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By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012 - 2:13 pm
Photo of barn, fence and field in Kiamesha Lake by Catskills Photography. Shared in the Watershed Post Flickr group.
The Obama administration announced three new initiatives to benefit the rural economy, including a $15 million "Rural Jobs Accelerator"... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Feb. 17, 2012 - 12:36 am
With the clock ticking on a deadline set by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, state officials and teachers' unions have brokered a deal that will create a new system for evaluating teachers.
The New York Times reports that Cuomo threatened to use his gubernatorial... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012 - 11:25 am
Photo by Flickr user Roger Karlsson. Published under Creative Commons license.
It's a familiar story in rural upstate New York: A small-town school, once bustling and full of life, is slowly being drained of its students, forcing a community to make... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012 - 9:03 am
Spring already? Reader Laurie McIntosh sent us this photo of snowdrops in bloom, taken in Woodstock on Feb. 10.
Snowdrops are usually the first bloomers in the garden, beating out even the early crocuses for the title. But this is a bit early, even for... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012 - 7:00 pm
Today, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office announced the awarding of grants of roughly $50,000 each by the New York Department of State to 13 towns and villages in upstate New York, for rebuilding from the Irene and Lee floods.
The list of awardees includes the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012 - 8:37 pm
Photo of Cannonsville Reservoir by Flickr user kmitschke. Published under Creative Commons license.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection plans to announce publicly that the recreational boating program that has been running on the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012 - 12:52 pm
A photo of a Catskills streambank post-Irene, from the Catskill Watershed Corporation website.
Five months after the Irene and Lee floods, streams all across the Catskills region are still clogged with downed trees, trash, pieces of trailers, and other... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jan. 30, 2012 - 8:44 am
Photo of bobcat by Flickr user ucumari. Published under Creative Commons license.
New York's bobcat population is growing, says the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). The elusive cats, found mostly in the Catskill, Taconic and... Read more
Got flood damage? New grants available for businesses and municipalities are now taking applications
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012 - 9:40 am
Above: Flood damage from Tropical Storm Irene in the Greene County town of Lexington. Photo taken on August 30, 2011, by Flickr user kimmcg. Posted in the Watershed Post Flickr pool.
Two big grant programs for storm-ravaged businesses, property-owners,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jan. 20, 2012 - 3:27 pm
The National Weather Service has announced snow and winter weather advisories across much of the region for tonight and tomorrow.
Ulster County: Winter Weather Advisory from 1am through 3pm tomorrow, 3-6 inches of snow.
Delaware County: Winter Weather... Read more
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