Schoharie Reservoir
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016 - 3:36 pm
Divers are working to recover a tugboat that sank in New York City's upstate Schoharie Reservoir on Monday, Dec. 19, spilling a small amount of fuel oil into the reservoir.
According to DEP spokesman Adam Bosch, the tugboat was being used for ongoing... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, May. 22, 2015 - 12:46 pm
Sunrise this morning -- Friday, May 22 -- marked the beginning of the boating season on four of New York City's upstate reservoirs in the Catskills: the Cannonsville, the Neversink, the Schoharie and the Pepacton. Boating on the reservoirs is allowed... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Apr. 8, 2015 - 1:30 pm
Above: The ice-covered Schoharie Reservoir in 2013. Photo via the NYC DEP's Flickr page.
An “oily sheen” was discovered on the surface of the Schoharie Reservoir, one of the sources of New York City’s upstate drinking water supply, on Monday, April 6,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Mar. 20, 2015 - 2:53 pm
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) wants to regularly release water downstream into the Schoharie Valley for the first time since the Schoharie Reservoir was built in 1927, according to a press release issued by the agency on... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014 - 1:43 pm
Above: A paddler heads down to the shore of the Pepacton Reservoir during the 2014 boating season. Photo via the NYC DEP's Flickr page.
In the three years since the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) opened four of its upstate... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014 - 4:28 pm
Photos and video by Julia Reischel.
State bigwigs and local officials doused the massive new concrete spillway of the Gilboa Dam with buckets of reservoir water on Friday, Oct. 31 to celebrate the completion of the dam's $138 million rehabilitation... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jun. 19, 2014 - 12:56 pm
On Memorial Day, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) opened four of its Catskills reservoirs to recreational boating for the summer. We're partnering with the DEP and the Catskill Watershed Corporation on a brand-new Catskill... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, May. 24, 2014 - 11:32 am
Four of New York City’s six reservoirs in the Catskills — Pepacton, Schoharie, Cannonsville and Neversink — are open to canoes, kayaks, rowboats and small sailboats from Memorial Day to Columbus Day. The reservoirs hold drinking water for roughly 9.4... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, May. 14, 2014 - 1:49 pm
Above: Kids investigate stream creatures during a water workshop, which will take place on Tuesday, May 20 in Tannersville this year. Photo via the Greene County Soil and Water Conservation District.
The four-mile Schoharie Reservoir, created by the 88-... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Mar. 17, 2014 - 4:09 pm
Above: A view of New York City's Cannonsville Reservoir in late spring. Photo by Flickr user kmitschke; published under Creative Commons license.
A sound that won't be heard on most of New York City's reservoirs this summer: The whir of electric trolling... Read more
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