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By Lissa Harris on Friday, Oct. 28, 2011 - 1:32 pm
The first snow of the season is already melting on lawns and plopping off tree branches in the upper elevations of the Catskills. But it looks like that was just a taste of what's in store for us: Tomorrow, the area could get six inches or more.
From the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011 - 12:04 pm
Looks like winter is here for real: The higher elevations in upstate New York, including the tops of the Catskills peaks, are looking at a few inches of wet snow tonight.
The National Weather Service has also issued a hard freeze alert that covers Greene... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011 - 11:29 am
Photo of wolf in Wolf Park, Battle Ground, Indiana by Flickr user sometimesong. Published under Creative Commons license.
It's official: Wolves are the new cougars.
A study published recently in Northeastern Naturalist, by Roland Kays and Robert Feranec... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011 - 11:26 am
Today, Governor Andrew Cuomo's office announced more stops on his administration's ongoing tour of flood-damaged communities in upstate New York.
This afternoon, Environmental Facilities Corporation CEO Matthew Driscoll will visit Sidney and Margaretville... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011 - 11:01 am
Antlers: Too small (top) and large enough to kill (bottom): DECThe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is expanding its antler-restriction program for deer hunting into a larger portion of the Catskills, in a bid to allow more young... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011 - 9:42 am
FEMA will be running a mobile disaster recovery center in Cobleskill from Friday, October 21 through Monday, October 24, from 8am to 8pm each day.
A press release from the agency:
A Mobile Disaster Recovery Center (MDRC) will open for four days in... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011 - 11:54 am
Pink Pearl apple at Montgomery Place Orchards, an orchard and cidery in Red Hook, NY on the Cider Route. Photo from Montgomery Place's website.
The Apple Project, a scion of local farm advocacy group Glynwood, is sparking a revival of old-school... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011 - 4:43 am
Above: Rte. 30 in Schoharie County the morning after flooding caused by Tropical Storm Irene. Photo by Flickr user aimlessbird, via the Watershed Post Flickr pool.
This week on the Watershed Post Half-Hour News Hour, we talk with Elizabeth Zicari, the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011 - 10:38 am
A video by food.curated showing damage to Maple Downs Farm, a dairy farm in the Schoharie County town of Middleburgh that was devastated by the recent floods.
On Monday, October 17, the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) and the New York State... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011 - 12:21 pm
Thanks to the New York State DOT for ensuring that our local tourist attractions are well-marked. For instance, this sign on Route 28 in Shandaken, which appears to depict a hardy mountaineer skiing directly uphill on a 60-degree slope.
(Or perhaps our... Read more