NYC Department of Environmental Protection
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Mar. 17, 2011 - 11:01 am
Clarence Gilmer, of the Ashokan Center, leads teenagers from Onteora High School, South Kortright Central School, and Margaretville Central School on a hike in Olivebridge on Tuesday. The activity was part of the 2011 Watershed Youth Symposium, an event... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Mar. 14, 2011 - 7:43 pm
When a predicted flood last week didn't reach Biblical proportions, Phoenicia residents breathed a sigh of relief. The tiny hamlet in Shandaken has borne the brunt of much of the region's flood damage over the fall and winter, with back-to-back floods in... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Mar. 12, 2011 - 10:19 am
Adam Bosch at the Times Herald-Record reports that the pleas of Wawarsing residents about their perennially flooded basements were finally heard by New York City Department of Environmental Protection authorities yesterday when top DEP officials showed up... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Mar. 10, 2011 - 3:20 pm
Between the rain and the millions of gallons of water being pumped by the DEP through the leaky Delaware Aqueduct underground, the sump pumps of Wawarsing are working overtime. Adam Bosch of the Times Herald-Record reports today:
Homeowners said floods... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Mar. 9, 2011 - 5:20 pm
If you thought the rivers and streams got high earlier this week, you haven't seen anything yet.
The National Weather Service has issued flood watches for all five Catskills counties -- Delaware, Greene, Schoharie, Sullivan, and Ulster -- from tomorrow... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Mar. 7, 2011 - 2:21 pm
The Daily Star reports that four river conservancy groups are boycotting a meeting with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection that is being held in Grahamsville today. Their grievance? Flooding:
The groups said the plan fails to... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Mar. 5, 2011 - 10:34 am
Ice rescue practice on the Ashokan Reservoir. Photo via the NYC Water/NYC DEP website.
Adam Bosch of the Times Herald-Record spent Thursday on the ice at the Ashokan Reservoir watching NYC Department of Environmental Protection police officers don bright... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011 - 9:00 am
Today, the Daily Freeman has a revealing interview with James Tierney, the assistant commissioner for water resources at the state's Department of Environmental Convervation.
The topic is New York City's decision to clear out its Ashokan reservoir this... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Feb. 18, 2011 - 1:13 pm
We've known this was coming for months, and now here it is: A new water supply permit for New York City from the state's Department of Environmental Conservation.
The new permit allows the New York City Department of Environmental Protection to continue... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011 - 11:22 am
Ulster County Executive Mike Hein announced in his annual county address last night that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has filed a formal complaint against the New York City Department of Environmental Protection over the DEP... Read more
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