Water
By Julia Reischel on Monday, May. 2, 2011 - 10:27 am
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection has been a busy bee lately. On Friday, it announced that it is opening 6,600 acres of city-owned land for recreational use, and on Saturday, Adam Bosch at the Times Herald-Record wrote an article... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Apr. 29, 2011 - 5:23 pm
No, the sticker above -- which, according to the Wall Street Journal, has been spotted near public faucets around New York City lately -- isn't the work of the NYC Department of Environmental Protection. It's part of a pretty slick anti-fracking campaign... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Apr. 24, 2011 - 9:51 am
Finally, today feels like spring. The photo above by Dawn Synan of Delhi is the documentation to prove it.
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Apr. 24, 2011 - 9:16 am
"Potshots," by Bovina artist Gary Mayer, runs every Sunday. You can see Gary's collected Sunday cartoons by clicking here. For some context for this week's cartoon, click here.
Mayer is an artist who's lived in Bovina for the past seven years.... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Apr. 22, 2011 - 10:52 am
The Daily Freeman shared an annual report about the quality of Kingston's drinking water today, and it's pretty good news:
Water Superintendent Judith Hansen said Kingston residents will be receiving the 2010 report about the quality of the city’s water... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Apr. 19, 2011 - 8:47 am
Prompted by the end of the public comment period for the Delaware River Basin Commission's proposed regulations for hydraulic fracturing, New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced yesterday that he will sue the federal government if it... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Apr. 18, 2011 - 10:47 am
The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce has released its study of the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing, and it reports that energy companies have injected instant coffee, walnut hulls, and the highly toxic cancer-causing... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Apr. 14, 2011 - 4:38 pm
After enduring two floods in two months last year, the residents of the Ulster County village of Phoenicia wanted to do something -- anything -- to fix their chronic flooding problem. Days after the December 1st flood, town and county officials rallied... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Apr. 13, 2011 - 4:43 pm
This just in: The state Department of Environmental Conservation has granted the town of Shandaken a permit to dredge the Stony Clove Creek to alleviate flooding in Phoenicia. The Times Herald-Record reports:
The state Department of Environmental... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Apr. 12, 2011 - 8:36 am
On Saturday, the Watershed Post attended the Ashokan Watershed Stream Management Program's annual Ashokan Watershed Conference. The subject this year was a timely one: "Flood Resilience for Towns, Businesses and Landowners." We'll be posting about what we... Read more
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