Before & After: 
In the soon-to-be-released 2008 Annual Report, the Council will highlight several projects completed last year. At right, work performed at this Westchester County farm demonstrates how small improvements to an access road can greatly reduce water run-off, drainage and sedimentation. All three impact water quality. The Croton Watershed staff remedied the situation by regrading, crowning and diverting runoff away from surface water sources.
For more Before & Afters, check out next month's WAC News or look for the Annual Report in your mailbox.
Tell us about your farm business, forest operation, clean water practices and how you've benefited from the WAC programs!
Partners in Action:
The Council and its partners help farmers address on-farm water pollution concerns. We also help them prepare for worst-case scenarios through an Emergency Action Plan (EAP). In January, one local farmer needed, and followed, his EAP prescription. WAC staff from the Agricultural Program, Delaware County Soil & Water, and Natural Resource Conservation Services (NRCS) responded professionally and quickly -- within a half hour! They helped assess the equipment malfunction and assisted the farmer with addressing the emergency before it became a water quality problem. Things like this certainly don't happen every day; but with their help, the farmer was able to divert and clean up by day's end. Read more in this NRCS story, "The Importance of an Emergency Action Plan."
Pure Catskills Membership Enrollment:
There's still time to "Get in the Guide!" Pure Catskills accepts members year-round BUT the final day for enrollment and to be included in the 2009 print edition is April 15. Register online or call Leslie Deysenroth at (607) 865-7090 for more information. |
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WAC in the News
Chairman Fred Huneke was quoted in The Daily Star's front page on February 28. Multi-agency efforts arranged for WAC participant, Deerfield Farm in Bloomvile, to remain a farm family operation, now Rockycrest Holsteins.
Collin Miller, Woods Products Marketing & Utilization Specialist, appeared on Oneonta's WISF News 15/Cable Channel 27 on March 4. Collin discussed biomass, the Pure Catskills wood-products buy local campaign and the Forestry Program.
Tara Collins and Challey Comer are participating in panel discussions at the Food For Thought Film Fest in New York City on April 11 and 18, respectively. Topics will include clean water, sustainable agriculture and the film, FLOW which reflects on the world water crisis. |
Of Interest:
Cornell University's "Voices of Experience," offers online videos at their Beginning Farmer Project website.
Cannonsville Open for Recreation
In the past, the New York City water supply reservoirs were open only to a select number of boaters. But starting this Memorial Day, the NYC DEP will open the Cannonsville Reservoir to rowboats, sailboats, canoes, kayaks, johnboats and sculls.
60 Minutes Features Slow Food
Uniting Landowners & Forests
Things Better Shared
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April 1, 2009
Before & After
Partners in Action
Pure Cat Membership
WAC in the News
Of Interest |
Game of Logging
Deposit 4/1
2020 Vision for the Catskills SUNY lectures:
Agricultural Program Committee Tour 4/30
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| The Watershed Agricultural Council is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to support the economic viability of agriculture and forestry through the protection of water quality and the promotion of land conservation in the New York City Watershed region. The WAC is funded by The New York City Department of Environmental Protection, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service and other federal, foundation and private sources. The WAC is an equal opportunity provider and employer. | |
