LiveStream: Geological Time Travel Through the Connecticut River Basin

For Connecticut River Conservancy's first LiveStream of the season we welcomed Alfred (Fred) Venne, Museum Educator at the Beneski Museum of Natural History at Amherst College, for a riveting journey back and forth through time to explore the geological history of the Connecticut River valley. Fred shared major events that shaped the valley & watershed, present-day river and land environments and conditions, and working with mother nature. CRC's Vermont River Steward, Kathy Urffer, added perspective on building climate resilience through restoration projects, such as dam removals, tree plantings to restore riparian buffers, and overall protection of the river.
About LiveStream:
CRC brings your rivers to you! Join CRC staff and partners for a series of live lunchtime presentations, on select Wednesdays from Noon-1pm. You get to learn more about the rivers you love, ask questions, and interact with a river-loving community all from the comfort and safety of your home (or wherever you may be). LiveStream will be hosted via Zoom. Please register for each presentation to receive meeting information.
Check out CRC’s Events Calendar to learn about other upcoming events at ctriver.org/events

[@masescranton9630]

Thank you for the video. A hobbyist interest here lifelong. My siblings and I have a small farm in northwest Connecticut and we have been always trying to treat the property with respect to its natural state . Riding of invasive. Promoting native plants in the woods and on the edges of stone walls. The most disappointing aspect it in the beaver ponds the recent invasion of Fragmities which is beyond out abilities to mitigate.

[@connecticutriver]

@@masescranton9630 thanks for watching and best of luck with your property, it’s certainly a delicate balance between intervention and conservation. If you want to stay connected you can sign up at ctriver.org/email for emails specific to your state and/or the wider Connecticut River watershed.

[@masescranton9630]

@@connecticutriver Thank you as I’m digging out Rosa multiflora .

[@jarrodanderson2124]

I grew up in East Hartford with the mighty Connecticut River as my backyard and loved it. Thank you for this fascinating video.

[@judd0112]

You don’t necessarily realize what a big deal or the significance of the Connecticut River until your in another location and realize that there’s no big rivers (depending your location) that impact the region so much. Connecticut River is awesome I been around it since I was a kid. Fishing on boats in old saybrook at the mouth got my 1st ocean fish there. And still go as much as possible. Learning how the tides effect the river and seen many things coming down river that you would never have thought of seeing. Sometimes I imagine how it would be without dams and other man made things altering the river. The Atlantic salmon that used to run up river and how far the striped bass would actually go if not stopped by the dams in enfield and or Springfield. Can’t remember been a while. Good talk and all rivers need a talk. Farmington, Naugatuck. Thames etc.