American Rivers report on water financing

American Rivers recently released a report following a series of interviews with water providers, finance experts, and NGOs about green infrastructure investment and implementation. The document provides a set of market-based strategies to optimize water financing for environmental as well as consumptive and wastewater uses:

Restoring Flows: Financing the Next Generation of Water Systems (American Rivers/Ceres, April 2012)

Mianus River Park to host wildlife center

The red barn at Mianus River Park in Stamford was identified as a problem area by many stakeholders during watershed planning meetings. Now, the Wildlife Center of Fairfield County has announced plans to lease the building and transform it into a nature center and wildlife rehabilitation clinic. Read more (Stamford Advocate)...

EPA Announces Framework to Help Local Governments Manage Stormwater Runoff and Wastewater

WASHINGTON - Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a new framework to help local governments meet their Clean Water Act obligations... (read more)

State of the Sound: Grading the Region's Efforts to Restore and Protect Long Island Sound

Save the Sound's Leah Schmalz will be presenting as part of the Westport Public Library's Sunset Lecture Series on the State of the Sound report. Refreshments will be served at 6:00 p.m. Leah will speak at 6:15 p.m. followed by a question and answer session at 6:45 p.m. For more information, visit www.westportlibrary.org
 
Thursday, June 28 from 6-8pm
20 Jesup Road, Westport, CT
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Streamwalk Training, June 9th

The Mianus River Watershed Council is seeking volunteers to conduct streamwalk assessments of the Mianus River. Training will be held June 9th from 9am - 1pm at the Greenwich Audubon, with scientists from the Natural Resource Conservation Service. See the full announcement.