Schoharie Reservoir

By Lissa Harris on Friday, Sep. 13, 2013 - 12:10 pm
Above: Sunrise over the dividing weir that separates the Ashokan Reservoir's east and west basins. Photo by Tim Cox; shared in the Watershed Post's Flickr group pool. 'Tis the season for road work, apparently: Next week, several construction projects will... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jun. 24, 2013 - 11:20 am
Kayakers on the Pepacton Reservoir. Photo by Dennis Schvejda; shared in the Watershed Post's Flickr group pool. For decades, New York City's enormous reservoirs have been off-limits to all but a few dedicated anglers in rowboats. But when cautious city... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Apr. 4, 2013 - 11:47 am
Above: A Flickr slideshow of photos taken during a DEP-led tour of the Gilboa Dam for local officials and media. Photos by Lissa Harris. Cross your fingers for good weather in Gilboa this summer. Weather permitting, a $400 million reconstruction project... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012 - 2:41 am
Above: Video of the Gilboa Dam's newly installed siphon in operation. Video by the New York City Department of Environmental Protection. The New York City Department of Environmental Protection announced on Wednesday that they had just finished installing... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Dec. 3, 2012 - 4:51 pm
Above: The Gilboa Dam. Photo by Flickr user mountain_man_ny_2, published under Creative Commons license. In the coming weeks, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection will install two massive siphons in the Gilboa Dam, which has been under... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 - 4:00 pm
Throughout the weekend, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection has been making emergency releases from three of its upstate reservoirs -- the Schoharie, the Ashokan and the Neversink -- in an effort to create voids that can absorb some... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Oct. 26, 2012 - 9:18 pm
Middleburgh mayor Matthew Avitabile posted about the village's storm preparations on the village's news blog on Friday: The Village is preparing vital information to be released door to door. This will include where to go, evac urgency, routes, safety... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jun. 22, 2012 - 3:05 pm
Above: A sailboat glides on the surface of the Pepacton Reservoir on May 26, 2012 the opening weekend for boating on the reservoir. Photo by Tina Schvejda; posted in the Watershed Post's Flickr group pool. On Memorial Day weekend, three new Catskills... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, May. 25, 2012 - 7:58 pm
Above: Paul Rush, the Deputy Commissioner of the DEP, helps Jim Eisel, the Chair of the Delaware County Board of Supervisors, into a life preserver at the boat launch on the Pepacton Reservoir on May 24, 2012. Photo by Julia Reischel.  It's finally... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, May. 8, 2012 - 10:04 am
At 12:30pm on Wednesday, May 9, the Gilboa Dam alert sirens will be tested. Regular tests of the system will be held on the second Wednesday of the month henceforth, the Times Journal reports. The sirens, which were heavily damaged during flooding from... Read more

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