Water
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jun. 29, 2012 - 3:25 pm
Bill LoneckeRetired history teacherMaplecrest, Greene County
Bill Lonecke with his wife, Barbara (left), and daughter, Cindy (right), standing where their house used to be. It was washed away by the Batavia Kill, which is 50 yards away to the right.... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jun. 28, 2012 - 10:25 pm
In the last year, several towns in Sullivan County have passed resolutions banning or imposing a moratorium on gas drilling within town borders. Last week, according to news accounts in the River Reporter and Sullivan County Democrat, the town of Delaware... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jun. 22, 2012 - 3:05 pm
Above: A sailboat glides on the surface of the Pepacton Reservoir on May 26, 2012 the opening weekend for boating on the reservoir. Photo by Tina Schvejda; posted in the Watershed Post's Flickr group pool.
On Memorial Day weekend, three new Catskills... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Wednesday, Jun. 13, 2012 - 6:11 pm
Above: You're bearly there! Photo of Frost Valley YMCA's welcome bear from the YMCA's Facebook page.
This weekend, the Frost Valley YMCA is leading a free hike through its Model Forest. The Model Forest is one of Frost Valley's four watershed research... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jun. 13, 2012 - 12:23 pm
In today's New York Times, reporter Danny Hakim writes that Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration is quietly pursuing an entirely new plan to regulate hydraulic fracturing.
Anonymous sources, including a senior Department of Environmental Conservation... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jun. 8, 2012 - 3:48 pm
In a move that has angered local residents and town officials, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection has walked away from the bargaining table over the building of a sewer treatment plant for the hamlet of Phoenicia.
Last month, after... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jun. 7, 2012 - 11:22 am
A kayaker at the 2011 Kingston Kayak Festival. Photo courtesy of Kenco; for more photos of last year's festival, check out their Facebook album.
On Saturday, June 9, the Kingston Point Beach hosts an all-day kayakstravaganza (shhh, that's totally a word... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jun. 4, 2012 - 3:52 pm
The latest chapter in the ongoing saga of the muddy lower Esopus is being written -- and officials in Ulster County are clamoring to be more than just a footnote in it.
On May 23, the state Department of Environmental Conservation announced that they had... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Tuesday, May. 29, 2012 - 11:45 am
A week-long Department of Environmental Conservation investigation led to the raid of a West Coxsackie Chinese restaurant that allegedly poached fish from the Hudson River and Coxsackie Reservoir.
DEC police said Dragon Garden, located on Route 9W in... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, May. 23, 2012 - 5:20 pm
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced today that the agency is making improvements to its stream flow and snow monitoring network, as part of a recently-announced partnership with the National Weather Service to do... Read more
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