spring
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Mar. 30, 2011 - 4:49 pm
Watershed Post reader Sarah Mesh found evidence of spring, in defiance of the forecasts of snow for tomorrow, in Delhi last Saturday. (We spotted crocuses in Andes two weeks ago. But it wasn't enough to keep the snows away.)
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By Lissa Harris on Monday, Mar. 28, 2011 - 1:29 pm
For most of us, the arrival of the first buds of early spring is a welcome sign that winter's on its way out. For an ecologist, every unfolding blossom is a data point. By making careful records of when each plant begins to bloom, scientists hope to paint... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Mar. 18, 2011 - 8:49 am
It may not look like spring, but a stand of crocuses reaching for the sun in Andes yesterday know otherwise. Photos by Julia Reischel.
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Feb. 28, 2011 - 12:19 pm
It's the last day of February, and we're all plenty sick of winter. Our contributor Kirby Olson, who teaches literature at Suny Delhi, sat down with a group of Andes residents last week at the Andes Round Table to express their feelings for February in... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Monday, May. 24, 2010 - 12:06 pm
Blue_Mtn_Photos gets a glorious may-blooming field in Saugerties framed just right. Posted in the Watershed Post photo pool on Flickr.
By Lissa Harris on Sunday, Apr. 11, 2010 - 1:58 pm
Warm days, not too much wind, and spring flowers exploding into bloom: a perfect recipe for pollination. This orange-belted bumblebee (Bombus ternarius) was hard at work around noon today on a cherry bush in Delhi.
Photo by Lissa Harris.
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, Apr. 8, 2010 - 2:32 pm
Tony Fletcher couldn't resist the chance to hit the slopes yesterday:
The temptation to ski Hunter in 81F/27C sunshine in early April, still with plenty snow on the mountain, and to wear shorts and t-shirt in the process, was too good to turn down.... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Apr. 7, 2010 - 8:07 pm
Ah, the miracle of modern digital photography. This may look like an Instamatic print from a battered box marked "Spring 1967," but this nostalgia-hued snapshot of the ice on North-South Lake was taken last week.
Photo by Flickr user Catskills Grrl. All... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, Mar. 30, 2010 - 2:08 pm
A barn in Saugerties lifts a hopeful face toward spring.
Photo by Flickr user Blue_Mtn_Photos, posted in the Watershed Post pool on Flickr. All rights reserved.
By Aaron Bennett on Tuesday, Mar. 23, 2010 - 11:24 am
The Watershed Post is delighted to introduce our first columnist: Aaron Bennett of Catskill Mountainkeeper. Bennett’s job as regional director at CMK is to serve the “high peaks region” of the Catskill Mountains, which includes Delaware, Greene and... Read more
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