Areas of Focus
Around the Watershed
Watershed Detectives Club Is Off To A Great Start
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has forced many events and activities to be cancelled or switched to an online format and for good reason. Traditional schooling for many students in the watershed has moved online fully or in a hybrid of online and limited in-person teaching. Most afterschool activities on school grounds have been cancelled indefinitely. […]
CSBI Ready for Fall Plantings
If someone were to step into the backyard of the Ashokan Watershed Stream Management Program (AWSMP) you could forgive them for thinking they were on the grounds of a plant nursery. That’s because our backyard is home to the Catskill Streams Buffer Initiative (CSBI) Plant Material Center (PMC). The PMC is the location that holds […]
AWSMP Hosts Successful Fall Foliage Walk
Last week on the morning of October 3rd, the Ashokan Watershed Stream Management Program (AWSMP) hosted a fall foliage walk on the recently opened Ashokan Quarry Trail in Olivebridge, NY. AWSMP has a goal of hosting safe, socially distanced, in-person events if conditions allow. While it may have been a little early to experience the […]
About Us
The Ashokan Watershed Stream Management Program is a collaborative effort of New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County and Ulster County Soil and Water Conservation District. The program promotes a coordinated approach to stream protection and management within the Ashokan Reservoir watershed. …read more
