Guidebook		Trail Map
"Kayaking In and Around the Norwalk Islands"		"Trails of the Norwalk River Valley and Vicinity"
by David Park
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$10		Pick Your Version Paper $4.00 USD Outdoor Quality $7.00 USD
Trail maps are available at Books on the Common, 404 Main Street, and Squash's Ridgefield Office Supply, 33 Main Street, in Ridgefield!

• Septic System Maintenance Simple logical care of your septic system can keep people and properties healthy, prolong the system’s life, and save on very costly repairs.
• How to Manage and Landscape Your Property A succinct, yet comprehensive, brochure for property owners that gives information about easy and important ways to safequard one’s well and avoid polluted runoff to neighboring or downstream properties, upstream reservoirs, and Long Island Sound.
• Four-Season Yard Worker Tip Sheet Suggestions on responsible ways to handle property maintenance to benefit your plants, animals, properties, the water you drink, and the watershed where you live and work.
• Don't Dump Leaves into Waterways or Wetlands During any yard cleanup, people should remember not to dump their yard waste into any waterway or wetland. The dumping applies to any river or wetland and can have very bad consequences.
• Invasive Species Information on invasive plants, bugs and animals.
• Bugs and Bats Off-site link with information on bats and their bug-control benefits during the summer months.
• The History of Mills and Dams Along the Norwalk River Histories of Mills and Dams is based on Wilbur F. Thompson articles written between 1915 and 1930. These articles were made available by Irene Baldwin in 1965. Additional photos, maps and information to enhance the Thompson material were added by Brent M. Colley in 2005.
• Norwalk River Habitat Restoration Learn more about how Norwalk River Watershed Association, cooperating partners, and volunteers are working to implement and promote habitat restoration.
• DEP Imposes TMDLs on the Norwalk River What is a TMDL and what does it mean for the river, the watershed, and area residents?
• "Toolbox" of riparian buffer management developed by the Long Island Sound NEP
• Norwalk Harbor Fish Report Newsletter

• Norwalk River and Harbor Sewage Spill Report

• How to Manage and Landscape Your Property (PDF)
• Improve your soil by raking less (PDF)
• Alternate Sewage Treatment Systems- White Paper (PDF)

• Fall 2013 Newsletter
  

• View Water Quality Reports (Upper Watershed) for the months of Sept 2011 through March 2012
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• View water quality reports for the months of October 2011 through April 2012

• View water quality reports for the months of May 2011 through September 2011

• View water quality readings for the months of October 2010 through April 2011

• View water quality readings for the months of  May 2010 through September 2010 (PDF)

• View water quality readings for the months of October 2009 through April 2010 (PDF)

  Dick Harris - Water Quality Conditions in the Norwalk River May 2009 thru September 2009 (PDF)

• Dick Harris - Water Quality Conditions in the Silvermine / Lower Norwalk River Summer 2009 (PDF)

• Dick Harris - Water Quality Conditions in the Norwalk River Winter 2009 thru Spring 2009 (PDF)

• 2009 Water Quality Updates from Dick Harris at Earthplace for the Norwalk River, and an overview of student projects in the watershed from Dave Havens at St. Luke's School. (PDF)

• View water quality readings for the months of October 2007 through April 2008 (PDF)

• View water quality readings for the months of May through September 2007 (PDF)

• View water quality readings for the month of August 2004

In 1997 a list of background documents was created by the organizers of a conference dealing with the Norwalk River watershed. That bibliography, in a reorganized form and with some additions and deletions, is listed below.