Estuary Magazine

09/11/2025

Have you ever been tempted to take up rowing? The Connecticut River is a great spot for it. In our current issue, Hartford resident Jennifer LaRue describes her experiences taking a rowing class for the first time.

She writes, "Based in Riverside Park, just north of downtown Hartford, the Riverfront Recapture Rowing Program launched in 1988 with just two borrowed boats. … By 2024 more than 28,000 people took part in programs ranging from Learn to Row and Recreational Rowing to Adult Racing and the annual Head of the Riverfront regatta each year."

She loved her experience, even the bumpy parts. Ultimately, she notes, "there’s nothing quite like being on the Connecticut River early in the morning, with the new
sun picking out details of the Bulkeley Bridge and the Hartford skyline. There’s an egret! There, hulking dinosaur-like across the treeline, goes a blue heron! The water is so clear, you can see the sandy riverbed. The breeze is gentle and chilly and smells divinely of marine life."

Read more recreation and boating stories on and around the Connecticut River in this and upcoming issues of Estuary magazine. Subscribe at estuarymagazine.com.

05/11/2025

Subscribe by Nov 7 to receive the Winter 2025 issue.
Featuring:
* Fire, Forest, & Water Create a Traditional Nipmuc Mishoon
* The Scourge of Hydrilla and What's Being Done About It
Plus:
* Announcing Connecticut River Watershed Seminar Series
* Look Again: Sites of Slavery and Freedom Along the Connecticut River
* Context is Everything for Nautilus Architects
* News from our River Partner nonprofits including Save the Sound and Connecticut River Conservancy
And our regular columnists!

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27/10/2025

Please join us on November 6, 5:30 - 7 p.m., for our 2025 Early Career Leadership in Environmentalism awards, given by Estuary magazine and its parent The Watershed Fund to recognize and encourage young professionals entering the field of environmentalism.

This year the award recognizes three talented young environmentalists:

Sarah Lillie, Associate Director for Dam Removal and Hydropower Policy Reform, American Rivers

Yaw Darko, Director of Grants and Programs, Connecticut Land Conservation Council

Zanagee Artis, co-founder of Zero Hour, a global youth-led climate organization.

November 6, 2025
5:30 - 7 p.m.
deKoven House, 27 Washington St, Middletown, CT

RSVP by e-mailing your name and number attending to [email protected] by November 1.

American Rivers Connecticut Land Conservation Council

21/10/2025

Sneak peek at our upcoming Winter 2025 cover featuring an image by our own creative director Courtney Beglin. It's time to take the plunge and subscribe to receive the issue!

We've got an update on hydrilla treatment by former CT state legislator Christine Palm, publisher Dick Shriver's story about a Nipmuc mishoon (canoe) created last summer from a 22 foot long, 42 in diameter local white pine, PLUS all of the great stories you expect from our regular columnists—and more! Just $40/yr for four print + digital issues; save $ with a 2-year subscription; digital only is $20/yr. Choose the subscription that's right for you; makes a great gift.

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18/10/2025

We're pleased that publisher Dick Shriver was honored by our friends at The Rockfall Foundation at its recent 90th Anniversary celebration, October 8, 2025. Dick received a Certificate of Environmental Achievement which is given to an organization or individual in recognition of significant programs or projects in environmental preservation, conservation, restoration, or education in the Lower Connecticut River Valley. He shared honors with three others—congratulations to all awardees! And congratulations to The Rockfall Foundation on 90 years promoting and supporting environmental education and conservation in the Lower Connecticut River Valley! Read their latest news in each issue's Let's Go column.

Estuary magazine has been educating and delighting audiences about the Connecticut River and its watershed since its first issue in Spring 2020.

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Find out more about The Rockfall Foundation's Environmental Champion Awards at https://rockfallfoundation.org/2025-environmental-champions/

16/10/2025

Great day recently apple and raspberry picking along the Connecticut River in Plainfield, NH. Find out more great spots for apple picking in Central Watershed Outings, Fall 2024, at

https://www.estuarymagazine.com/2024/09/central-watershed-outings-an-apple-a-day

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15/10/2025

Check to see if you can still sign up!

Due to weather, the Goodwin Trail event has been postponed to Oct 19. The event will start and end at Yankee Cider:

Yankee Cider Company | Staehly Farm Winery
23 Petticoat Lane
East Haddam, CT 06423
www.yankeeciders.com
(860) 873-2433

For more information and to register for the event, visit www.ehlt.org.

15/10/2025

So pleased to be recognized by our friends and collaborators The Rockfall Foundation

13/10/2025

Honoring the Connecticut River watershed's first peoples today and every day. Watch for our upcoming story in the Winter issue about the creation of a mishoon (canoe) last August by members of the Hassanamisco Nipmuc Band with a tree donated by Norcross Wildlife Foundation.

Subscribe at Estuarymagazine.com to received the upcoming Winter 2025-2026 issue.

12/10/2025

Come by and say hi to publisher Dick Shriver at Eighmile RiverFest, Sat. 10/18, 1-4 pm, Devils Hopyard State Park. We'll have some tote bags and back issues to pick up and ask Dick about upcoming stories.

11/10/2025

Sometimes it's the small things. Like what you see when you turn over a rock. As Andy Fisk points out in his Connecticut River Critters column in the Fall 2025 issue, one person's ideal model for an effective fly (see Casting About, Summer 2025), is another person's indicator of water quality. Andy writes, "The caddisfly is another one of these clean water workers who have something to tell us." They're "sensitive to water quality conditions, particularly the amount of dissolved oxygen in the water. When the dissolved oxygen is low due to increased temperatures or too much nutrients in the water, they are not able to survive. This characteristic is used by aquatic scientists to monitor the health of rivers and streams in ways that are much more powerful than occasionally taking a measurement of dissolved oxygen with a meter or chemical test."

Plus, caddisflies can spin silk which makes them "savvy and sophisticated home builders." If you turn over a rock and see this—it's a good sign, a caddisfly home!

So much to learn about the Connecticut River and its environment! So great to have experts to teach us—in every column, in every issue. Subscribe to find out more at estuarymagazine.com.

photo: Andy Fisk