Media Advisory
AMERICA’S GREAT OUTDOORS: Interior, Agriculture, Army Corps to Make Connecticut River National Blueway Announcement
09/27/2012
Contact: Blake Androff (DOI) 202-208-6416
Courtney Rowe (USDA) 202-720-2971
Moira Kelley (Corps) 703-614-3992
HARTFORD, CT – On Saturday, September 29, 2012, Deputy Secretary of the Interior David J. Hayes will join federal, state and local officials to announce a major collaboration between the Department of the Interior, the Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to support the 7.2 million acre Connecticut River and Watershed National Blueway.
The announcement comes on National Public Lands Day, the largest single-day volunteer effort for public lands in the United States. Prior to the announcement, local residents will participate in the Connecticut River Watershed Council’s 16th annual “Source to Sea” cleanup of the rivers, streams and banks along the Connecticut River system.
| WHO: |
David J. Hayes, Deputy Secretary of the Interior Terrence “Rock” Salt, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, Civil Works Wendi Weber, Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Christine Clarke, State Conservationist, NRCS – MA Thomas Wagner, Forest Supervisor, White Mountain National Forest Andrew Fisk, Executive Director, Connecticut River Watershed Council Daniel Esty, Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection |
| WHAT: | Connecticut River National Blueway Announcement |
| WHEN: |
Saturday, September 29, 2012 @ 11:00 a.m ET |
| WHERE: |
Goodwin College One Riverside Drive East Hartford, CT 06118 |
| MEDIA: |
Media are invited to cover the event and encouraged to RSVP to queen_muse@ios.doi.gov. |