In September 2025, Kate abbott and Mike Cole from Cole Ecological Inc. worked with volunteers from the DRWTU chapter to sample and subsequently analyze macro invertebrates in three location on the upper Deerfield River. The density and proportions of various bugs in the sample shed light on the quality of the watershed. Kate Abbott presentedContinue reading “Deerfield Macro Invertebrate Pilot Study”
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Relicensing Fife Brook Dam
On November 26, 2025 the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) ordered the relicensing of Fife Brook Dam and Bear Swamp Pumped Storage to Bear Swamp Power Company (BSPC) owned by Brookfield Renewable and Emera. Click here to download a pdf of the order. An agreement, which representatives of DRWTU helped to negotiate during the finalContinue reading “Relicensing Fife Brook Dam”
Joe Goodspeed’s Spill Point Approach to Big Wild Trout
At our October chapter meeting, Joe Goodspeed from Diamondback Rods (generous donor to DRWTU) shared his approach to finding and approaching big wild trout.
Update on Climate Change w/ Art DeGaetano
At the DRWTU chapter meeting on November 21, 2024, Art DaeGaetano PhD, Director of the NOAA Northeast Regional Climate Center, presented an update on Massachusetts’s Changing Climate. Watch the video recording from his presentation over Zoom (on YouTube) here.