Unfortunately we have a lot of people who have no consideration for others. They leave their trash behind with no concern for what the trash will do.

If our officers catch them in the act, they are facing fines of $219 to $319.

As Kierran posted (thanks!), different community based organizations get together to conduct river cleanups. I believe Trout Unlimited does an annual cleanup on the Naugatuck River. Maybe there's a fishing/kayacking/canoeing group who would like to adopt the Housatonic River. There is a "Save the Housatonic" group (http://savethehousatonic.org/) but their website looks like their primary focus has to do with the damage GE has done upriver. There is also "CleanSound" (http://cleansound.org/id3.html), they do cleanups on the lower Housatonic, maybe they would consider extending upriver.