Rondout Reservoir
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014 - 11:14 am
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and a slew of other groups and volunteers will fan out across the Catskills on Sunday, Oct. 5 to clean up four of the NYC reservoirs -- the Pepacton, the Cannonsville, the Neversink, and the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jul. 10, 2013 - 11:56 am
Above: "West Branch's Finest" in Delhi, NY by Ian Conkling. Submitted to the 2013 Catskills Great Outdoor Experience Photo Contest.
Boating in the Catskills: Where to go
Water is everywhere in the Catskill mountains, even their name: The 'kill' in '... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jul. 8, 2013 - 10:00 pm
Above: New York City's Cannonsville Reservoir. Photo by Flickr user mountain_man_ny_2; published under Creative Commons license.
New York City's watershed police had a little extra duty over the Fourth of July weekend: Keeping four capsized boaters from... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jul. 11, 2012 - 4:36 pm
Recently, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection has been using their Facebook page to post old black-and-white photos, taken during the construction of the city's massive water system in the last century.
Above: A September, 1941 photo... Read more