TY - JOUR T1 - Two state boundaries one watershed JF - Journal of Soil and Water Conservation SP - 54A LP - 57A VL - 59 IS - 3 AU - Pat Hemminger Y1 - 2004/05/01 UR - http://www.jswconline.org/content/59/3/54A.abstract N2 - For 275 miles, the Connecticut River delineates the border between New Hampshire and Vermont as it winds past forests, fields, hills, historic riverfront towns, and a smattering of commercial development. Once known as the “best landscaped sewer in New England” its course has been radically changed not only by the Clean Water Act, but by the consistent efforts of citizens and legislators in both states working together-despite their differences-to protect the river and its watershed. The watershed, designated in 1991 as the umbrella Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge, covers 7.2 million acres spreading into Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. In Vermont and New Hampshire the watershed drains close to 7000 square miles and the river is home to ten functioning hydroelectric dams. Since the low water line on the Vermont side marks the border between the two states, the river technically lies in New Hampshire. Although everyone agrees that watershed protection is a good idea, when watersheds cross state boundaries … ER -