Right in our Danbury/Brookfield backyard is the Still River Greenway, a 25 mile tributary of the Housatonic River. What makes the river so interesting is that it was heavily polluted in the late 1800s and early 1900s by the Danbury Hat factories that released toxic waste chemicals into it. With considerable effort, people living in the Housatonic Watershed, restored it, and it is now being taken care of by several groups including the Housatonic Valley Authority, The Candlewood Lake Authority, and the CT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. You can take care of it too.

Still River Watershed

An informative video about the Still River watershed that passes through Danbury form the Housatonic Valley Association (HVA).

FrogWatch USA™ is a citizen science program of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums that invites individuals and families to learn about the wetlands in their communities and help conserve amphibians by reporting data on the calls of local frogs and toads. AZA’s FrogWatch USA comprises a national network of skilled coordinators

Become a FrogWatch USA Volunteer

FrogWatch USA Website

The NRCA engages high school students, conservation volunteers, and teachers in environmental ed and service learning programming, and participants execute a long term conservation project in their own towns throughout Connecticut. Learn more at http://nrca.uconn.edu/ or see these fun videos on our Conservation Ambassador Program and Conservation Training Partnerships Program.

Here are some links that can in supporting buffer gardens construction and the plants that are involved. You may choose to do this on your own property.

Candlewood Lake Buffer Guidelines

The Connecticut River Watershed – Buffer Gardens

More information about the Connecticut Bird Atlas here!

Click on the links below to read more about the great opportunity to participate in Ocean Conservancy’s International Costal Cleanup!

Hypothermic Sea Turtle Beach Monitoring

International Costal Cleanup Data Card