Environment
Can New Paltz planners balance growth and environmental protection?
Efforts to move the idea of a Northeastern Conservation Overlay Zone forward in the Town of New Paltz may have...
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OSI adds 2.4-mile Ellenville segment to O&W rail trail
Focusing on creating 250 miles of connecting trail systems...
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Town of Woodstock among the defendants in Shady dumping lawsuit
The election in Woodstock may be over, but the environmental issues at Reynolds Lane in the hamlet of Shady remain...
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Hurley landfill gets Superfund designation
Hurley deputy supervisor Peter Humphries said he felt vindicated by state designation last week of the former town landfill as...
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Workshop for farmers focuses on mitigating flood risk
To understand how Ulster County has been pummeled by rain recently, start with the numbers. In August and September, Ulster...
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Stream management funding available in Ashokan watershed
The USGS is monitoring turbidity values at the stream project site using grant funds provided by the Ashokan Watershed Stream...
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Thanks, but no thanks, Onteora turns down $8.5-million EPA grant for electric buses
The Onteora School Board voted unanimously to decline an $8.5-million EPA grant for electric buses. The board cited lack of...
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One billboard in Lake Katrine
On Wednesday, September 27, anyone driving north along Route 9W through Lake Katrine may have noticed a digital advertisement on...
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Woodstock faces a war on its trees
White pine blight and a serial sapling-cutter loose on the Comeau property...
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Watershed warriors struggle to keep the water clean
It was announced last year that New York City was preparing to spend $49 million to build a sewage treatment...
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Ashokan Watershed Conference provides education on how to manage land for water quality
The Ashokan Watershed Stream Management Program is hosting the 2023 Ashokan Watershed Conference (AWC) on July 29 at the Bearsville...
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Climate change? Look no further than your own backyard
We live in one of the world’s safest places in terms of the personal dangers from climate change. Yet, as...
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In New Paltz, should efforts to protect the environment be written into the zoning code?
When a debate about environmental conservation two years ago showed some strong differences of opinion as to tactics, New Paltz...
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Manna Jo Greene looks back on 23 years of environmental advocacy at Clearwater
The last time this publication featured an in-depth profile of Manna Jo Greene, it was the year 2000.
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It’s a pollinator party and you’re invited
Cooperative Extension of Ulster County Master Gardeners’ are hosting a pollinator party in honor of National Pollinator Week on June...
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Solar landfill in New Paltz still a beacon, just not as bright
The volunteers working to install a solar system atop the old town landfill in New Paltz have faced numerous obstacles,...
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Smoke from Nova Scotia: Aerial fire and brimstone cast a plague on Ulster County
Then the first angel sounded his trumpet, and hail and fire mixed with blood were hurled down upon the earth....
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Toward a post-plastics future: Mohonk Consultations to honor Judith Enck
Every generation, it seems, grapples with its own iteration of “worst current environmental catastrophe.”
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Five Ulster communities honored as ECO-Action Champions
At last week’s ECO-Action Champion award ceremony local leaders were honored for their commitment to climate action. Pictured left to...
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Janelle Peotter, New Paltz’s first climate-smart coordinator is stepping down
The outgoing coordinator reflected on progress and offered recommendations for the future at the May 18 town council meeting.
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