Our annual benefit event, A Toast to the Watershed, silent auction is OPEN NOW for online bidding!

The Pomperaug River Watershed Coalition is proud to name Lynn Werner as the 2026 recipient of the Dr. Marc Taylor Environmental Stewardship Award, recognizing a lifetime of leadership, collaboration, and meaningful impact on conservation across our region.

PRWC & SLT were invited to join News 12 CT to discuss the importance of protecting open space along our local waterways.

Pomperaug River Watershed Coalition is among this year's National Fish and Wildlife Foundation's Long Island Sound Futures Fund grant recipients with a $160,000 grant award given to support a planning phase project titled "Planning for Riparian Buffer and Supplemental BMP Strategies at Three Rivers Park in Woodbury (CT)."

Interested in where your donor dollars go? We invite you to view turn your attention to our Legal and Financials page where you can find our recently published FY 2025 Annual Report of Giving spanning July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025.

Every year, just as we celebrate Earth Day on April 22 we celebrate World Water Day on March 22. This year, we are pleased to highlight two special programs aligned in celebration.

Nominations are now open for the Dr. Marc Taylor Environmental Stewardship Award.

Though the vernal equinox is still weeks away, our watershed's amphibians are already springing into action!

PRWC is now accepting applications from undergraduate and graduate students pursuing environmental careers for its Dr. Marc Taylor Summer Internship program.

Click to view this document as a pdf. Visit our Donate page to make a contribution to PRWC's 2025 Annual Appeal and learn about other ways to support our work!

As temperatures drop, remember to be a River Smart Salter this season! That means shoveling before snow turns to ice, only using what you need, and remembering to sweep up what's left. It's that easy to protect the health of humans and aquatic life from the impacts of excessive road salt! Keep reading to learn more about the impacts of road salt on our rivers and drinking water and what PRWC is doing to help... What Chemicals Are Applied to Our Roads in the Winter? In Connect

This year marks PRWC's 20th macroinvertebrate sampling season!