David Deen
Our vital and finite resource
Even as we delight in watching water dance across the riffles in a river, we fear floodwaters sweeping all before them.
We treasure a summer afternoon at a lake or seashore, splashing, boating, fishing, or swimming, but our need for clean water goes far beyond fear or pleasure.
A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
Five dams on the Connecticut River in Vermont and Massachusetts seek federal relicensing under standards that now must take environmental impact into account. To begin to understand what’s good for the river, we have to understand the current state of its health. That’s where we are now.
The owner of three dams in the upper valley is seeking Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) relicensing. For most, the relicensing of three hydroelectric dams is not exciting news, but quite honestly this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to work for the Connecticut River. A little history might help in...
Defending the CRWC on river temperatures
Richard Schmidt's letter [“Anti-VY group tells slanted story about shad,” Letters, Sept. 19] has a few bloopers in it: • Mr. Schmidt mischaracterizes our funding sources. A variety of foundations fund CRWC, none of which identifies as antinuclear. We never applied for grants to undertake antinuclear activities. These funding...
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River resolutions for 2009
While people are making their traditional resolutions for the new year, our Connecticut River could use a few well-intentioned pledges. In that spirit, river users could make the following resolutions: • As a boater: “I resolve to respect the 150-foot no-wake zone along the shores of the Connecticut River and all its boatable tributaries. I know that reducing my wave action will reduce river shoreland erosion. I will respect the rule as it applies to shoreline, swimmers, and other boats...