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WATER QUALITY & BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITYFRWA deployed water temperature loggers at four sites in 2024. Loggers record water temperatures hourly throughout the year to monitor in-stream temperatures to document cold water habitat for temperature-sensitive species and to assess long term trends. The data recorded indicate cold water at all sites where the loggers were deployed.

WATER QUALITY & BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITYTwenty-three sites were monitored for bacteria from May to September. In 2024 several exceeded the Water Quality Criteria for bacteria. These data can better inform where there may be higher levels of polluted stormwater runoff and help to determine potential land-based causes behind these factors. Results are updated weekly during theContinue reading “Water Quality: Bacteria”

WATER QUALITY & BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITYBecause Water Quality is one of the outstanding resource values for which the river was designated Wild and Scenic, the Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Wild and Scenic Committee (LFSWS) provides funding for some of the monitoring and related research done by the Farmington River Watershed Association (FRWA). Good waterContinue reading “Water Quality Monitoring”

The Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Wild and Scenic Committee (LFSWS) is proud to present its Annual Report for the fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 through September 2024). The report summarizes the work we have done with respect to the river and brook’s special resources for which they were federally designated Wild & ScenicContinue reading “Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Wild and Scenic Annual Report 2024”

In Fiscal Year 2023, LFSWS successfully supported a variety of its own research, conservation, and outreach work in the partnership towns. It also provided grant funding to local organizations forriver-related projects consistent with the mission of the Partnership Wild & Scenic Rivers program.

OTHER EDUCATION & OUTREACH PROJECTSThe Connecticut Association of Conservation and Inland Wetlands Commissions (CACIWIC) held their annual meeting on Saturday, November 11, at the Bristol Event Center. LFSWS sponsored the attendance of a Committee member who attended several sessions relevant to the lower Farmington River, Salmon Brook and its tributaries. These included greenways as aContinue reading “CACIWIC Conference 2023”

In 2024, Jay Kaplan of Roaring Brook Nature Center did a study of dragonflies and damselflies in the lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook area to compare the species present then with findings of studies from the 1990’s and early 2000’s.  Some species he expected to find were not present.  For the most part, theyContinue reading “2025 Dragonfly and Damselfly Study”

OTHER EDUCATION & OUTREACH PROJECTSLFSWS funded an educational paddle on the Farmington River for the Nonprofit Accountability Group (NAG) of Hartford which serves young people ages 13 to 18 years old. The river trip had 18 participants and was led by Farmington River Watershed Association staff. It took place in Windsor, with canoes, kayaks, andContinue reading “Nonprofit Accountability Group (NAG) Paddle”

 OTHER EDUCATION & OUTREACH PROJECTSLFSWS supported the 2023 Northeast Partners for Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (NEPARC) annual meeting, because both the lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook rely on scientific data from members of this group. The June, 2023 conference at Wesleyan University in Middletown provided an LFSWS member with the opportunity to learn aboutContinue reading “Northeast Partners for Amphibianand Reptile Conservation (NEPARC) Sponsorship”

 OTHER EDUCATION & OUTREACH PROJECTSLFSWS was proud to yet again help host the Wild & Scenic Film Festival along with our partners, FRWA and the Farmington River Coordinating Committee (FRCC). The greater Farmington River community came together for the Wild & Scenic Film Festival as a hybrid event. The live event was at the CantonContinue reading “LFSWS Sponsorship of Wild & Scenic Film Festival”