It’s been a great month in the Catskills! The Delaware County Fair was a huge success for the Watershed Agricultural Council, the NYC Department of...
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DEP Commissioner signs 100th Farm Lease at Delaware County Fair
DEP Commissioner Lloyd signs 100th Agricultural Lease to WAC participant and pilot farm, Byebrook Farm owned by Paul and Gwen Deysenroth of Bloomville, NY.
Pure Catskills Members Sample at the Delaware County Fair
Pure Catskills Members Sample at the Delaware County Fair Event Date: Monday, August 17, 2015 to Saturday, August 22, 2015 Come visit us at the...
July 2015 E-News
Read the July 2015 New from the Watershed Agricultural Council here. (Photo by Andy Ryan)
June 2015 E-News
“Summer is in full swing for all the programs at the Watershed Agricultural Council. A self-guided day of creamery farm tours are being held this...
Come Travel The Milky Way Tour 2015
Celebrate National Dairy Month Come Travel the Milky Way on June 21 Catskills Family Creameries Promotes Small Family Farms WALTON, NY- Celebrate National Dairy Month...
WAC and Pure Catskills Featured in National Geographic Article
Where Public Tap Water Begets Wilderness, published May 2015 “By paying rural landowners for ecosystem benefits, urban water consumers in New York City and Boston...
May 2015 E-News
“Warm weather is here and projects are moving ahead quickly. The 2015-2016 Pure Catskills Guide is hitting stands Memorial Day weekend, the Forestry Education Program...
NYC students to plant trees in Croton Watershed through WAC Forestry Education Bus Tours
Yorktown Heights, NY- In an ongoing effort to prevent streambank erosion and to protect drinking water quality, the Watershed Agricultural Council’s Watershed Forestry Bus Tour...
EPA Honors Fred Huneke as Environmental Champion
Walton, NY- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that on Friday, April 24th, it honored 25 individuals and organizations from New York State with Environmental...