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Run, paddle and bike your way around the Cannonsville Reservoir

Continuing a trend of loosening its tight grip on access to boating on its Catskill reservoirs, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection is co-sponsoring a triathlon on the Canno… [...]

Potshots: Politics in Wawarsing

“Potshots,” by Bovina artist Gary Mayer, runs every Sunday. You can see Gary’s collected Sunday cartoons by clicking here. For some context on this week’s cartoon, click here and here.  Read more [...]

90 anti-frackers demonstrate outside governor’s chambers

The Times Union’s Capitol Confidential blog reports that scores of protesters chanted “No Fracking Way” in the War Room of the Capitol building in Albany yesterday, in a show of force that probably reached Governor Andrew Cuomo’s ears in the next room … [...]

NYT: Fracking must undergo "rigorous study," be subject to "strictest possible standards"

It was inevitable, really: After running a colossal three-part series about hydraulic fracturing, the New York Times expressed its opinion about the practice of gas drilling in an editorial published yesterday. In sum, the Gray Lady wants more studies,… [...]

Is Roscoe America’s "Ultimate Fishing Town?"

Photo submitted to the Ultimate Fishing Town contest by Kurt Huhner. In a contest that is eerily similar to Budget Travel Magazine’s “coolest town in America” contest, only fishier, the World Fi… [...]

Hirokawa on Disasters and Ecosystem Services Deprivation

Keith H. Hirokawa (Albany) has posted Disasters and Ecosystem Services Deprivation: From Cuyahoga to the Deepwater Horizon, Albany Law Review, Vol. 74, No. 1 (2011). The abstract: On April 20, 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig resulte… [...]

Wawarsing homeowners to get a bailout from the state

Photo: Some of the heavy-duty equipment deployed in the perpetual fight to keep Laura Zakotiria-Smith’s Wawarsing neighborhood above water. From a photo album on Zakotiria-Smith’s Facebook wall…. [...]

"Gasland" director’s father cited for environmental violations on Del. River tributary

According to an article in the Patriot News last Thursday, the creekfront property that belongs to the family of anti-fracking crusader and filmmaker Josh Fox has been cited by Pennsylvania regulators for environmental violations. Fox is the direc… [...]

Reservoirs: Full to the brim

Times Herald-Record reporter Adam Bosch reports on his environment blog that the New York City reservoir system is full to capacity — plus a little extra. (Not sure exactly how that’s possible,… [...]

Local kids learn about the watershed

Clarence Gilmer, of the Ashokan Center, leads teenagers from Onteora High School, South Kortright Central School, and Margaretville Central School on a hike in Olivebridge on Tuesday. The activ… [...]