Region 1: EPA New England

Connecticut River Information Page

The Connecticut River is New England's largest river ecosystem and one of the Nation's first American Heritage Rivers. Its watershed encompasses over 11,000 square miles of wild, rural and urban lands in parts of four states – Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont. The Connecticut River carves a sinuous, shimmering pathway south from Fourth Connecticut Lake at the Canadian border – past forested mountains and small hamlets, through rich farmlands and large cities – 410 miles later into Long Island Sound.

› Connecticut River Fact Sheet (PDF) (2 pp., 411 KB, about PDF) › EPA Sustainable Riverbanks Project on the Connecticut River Grants Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs) › CT River Fish Tissue Contaminant Study (2000) › Web Links Relating to Connecticut River Connecticut River Watershed Council, Inc. Environmental Gateway to the Connecticut River Connecticut River Joint Commissions Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge   › American Heritage Rivers Initiative Connecticut River Action Plan (PDF) (3 pp., 16 KB, about PDF)  › The Connecticut River American Heritage Rivers Initiative Partnership: Memorandum of Understanding (PDF) (15 pp., 72 KB, about PDF)  › What is a watershed? › Connecticut River News Tri-state Connecticut River Project Selected by EPA for Watershed Initiative Former Rail yard becomes a Connecticut River Byway Waypoint Interpretive Center