Celebrating the Catskills Streams

The inaugural Batavia Kill Stream Celebration was held on August 11, 2007.  Visitors from the tri-state region flocked to the event held at Country Suite Bed and Breakfast in Ashland, NY.  It was a full day of FREE family fun, entertainment and education.  Don’t miss this year’s Celebration!

Supporters of the

2007 Inaugural Batavia Kill Stream Celebration

 

The partners involved in planning the Celebration would like to extend a sincere thank you to the following for their generous support of this family-educational event.

 

Christman’s Windham House

 

Catskill Watershed Corporation

 

National Bank of Coxsackie

 

Evergreen Mountain Construction

 

Marshall & Sterling

 

Greene County Tourism

 

New York City Department of Environmental Protection

Water Supply Bureau

 

Greene County Soil & Water Conservation District

 

Price Chopper’s Golub Foundation

 

Stewart’s Shops

 

Slater’s Great American

 

 

 

1st Annual Batavia Kill Stream Celebration

“An excellent opportunity presented to attract people via many interesting activities, but with an unquestioned purpose of watershed education and stewardship of our local land and water.”

~Nancy, - Lexington, NY

 

 

“I thought it was a very enjoyable experience. I brought my 4 year old grandson and he ,too, enjoyed it.”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         ~Judie -Prattsville, NY

“Thanks for the celebration. The food was excellent, a good time was had.”

~ Dan, CT

“An excellent experience for the whole family!”

                   ~Nick –Vernon, NJ

 

 

A host of non-profit organizations, schools, watershed groups and

government agencies involved in the 2007 event include:

 

S The Town of Ashland

S Columbia-Greene Chapter of Trout Unlimited

S Cornell Cooperative Extension of Greene Co. & Agroforestry Resource Center

S Catskill Watershed Corporation

S NYC Department of Environmental Protection

S Catskill Center for Conservation & Development

S Catskill Mountain Bee Club

S NYS Nurses Association

S Hudson River Estuary Program

S Watershed Agricultural Council

S Catskill Forest Association

S Greene Co. Soil & Water Conservation District

S Catskill Outdoor Education Corp. an AmeriCorps program

S Windham-Ashland-Jewett Central School

S Windham Art Alliance

For more information call the GCSWCD Watershed Assistance Program at 518-589-6871, or

e-mail  michelle@gcswcd.com

 

 

 

 

 

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