Friends of the Connecticut River Paddlers Trail,

The Vermont River Conservancy is currently running a web auction (http://www.vrcauction.us). Please a look at all the items up for bid, donated in support of VRC’s mission to protect swimming holes, gorges and waterfalls, fishing and boating accesses, paddlers’ trails, wildlife habitat, and river corridors for this and future generations to enjoy.

Auction items include:
Over 20 outdoor experiences, including fly fishing trips and lessons, a sea plane ride, a sail on Lake Champlain, and kayak tours

A new campsite is open to the public along the Connecticut River, in the stretch of the river below Comerford Dam and above McIndoe Falls. Plan a fall trip on this beautiful section of the river. The campsite is located on a shady river terrace on the New Hampshire side of the river, across from the north end of Stevens Island.

Please join us for campsite construction, lunch and paddling on the Connecticut River! The Vermont River Conservancy is developing new campsites as part of the Connecticut River Paddlers' Trail, a series of primitive campsites and river access points spanning 240 miles from the river’s headwaters to the Massachusetts border, and the organization needs your help! Volunteer Sunday, August 28th to help build and install a picnic table, small box privy, register box and access signage at a newly designated campsite in Monroe, New Hampshire.

If you are like me, and love paddling the upper stretches of the Connecticut River, you know good access points are hard to come by. Today, however, I'd like to share some exciting news: The Vermont River Conservancy has entered into a purchase and sale agreement with a local landowner in Canaan, Vermont. If these efforts are successful, this project will provide paddlers with permanently protected access in the heart of the village.