas Co., Inc.Lynn StonebridgeEric StonesRichard and Holly StoverMarnell and Rick Stover*Richard and Betty StrattonJoe and Betsy StrauchPaul and Lenore SundbergVirginia Bush SuttmanCarol SwansonTrudy Swenson and Robert McKinnaDeborah H. SwigartBarbara A. SyerKurt SyerJoan S. TaitKaren and Frank TanseyImkje Mathilde TaraziJack and Janet TeichPhilip Terni

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Dr. John C. Whitsell II**Charles and Cecile WhittemoreRobert G. WilburRona Wilinsky*Marcia WilkinsJoan T. and Peter C. WilliamsRobert WilliamsRoberta WillisAlton and Janet WilsonRobert Winkler*Matthew and Alicia WinterStuart and Patrizia WurtzelYuiko YampolskyClaudine YannoniRon YapleThomas and Susan YoungJean ZayRobin ZitterDonald T. ZukowskiDr. Natalia Zunin

*New member

Charles Downing Lay SocietyBequests and Planned GiftsJudy Black**Nancy S. BushnellLeendert T. DeJongMary V. Flynn**Valerie FriedmanJudith Seaton Gates**Lawrence Gates**J. Richard Hackman**Mary Mallory Hadlow**Reidar N. Jespersen**William J. Kugeman**Elaine E. LaBellaCharles Downing Lay**George C. Lay**

Members

Perry and Bette FloodTerrence and Joanne FlynnLauren L. GahertyMark GilliganArthur HenriquesLeland and Joyce HoveyLee Fire CompanyJorja-Ann (Mrs. Robert) Marsden James and Deborah McMenamyTimothy and Nancy MinklerRobert L. NasonCornelius and Mary ObanheinMargaret M. PalmerMarjorie J. PeroJenifer PicardThomas and Robin RaceKeith and Marie RafteryHolly RhindJames and Sandra SaliceRichard and Catherine SaliceJoseph and Patricia SalvadoreDonald and Rosemary SchneyerNancy SochaJane SparksStockbridge Fire Department, Inc.Carol Sutton and Matt SuttonPeter and Sheila VialeClaire E. WilliamsJoan T. and Peter C. Williams

In Memory of Dr. Ellen RosenbergLeendert and Maryellen DeJong

Appalachian Trail at Rand’s View in Salisbury. hvatoday.org

Photo at top of pages 7 to 13 is of the Salmon Kill.

“Thinking about HVA’s work throughout our watershed I am reminded of the value of our caring for the habitat we all occupy. Aldo Leopold wrote, ‘Relegating conservation to government is like relegating virtue to the Sabbath. It turns over to professionals what should be the daily work of amateurs.”’

Shep Evans, member since 1995.

PITTSFIELD RAIN GARDENS ARE

KEEPING RIVERS CLEANER

And a special thank you to all who

donated to, attended and supported, our

“Fore the River” Golf Tournament

and Auction for the Environment.

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F I N A N C I A L R E P O R T

HOUSATONIC VALLEY ASSOCIATION, INC. AND HVA FOUNDATION, INC.

TEMPORARILY PERMANENTLY UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED TOTAL

REVENUES, GAINS AND OTHER SUPPORTMembership Dues $ 57,842 $ - $ - $ 57,842Contributions Above Dues 422,932 - - 422,932Grants 357,935 115,526 - 473,461Events 190,165 - - 190,165Fees 6,764 - - 6,764Rent 9,176 - - 9,176Donated Goods 200 - - 200Investment Income 5,656 67,360 - 73,016Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments 36,946 54,735 - 91,681Net Assets Released From Restrictions 430,345 (430,345) - - _________ ___________ __________ ___________

Total Revenues, Gains and Other Support 1,517,961 (192,724) - 1,325,237 __________ ___________ __________ ___________

EXPENSESProgram Services

Issue Response 76,988 - - 76,988Environmental Education 200,089 - - 200,089Land Protection 558,028 - - 558,028Water Protection 346,058 - - 346,058 __________ ___________ __________ ___________

Total Program Services 1,181,163 - - 1,181,163 _________ ___________ __________ ___________

Supporting ServicesMembership 79,507 - - 79,507Events 110,956 - - 110,956Management and General 23,483 - - 23,483Fundraising 131,062 - - 131,062 __________ ___________ __________ __________

Total Supporting Services 345,008 - - 345,008 __________ ___________ __________ ___________

Total Expenses 1,526,171 - - 1,526,171 __________ ___________ __________ __________

Change in Net Assets (8,210) (192,724) - (200,934) __________ ___________ __________ ___________

Net Assets at Beginning of Year 508,296 754,771 849,025 2,112,092 __________ ___________ _________ __________

Net Assets at End of Year $ 500,086 $ 562,047 $ 849,025 $1,911,158 __________ ___________ ___________ ___________ __________ ___________ ___________ ___________

ASSETSCurrent Assets

Cash and Cash Equivalents $ 115,698Accounts Receivable 212,224Prepaid Expenses 8,211 __________

Total Current Assets 336,133 __________

Property and EquipmentLand 216,206Buildings and Renovations 354,511Furnishings and Equipment 190,273Less Accumulated Depreciation (462,643) __________

Net Property and Equipment 298,347 __________

Other AssetsInvestments 1,350,638Deferred Land Sale Costs 6,342 ___________

Total Other Assets 1,356,980 ___________TOTAL ASSETS $1,991,460 ___________ ___________

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETSCurrent Liabilities

Accounts Payable $ 2,258Equity Line 67,000 Accrued Salaries and Wages 11,044 ___________

TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 80,302 ___________

Net AssetsUnrestricted, Equity in Property

and Equipment 298,347Unrestricted, Designated by the Board 62,000Unrestricted, Undesignated 139,739 ____________

Total Unrestricted Net Assets 500,086Temporarily Restricted 562,047Permanently Restricted 849,025 ____________TOTAL NET ASSETS 1,911,158 ___________

TOTAL LIABILITIESAND NET ASSETS $1,991,460 ____________ ____________

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIESFOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2017

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTOF FINANCIAL POSITION

JUNE 30, 2017

www.hvatoday.orgCT: P.O. Box 28, Cornwall Bridge, CT 06754 860-672-6678 E-mail: conn@hvatoday.orgMA: P.O. Box 496, Stockbridge, MA 01262 413-298-7024 E-mail: mass@hvatoday.org NY: P.O. Box 315, Wassaic, NY 12592 845-442-1039 E-mail: mgrace.hva@gmail.com

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2 0 1 7 A T A G L A N C E

The Housatonic Valley Association’s mission is to save the natural character and environmental health of our communities by protecting

land and water in the Housatonic River Watershed.

How we spent our resources

Massachusetts 15%

Northern Connecticut

72% New York5%

SouthernConnecticut

8%

Where we spent our resourcesTHE HOUSATONIC

WATERSHED

LAND PROTECTION

42%OUTREACH/EDUCATION

15%

WATER PROTECTION

27%

ADMINISTRATIVE/FUNDRAISING

16%

Courteny fi lled the post of Conservation Project Manager in September 2017 working on programs in the Still River and Ten Mile River

watersheds. Previously she worked as a Conservation Technician at the Hamilton Wetlands Restoration Project in Novato, California and an Operations Manager for a number of years at nonprofi ts focused on food, farming, and sustainable design.

Stacy took the post of GIS Manager in 2017. She has extensive GIS and GPS skills gained over 18 years.From 2002-2009 she was a Survey

Technician and GIS Specialist with the National Park Service Alaska Region. She then worked for the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection as a GIS Technician on its Protected Open Space Mapping project, and as a Naturalist/Interpreter in Connecticut State Parks.

Rob became Communications Director in January 2017. He’s served as the VP of Communications at national nonprofi t Keep America

Beautiful, as a communications consultant and strategist for businesses and nonprofi ts of all sizes. Rob served on the boards of the Bethel Land Trust, Bethel Chamber of Commerce and the Bethel Inland Wetlands Commission.

Cornwall Bridge, CT 06754-0028

NONPROFITORGANIZATIONU.S. POSTAGE

PAIDPERMIT NO. 124

DANBURYCONNECTICUT

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HVA STAFFLynn Werner

Executive Director

BERKSHIRE LAND AND WATERDennis Regan

Berkshire DirectorAlison Dixon

Berkshire Outreach Program Manager

CONNECTICUT LAND PROTECTIONTim Abbott

Greenprint DirectorConnie Manes

Greenprint ManagerStacy DemingGIS Manager

CONNECTICUT/NEW YORKWATER PROTECTION

Michael JastremskiWatershed Conservation Director

Carolyn KlockerTen Mile Watershed Manager*

Ryan WilliamsConservation Projects Manager

Savannah JudgeConservation Project Manager

COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND OUTREACHRichard Sears

Development DirectorRob Wallace

Communications DirectorBrenda Singer

Membership/Volunteer ManagerJane Bakker

Communications Manager*

FINANCIALPatience LindholmFinance Director

CONSULTANTSCarol Powers – GrantsJoseph Ruggiero – IT

*PARTTIME

WITH OUR THANKS TO YOU!

Greenprint Collaborative

Aton Forest, Inc.Audubon Connecticut/Audubon

SharonColebrook Land ConservancyConnecticut Farmland TrustCornwall Conservation TrustFlanders Nature Center and

Land TrustThe Goshen Land Trust

Hartland Land TrustHousatonic Valley Association

The Kent Land TrustLake Waramaug Task Force

Litchfi eld Land TrustThe Morris Land Trust

Naromi Land TrustNew Hartford Land Trust

Norfolk Land TrustSalisbury Association, Inc.

Sharon Land TrustSteep Rock AssociationThe Trust for Public Land

Warren Land TrustWatertown Land Trust

Weantinoge Heritage Land TrustThe White Memorial Foundation

Winchester Land Trust

Welcome Maria, Rob, Stacy, Courteny!Maria joined HVA as the New York Watershed Manager in May 2017 after serving as the River Adventure Coordinator for

HVA’s 2016 Source-to-Sound Paddle Trip. Before moving to Connecticut, she worked for several New Jersey conservation organizations – Conserve Wildlife Foundation of N.J., the South Branch Watershed Association and the Passaic River Coalition.

Maria Grace Rob Wallace

Stacy Deming Courteny Morehouse