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By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011 - 5:08 pm
Above: A contractor clearing storm debris from DEP land in Prattsville along the Schoharie Creek. Photo provided by the DEP.
There's a lot happening in the Greene County town of Prattsville. The town, which was walloped by Tropical Storms Irene and Lee,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Nov. 14, 2011 - 8:45 am
A close-up photograph of a crack inside the Delaware Aqueduct. Photo provided by the NYC DEP.
Yesterday, the Associated Press ran a nice feature story about the soggy dilemma facing homeowners in the Ulster County town of Wawarsing, who have been sitting... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011 - 2:03 pm
Above: A map of the terrain Ryan Owens traveled through on his 6.5-mile walk from West Shokan to Denning while he was lost in the Catskills on October 28 and 29 with only a long-sleeve T-shirt and a bottle of water. To view Ryan Owens's walk in a larger... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011 - 8:56 am
2pm update: Ryan Owens has been found! Click to read our follow-up story.
1:30pm update: This story has been edited to remove a quote from Mauer. Martha Frankel reports from Shokan that the search for Ryan Owens continues this afternoon.
Original story... Read more
By Rusty Mae Moore on Monday, Oct. 24, 2011 - 3:09 pm
Detail of a map from Lamont Engineers showing how much of Delaware Engineering's 2007 design for the Phoenicia wastewater treatment plant they can build with existing funds. Green lines show Lamont's proposed sewer connections; red lines show connections... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Oct. 3, 2011 - 9:03 am
Photo by Flickr user D. Sharon Pruitt. Published under Creative Commons license.
The Associated Press reports that although the recent flooding has stirred up New York City's water system considerably, and required the city to do some extra chlorination,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Sep. 29, 2011 - 3:34 pm
Above: DEP employees cleaning up flood debris in downtown Margaretville on September 13, 2011. Photo by Lissa Harris.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection announced this morning that they will donate $1 million to a fund to help... Read more
By Lillian Browne on Wednesday, Sep. 28, 2011 - 12:24 pm
In the aftermath of Irene and then Lee, Town of Colchester Supervisor Robert Homovich, is breathing a sigh of relief that Downsville, Horton, Harvard, Corbett and Shinhopple were spared serious damage from the flood waters.
But Homovich is angry with... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Sep. 27, 2011 - 11:42 am
This just in from the New York City Department of Environmental Protection: The DEP is putting $300,000 towards fixing Schoharie County’s emergency siren system for Gilboa Dam.
The sirens were functional during Hurricane Irene on August 38, and were... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Sep. 12, 2011 - 4:37 pm
This just in from the New York City Department of Environmental Protection: The DEP is releasing water from the west basin of the Ashokan Reservoir through the release channel and into the Little Beaverkill and Lower Esopus Creek, as a precaution against... Read more
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