NYC Department of Environmental Protection
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011 - 2:58 pm
On Friday afternoon, 42-year-old Thomas J. Berger of Gilboa was killed in an automobile accident in Grand Gorge. Also injured in the crash was Richard Lewis, an 87-year-old from Gilboa, who is being treated at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown.... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Feb. 11, 2011 - 11:10 am
It's been a busy week for the New York City Department of Environmental Protection. The big news out of the agency is a brand-new strategic plan that stresses the city's opposition to hydraulic fracturing, its plans for hydropower, and its commitment to... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011 - 2:56 pm
Eager to put that whole "Willy Wonka's chocolate river" thing behind it, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection issued a press release today stating that the Esopus Creek is running clear again.
The DEP's practice of releasing turbid... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011 - 10:17 am
Yesterday afternoon, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection announced that it would no longer be releasing turbid water from the Ashokan Reservoir into the Esopus Creek, starting immediately. The press release from DEP Commissioner Cas... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jan. 21, 2011 - 3:40 pm
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection sent out a press release today announcing that three stands of trees on three different parcels of city-owned upstate land will be the focus of a new forest management program.
The three sites are... Read more
By wateradmin on Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011 - 9:38 am
"Potshots," by Bovina artist Gary Mayer, runs every Sunday. To see a full-size version of this cartoon, click here. You can see Gary's collected Sunday cartoons by clicking here. For some context about this week's cartoon, click here.
Mayer is an artist... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011 - 9:47 am
More details are emerging about Ulster County's threat to sue the New York City Department of Environmental Protection over its releases of turbid water into the Lower Esopus.
William Kemble at the Daily Freeman reports that County Executive Mike Hein... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011 - 5:31 pm
The Times Herald-Record has an exclusive: Ulster County Executive Mike Hein has announced that the county is suing New York City over its release of muddy water from the Ashokan reservoir into the Lower Esopus River. From the story, which broke around 5pm... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010 - 10:01 am
Adam Bosch at the Times Herald-Record had a thoughtful article on Sunday about what will happen to local municipalities when New York City shuts down part of the Delaware Aqueduct for a whole year in 2018.
While most towns in the Catskills don't drink... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010 - 3:50 pm
A close-up photograph of a crack inside the Delaware Aqueduct under the hamlet of Roseton in Ulster County. Photo provided by the NYC DEP.
On Friday, the DEP told the world that it is planning an enormous public works project to repair the leaking... Read more
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