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Local Interest:

• Housatonic Valley Association

• Town of Washington

  Roxbury Furnace at Mine Hill Preserve in Roxbury; photo by Carol A. Hanny

• Carol A. Hanny's homepage explores "megaliths, caves and other interesting stuff" relating to area history and natural features, including quaint entries on Washington and Roxbury from the 1935 Connecticut Guide

• Mine Hill Preserve is the site of Roxbury Furnace, an old iron smelting furnace

• Litchfield Hills Visitors Bureau offers recreation and tourism information

• Connecticut Birding

River Related:

• American Rivers

• American Heritage Rivers

• American Whitewater offers lots of information for river paddling enthusiasts

• Connecticut River Education Initiative (CREI)

• Friends of the River is a California group, but their site offers lots of related information

• GREEN (Global Rivers Environmental Education Network)

• International Rivers Network, which lists Connecticut River Organizations

• Rivers Alliance of Connecticut

• RiverNet is a European site devoted to saving rivers

Water & Environmental:

• Connecticut Fund for the Environment offers lots of information and ways to get involved.

• The U.S. Geological Survey's Water Science for Schools is fascinating, and its Surface Water section offers clear, simple explanations of basic hydrology

• Sierra Club

• Water Resources index is posted by The Web Directory

• EPA Resources for Non-Profit Organizations

• Adopt Your Watershed is mounted by the EPA

• The Chemical Scorecard, from the Envrionmental Defense Fund is a well-organized database of manufacturers' releases of chemicals and pollutants

Government & Legal:

• National Environmental Scorecard from the League of Conservation Voters -- a brilliant Website that lets you quickly see how your representatives have voted on environmental issues

• Congressional Green Sheets tracks action on the environment, energy and natural resources

• U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

• United States Fish & Wildlife Service

• United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)