The Deerfield River Watershed Association (DRWA) entered into an Affiliation Agreement with the Connecticut River Conservancy (CRC) in 2017. The affiliation provides a number of benefits to both DRWA and CRC. For example, the CRC provides membership, administrative, and financial services to the DRWA. This allows the DRWA volunteers the time to focus on what they do best, individual projects and advocacy in support of the Deerfield River Watershed. DRWA members are automatically members of CRC and the DRWA pays CRC a small percentage of the funds it raises to help cover the cost of CRC's Administrative support.