Water
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 16, 2010 - 9:58 pm
The DEP's spidey senses just got a whole lot keener. The agency is opening a new, state-of-the-art water-testing lab in Grahamsville, and it's stocked with square footage and gadgets, according to a press release sent out today:
The project added 12,000... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Aug. 16, 2010 - 3:44 pm
In today's New York Times: A number of states are thinking about banning felt-soled waders, a piece of gear that's perfect for keeping anglers steady on their feet -- and also for transporting the noxious microscopic algae known as didymo, or "rock snot... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 16, 2010 - 10:05 am
The folks at Cluckin A Critter Farm in Greenville opined on their blog yesterday that things are looking kind of drought-like in their area:
WOW!!! We're getting rain! I can't tell you how very bad we need this rain. There are a lot of folks around the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010 - 8:19 am
This heat-wave-plagued summer has been hard on Catskills trout. Paul's Angling Journal brings us a brief update from the DEC: The Esopus is still hot.
At the start of each summer, there is typically a limited supply of cold water in the Schoharie... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Aug. 13, 2010 - 10:01 am
The Daily Mail reports that a crew repairing a water main break yesterday hit a gas line, which led to an evacuation of Coxsackie's downtown:
Local resident Antonio D'Arcangelis said he was sitting at his window and saw the backhoe strike the pipeline.
“... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010 - 10:01 am
Lynn E. Byrne, a resident of Lexington, NY, is outraged that the Windham Journal ran a column praising Japanese Knotweed -- or Polygonum cuspidatum, as it is formally known -- as “a source of many valuable natural products," including nectar for honeybees... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010 - 8:51 am
The mostly-empty Binnekill stream in Margaretville, photographed in winter 2009 by Flickr user Dougtone.
Yesterday, the Catskill Mountain News reported that a new lawsuit has been filed in a years-long battle between property owner Lauren Davis and the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010 - 12:08 pm
So far, there's a website and plans for billboards to go up on Route 17 in Sullivan county, according to the Sullivan County Democrat:
Yesterday, Catskill Mountainkeeper, Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy, Gasland the Movie, and EarthJustice jointly... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010 - 1:40 pm
This week, the EPA dropped a last-minute bombshell on a planned meeting to discuss the risks of hydraulic fracturing: Three days before the meeting, they moved it from Binghamton to Syracuse.
But it seems the last-minute venue change didn't deter... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010 - 5:29 pm
Democracy: It's so expensive. And it really snarls up the morning commute. But thanks to some really enlightened thinking by Binghamton University and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the city of Binghamton won't have to suffer the slings and... Read more
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