Create a municipal culvert cooperative that builds on years of road-stream crossing assessments and replacement planning work in the Housatonic River of western Massachusetts and northwest Connecticut. Project will complete 10 shovel-ready culvert designs and utilize two demonstration sites to show other municipalities best practices for stream restoration that benefit native brook trout and reduce flood hazard risks.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
New England Forests and Rivers Fund
Project Title: Developing a Municipal Culvert Cooperative to Improve Fish Passage in the Housatonic River (CT, MA)
Organization:
Housatonic Valley Association, Inc.
Project ID:
0405.20.069906
Description:
Award Amount:
$151509.83
Location:
Towns of Canaan, Colebrook, Kent, Norfolk, Roxbury, Salisbury, Sharon and Washington, Connecticut and Alford, Egremont, Pittsfield, Richmond, and West Stockbridge, Massachusetts.