> What Is WAC?
Source Water Stewardship by Farm and Forest Landowners
The Watershed Agricultural Council (WAC) is a nonprofit organization with the mission 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. WAC is funded by New York City Department of Environmental Protection, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Forest Service and other federal and foundation sources.
- Mission and Vision
- Annual Report 2008
- Online Annual Report Supplement 2008 (updated 5/18/09)
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- View a complete list of downloads that can be found on this site.
> Croton Watershed
Click here for information about the Croton Watershed and the East of Hudson Program.
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Click on one of the links below to:
- Join our e-mail list.
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- Join both our e-mail and regular mailing lists.
> Farm & Forest Profiles
Local landowners make clean water a daily practice. Find out more about them and why they work with WAC.
- Farm/Forest: Holiday Traditions
- Farm: Lucky Dog Organic Farm
- Council Featured in Euopean Commission TV Documentary, 12.10.09
- Council Featured on Canadian Television Documentary, L'eau de New York, Part 1 and 2, La Semaine Verte, CBC Radio Canada, 11.7.09
> Maps & Tours
> Watershed Products
Support a healthy working forest with your next purchase from Catskill WoodNet, a regional network of woodworkers, artisans and sawmills (Directory pdf: May 2008).
- Catskill WoodNet News (eNewsletter), July 1, 2009
Buy Local from Pure Catskills, where farmers grow and harvest food in the same pristine mountain region where clean drinking water for New York City originates.
> Watershed Headlines
- Two Added to WAC Staff, 12.31.09
- Advanced Dairy Calf Health & Nutrition Course registraion mailer, 12.31.09
- Catskill Regional Dairy, Livestock & Grazing Conference workshop registration mailer, 12.28.09
- Watershed Farm & Forest December 2009, 12.15.09
- WAC eNews, January 2010