Tanks and hats for sale!		Friends of Green River
Cleanup Shoreline Survey Festival		Friends of Green River is the Green River Chapter of the Deerfield River Watershed Association

Friends of the Green River was organized to succeed the Green River Watershed Preservation Alliance, who dissolved in 2006. The goals of the Friends are to lead projects and educational events specific to the Green River in Vermont and Massachusetts. The Friends meet a couple of times per year, alternating between Greenfield and Guilford. The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday April 24, 2007, 6:30pm at the CRWC conference room, 15 Bank Row in Greenfield, MA. We will talk about an educational booth at the Green River Festival, and starting the preparations for Green River Cleanup. Anyone with an interest in the Green River is welcome to show up and bring ideas, observations, and enthusiasm!

Green River Cleanup

	Every fall, Friends of the Green River organizes a cleanup of the Green River as part of the Connecticut River Source-to-Sea Cleanup.
	Man-made sculptures on the Green River in Colrain September 30, 2006 Cleanup

The next Cleanup is Saturday October 4, 2008 9am-1pm followed by food and music 1-3pm at the Green River swimming area on Nashs Mill Road.

Teams are encouraged to form and adopt a site.

For more information or to volunteer to help, contact David Boles at 413-773-7560.

In 2005, the Friends organized a shoreline survey of the Green River in Greenfield, under the guidance of Riverways.

The Green River – the Deerfield River 's second largest tributary – drains over 88.9 square miles. Beginning in Marlboro, Vermont , the Green River flows through the towns of Halifax and Guilford for 13 miles before it turns south towards Massachusetts .

The Green River flows from Vermont into Colrain, twisting southeast through a steep narrow valley, and quickly becomes the border between Colrain and Leyden . As the Green River leaves the Greenfield water supply at the northern border of the Town of Greenfield the gradient lessens and the flood plain widens. The channel also narrows and deepens because of the softer sedimentary bedrock and highly erodible unconsolidated deposits in that area. The river meanders through an area of open fields and agriculture and continues on its sinuous course to the “Greenfield Municipal Pool.”

From the municipal pool, the river crosses under Route 91 and parallels the bike path to Rte 2A. The Green River then flows generally southeast, along the southern edge of the urbanized area of Greenfield . It finally flows into the Deerfield River just upstream from the outfall of the Greenfield Water Pollution Control Facility.

The Shoreline Survey assessed approximately 8.5 miles of the Green River in Greenfield , MA starting at the Covered Bridge and ending at the confluence with the Deerfield River.

See the Draft Action Plan.

To participate in the next phase of the Shoreline Survey, contact Carrie Banks.

For the past two years, the Friends have set up an educational booth at the Green River Festival on the grounds of the Greenfield Community College.

Next festival is scheduled for July17-19, 2008.
Calling for volunteers to staff our booth: call David Boles at 413-773-7560

$15 for members, $18 non-members		$8 for members, $10 non-members

You can buy these at the following events:
Riverfest in Shelburne Falls, Green River Festival in Greenfield, or Cleanup in Greenfield!

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