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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
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012 - 1:18 pm
On Tuesday, the Onteora Central School district held yet another meeting to discuss the planned reconfiguration of its three elementary schools, which could result in the closing of the Phoenicia School or the re-shuffling of grade levels among the... 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 Monday, Jan. 23, 2012 - 5:12 pm
Ulster County meeting with DEP at SUNY UlsterAbove, join our live blog at 6pm covering tonight's DEP forum in Ulster County.
Tonight, a long-anticipated public meeting will be held at 6pm at SUNY Ulster in Stone Ridge, for Ulster County officials and... 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
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012 - 2:15 pm
Today, the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), a division of the US Department of Agriculture, announced that it is setting aside $31.5 million in disaster aid for projects sponsored by local town, city, county or tribal governments in New York... Read more
By wateradmin on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012 - 8:19 pm
Above: A Flickr slideshow of photos from Catskills FarmLink landowners and farmers. The first photo is of Michelle Premura, a landowner who has listed 13 acres between Delhi and Stamford on the FarmLink website. Click on individual photos to see the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012 - 2:31 pm
A breaking-news tweet from DC news blog Politico a few minutes ago:
Wonder what @MikeHeinForExec thinks of this. Though he did have a few words on the topic for Hudson Valley Magazine, in this month's issue:
And although [Mike Hein] has been approached... Read more
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