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By CHRIS LARABEE

More than half a million dollars in Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs grant funding is coming to communities in the Woodlands Partnership Program, with $271,372 coming to western Franklin County.Money from the grants will go toward...

By CHRIS LARABEE

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate has approved a bill directing the Secretary of the Interior to study what portions of the Deerfield River and its tributaries could be incorporated into the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.The Senate’s Dec. 18...

By CHRIS LARABEE

Advocates for the Deerfield River affirmed their support for a request to the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (MassWildlife) asking the agency to cease stocking rainbow trout in the upper Deerfield River during a public listening session Thursday...

By CHRIS LARABEE

CHARLEMONT — For its annual fundraising banquet, the Deerfield River Watershed Chapter of Trout Unlimited is welcoming the national organization’s senior scientist to speak to members and the public about how science informs Trout Unlimited’s work...

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — The National Park Service will conduct a reconnaissance survey on the Deerfield River to see if it is eligible to be designated as a National Wild and Scenic River.A designation would protect free-flowing sections of the Deerfield River —...

By BELLA LEVAVI

SHELBURNE FALLS — An $11,850 grant from the Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture’s Coldwater Stewardship Program awarded to the Massachusetts Woodlands Institute and Franklin Land Trust will support engaging the community in coldwater fisheries habitat...

By CHRIS LARABEE

BRATTLEBORO, Vt. — As advocates of the Deerfield River seek a National Wild and Scenic River designation for the waterway, several regional groups are now sponsoring a film tour to benefit the effort.Regionally, the Connecticut River Conservancy,...

By BELLA LEVAVI

CHARLEMONT — Paddlers of all skill levels are invited to celebrate recreation on the Deerfield River.American Whitewater, a nonprofit founded in 1954 with a goal of preserving rivers for recreational purposes, will host the 29th annual Deerfield Fest...

By MARY BYRNE and JULIAN MENDOZA

For the third time in just over a week, heavy rains led to the discharge of untreated sewage and waste mixed with stormwater at locations in Greenfield and Montague that have impacted parts of three Franklin County rivers and made swimming unsafe.In...