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Come join us in celebrating and promoting the Catskills streams through this day-long FREE event full of educational programs, children’s activities, music, theater, food, interactive exhibits, and much more! The event is organized by the Greene Stream Team, a consortium of agencies, residents, local school teachers, and non-profit organizations, and sponsored by local and regional businesses and tourism interests. The Batavia Kill is part of the NYC Watershed, a vast network of reservoirs, aqueducts, and streams that encompass a 1,972 square mile watershed that is New York City’s drinking water supply. All activities are focused on building awareness of the Batavia Kill, stream and environmental stewardship, and the relationship of local streams to the broader watershed area.
Use the link below to access information on this unique free event.
www.gcswcd.com/wap/calendar/bataviakillcelebration
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Public Workshops and Tours
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The fourth Annual Water Quality Summit for Schoharie Watershed communities is scheduled for Saturday, January 23, 2010, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Village of Hunter.
The event is a continuation in a series of public forums designed to bring local decision-makers and property owners together with regulatory agencies to learn about water quality for the protection of Schoharie basin waterways.
The first Water Quality Summit in January 2007 was well received with nearly 120 people in attendance. Since then, the GCSWCD Watershed Assistance Program in conjunction with the NYC Department of Environmental Protection has sponsored the annual event which continues to grow each year. The Summits impart educational information about the status of water quality in the Schoharie Watershed, the natural and human factors that affect our streams, and the various management programs that address water quality problems. Given the popularity of the Summits, local officials suggested a complimentary event in the summer which would show actual projects in action. Responding to those requests, the GCSWCD and DEP began hosting watershed tours in 2007. The Schoharie Watershed Tour is also an annual event held in June, the goal of which is to show participants the variety of possibilities to protect water quality while at the same time serving as a catalyst for local communities, agencies and watershed stakeholders to identify and implement opportunities in their communities.
The Water Quality Summits and Tours are an ideal forum to facilitate communication and information sharing across the watershed’s 11 municipalities, three counties, and the many agencies that work in the basin.
For a sample of training topics offered at the 2nd Annual Water Quality Summit, click here for a listing of presentations and workshops. Key recommendations in the Schoharie Turbidity Reduction Strategy, a locally developed plan to improve water quality protection through inter-municipal collaboration, was one of the presentations at the Summit. An executive summary is also available |
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Above: Water Quality Summit participants at the Hunter Elementary School learn about local programs and funding sources to assist in implementing watershed protection projects.
Below: Local officials, agency representatives and property owners visit the GCSWCD’s Plant Material Center in Maplecrest during the first annual Watershed Tour. The PMC was developed to raise plants and trees in-house for use on stream restoration sites which require an enormous quantity to re-establish riparian areas. |
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For information regarding upcoming watershed educational workshops and events call the WAP office at 518-589-6871 or e-mail: michelle@gcswcd.com |
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6049 Main Street Tannersville, NY 12485 Phone 518.589.6871 Fax 518.589.6874
Michelle Yost, WAP Coordinator
Watershed Assistance Program homepage
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