Shandaken
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Sep. 9, 2015 - 1:48 pm
The place where 14-year-old Jordyn Engler drowned on the Esopus Creek on Saturday, Sept. 5 was near a notorious local river hazard. But that didn’t stop a Catskills tubing company from dropping her off at an abandoned tubing launch nearby.
The hazard, a... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Sep. 5, 2015 - 8:46 pm
A 14-year-old girl drowned in the Esopus Creek on Saturday, Sept. 5, according to the Ulster County Sheriff's Office.
A report that an adult man and the teenage girl were in distress in the fast-moving river drew scores of first responders to a fishing... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Thursday, Sep. 3, 2015 - 12:54 pm
Above: Throwing a rock into Cooper Lake in Woodstock. Photo by Flickr user Panda Snaps, shared in the Watershed Post Flickr pool.
Labor Day is upon us in all its bittersweet glory, and the Catskills are rising to the occasion with festivities celebrating... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Sep. 2, 2015 - 11:51 am
Peggy Brueckner lives near the Peekamoose Blue Hole, an icy Catskills pool that is recognized as one of the best swimming holes in the country. Her family has visited the hidden spot for 50 years. But this summer, due to hordes of tourists and the tons of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 31, 2015 - 9:38 am
Above: Jeff Senterman accepts his new post as the executive director of the Catskill Center for Conservation and Development on Saturday, Aug. 29. Photo via the Catskill Center's Instagram feed.
Jeff Senterman, the former Catskills program director of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015 - 4:31 pm
It's been a horrible week for car crashes in the Catskills, with three separate collisions in the region resulting in fatalities since Sunday.
A crash killed four people around noon in the Ulster County village of Saugerties on Wednesday, Aug. 26,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015 - 1:07 pm
Above: A helicopter lands in Phoenicia's Parish Field on Tuesday, Aug. 25 to transport a person who was injured in a crash on Route 28 at the entrance to the hamlet of Phoenicia.
Two crashes occurred on Route 28 on Wednesday, Aug. 26 -- the second day in... Read more
By Catskill Forest Association on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015 - 10:14 am
CFA-On-The-Air: From the Forest
Wednesday’s 6PM – 7PM
WIOX ROXBURY 91.3FM or www.wioxradio.org
Wednesday’s Show: Forest Talk with Mike Porter
This Wednesday we’ll be talking to Mike Porter again about this & that. Mike Porter is a local maple producer... Read more
By Catskill Forest Association on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015 - 10:10 am
By Ryan Trapani, Education Forester at the Catskill Forest Association
“I’m going hunting in the mountains.” It just sounds right, doesn’t it? For years people from the Hudson Valley left their homes, packed a bag and a gun, and headed for the hills of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015 - 2:12 pm
Above: A map of four recent crashes on Route 28.
Two serious car crashes occurred within hours of each other on Tuesday, Aug. 25 on a stretch of Route 28 in the Ulster County towns of Olive and Shandaken that has already seen multiple collisions this... Read more
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