At 162-square miles, the Naubesatuck Watershed is the largest water supply watershed in the state of Connecticut. It is rural and unbuilt, bursting with treasures such as the lush Stonehouse Brook Valley -- a complex of ponds, wetlands and forest that includes part of the largest state forest in Connecticut and forestland recent accepted for preservation by the federal government. The watershed supports bobcat, black bear, and moose, as well as a thriving population of mountain bikers, flat and whitewater boaters, anglers, hikers, and others who live and visit here.

The watershed is located within The Last Green Valley between Washington DC and Boston, and, as such, is under extreme pressure from the megalopolis that is sprawling along the eastern seaboard. These pressures come at a time when farmers, who own a great deal of the open space in the Watershed, cannot make a living without selling the land out from under their feet.