Publications & Resources

The Ashokan Watershed Stream Management Program produces publications meant to inform streamside landowners, visitors, and other interested parties about our program activities and to provide guidance on a variety of stream management topics. Below you will find links to our program brochure, annual report, newsletter, our “Stream Guide” factsheet series, and other reports for general audiences. For technical documents and stream management plans, see the links at left.

AWSMP Program Brochure

The Program Brochure provides an overview of AWSMP, its partner agencies and mission. (1.3 MB, pdf)

Annual Plan

2022-2024 AWSMP Action Plan

Adventure Guide

Explore the Ashokan Reservoir watershed and take the adventure guide challenge to receive a badge.

Ashokan Watershed Adventure Guide

Stream Guide Factsheet Series

Resources for Streamside Living

Anyone who lives beside a stream knows the joys and challenges of living in close proximity to moving water. This section provides resources for streamside landowners to learn more about living in harmony with streams.

Common Invasive Species of Catskill Riparian Areas (1.4 mb, pdf)
Guide to Stream Friendly Practices (1.2 mb, pdf)
Knotweed_Brochure (1 mb, pdf)
Knotweed-Spread the Word Not the Weed (2.8 mb, pdf)
Catskill Streams Buffer Initiative

Videos

Links below will open a Vimeo or YouTube channel.

Youth Education

Snapshots from the Field – Bennett Science Kids – NEW!
The Movement of Stream Sediment
Stream Erosion
Watershed Animal Spotlight – The American Robin – (Birding in the Watershed blogpost)
CCEUC Storytime: Little One and the Water
Watersheds and River Systems – (Activity Sheet, Key)
Watershed Animal Spotlight – The American Beaver (webpage) – (Video youtube; Beaver Quiz pdf; Beaver Quiz pptx; Drawing a Beaver pdf)
Sketching a Site Map – (Activity Sheet)
Igenous and Metamorphic Rock
Stream Cross-Sections – (Activity Sheet, Key)
Stream Features – (Activity Sheet, Key)
Sedimentary Rocks
Introduction to Road-Stream Crossing Assessment – (Activity Sheet)
Introduction to Rocks
Stream Ecosystems – Bennett Science Kids
The Importance of Streams – Bennett Science Kids
All About Water – Bennett Science Kids
The Watershed – Bennett Science Kids

Streams 101

Flood Mitigation

Ashokan Watershed Conference Series

Prevent the Spread of Invasive Species (short)
Get to Know Invasive Plants (short)
Invasive Species Management – Thompson, Simek, and Rudge (full-length)
Invasives: Hemlock Woolly Adelgid and Emerald Ash Borer – Mark Whitmore

History and Future of the Esopus Creek Fishery (short)
Managing for Sustainable Ecotourism – Senterman (full-length)
Sustainable Fisheries – George and Flaherty (full-length)

Stream Experts Panel
The Rivers Future Generations Will See – George Fowler
Building the Ashokan Watershed – Bob Steuding
Why We Are Here – Bill Birns (short)
Bark Peeling – Bill Birns (short)
Cultural History of the Ashokan Watershed – Bill Birns (full-length)
Climate Change: Less and More Water – Allan Frei
Rivers are Dynamic and Evolve – Roy Schiff
Stable Rivers Need Room – Roy Schiff
Let’s Talk About Dredging – Roy Schiff
Sizing Infrastructure for Increased Flood Flows – Roy Schiff

Newsletters

Flood Hazard Mitigation

Training and information resources for Town flood advisory committee or board members and others engaged in local flood hazard mitigation.

Local Flood Analysis Reports

Shandaken and Allaben Local Flood Analysis Report (February 2018)

Phoenicia and Mt. Tremper Local Flood Analysis Report (October 2016)

Boiceville and West Shokan Local Flood Analysis Report (August 2017)

Boiceville and West Shokan LFA Report
Boiceville and West Shokan Appendix A
Boiceville and West Shokan Appendix B

Websites

At the Jerry Bartlett Angling Collection, learn about the major hatches of insects in Catskill streams, particularly the Esopus Creek.

The Catskill Environmental Research & Monitoring Conference, a gathering of environmental scientists and resource managers, is held every other year in the Ashokan watershed.