Water
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jun. 2, 2011 - 11:33 am
Photo of the Upper Delaware River at Hawk's Nest, near the spot where a rafter drowned on Saturday. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
Three people drowned in local waterways over the Memorial Day weekend.
On Monday, two fishermen lost their footing in... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jun. 2, 2011 - 9:01 am
Yesterday's Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) hearing at Deposit High School was packed, according to the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin. The topic under discussion was XTO Energy's request to withdraw water from Broome County's Oquaga Creek to... Read more
By Matthew Perry on Friday, May. 27, 2011 - 12:59 pm
Leave your power boat at home, and never mind Triple Crown horse racing. In Tannersville this Saturday, a flotilla of rubber ducks, 500 strong, will jockey for position in the Rubber Duck Race on Gooseberry Creek, until the best of the best crosses the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, May. 25, 2011 - 3:24 pm
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Above: The approximate location of the area XTO Energy is seeking to take water from, in the town of Sanford, Broome County. From Google Maps.
As we reported earlier this month, the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) is weighing... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, May. 24, 2011 - 1:10 pm
Adam Bosch at the Times Herald-Record had a bang-up story yesterday about the embattled Esopus Creek.
According to a letter sent by U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Esopus Creek has become too shallow for a Coast Guard... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 23, 2011 - 10:55 am
Above: Video of flooding in Sidney Center on Friday, by YouTube user kiki71669.
The Delaware County Department of Emergency Services announced recently that people affected by this weekend's flooding in Sidney Center might be eligible for help from the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, May. 21, 2011 - 10:55 am
Around 8pm last night, Delaware County Emergency Services announced that flash flooding had led to road closings and evacuations in Sidney Center:
Delaware County has experienced heavy rainfall that has resulted in flash flooding throughout the county. A... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, May. 17, 2011 - 2:28 pm
We're launching a new feature on the Watershed Post today: Letters to the Editor, which will appear as their own menu item on our menu bar above. Our first letter is from Ron Urban, who wrote us in response to a looming deadline facing the Delaware River... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, May. 17, 2011 - 10:21 am
As of 8 A.M., and continuing through tomorrow evening, a flood watch is in effect over eastern New York and western New England. A warning message from NY-Alert says that locally, Ulster, Greene and Schoharie counties should watch out for heavy rainfall... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, May. 16, 2011 - 8:53 am
Last week was a big week for effluvia-related news in the watershed.
On Friday, Mike Hein, Ulster County's chief executive, decided not to sue the New York City Department of Environmental Protection over its releases of muddy water into the Esopus Creek... Read more
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