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DEC Guide to Ice Fishing in Region 3 the Catskills

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Hudson Valley/Catskills Fishing

This page contains links with information on places to fish in the Hudson Valley and Catskills area of New York. There is also information on each fishing spot such as physical features, species stocked, species occurring naturally, special regulations, and public access.

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Map to scale of Eastern Catskills

PUBLIC MEETINGS SET FOR DEVELOPING SCOPE OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW FOR DRILLING IN THE MARCELLUS

PUBLIC MEETINGS SET FOR DEVELOPING SCOPE OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW FOR
HORIZONTAL DRILLING IN THE MARCELLUS SHALE
Sessions in the Catskills and Southern Tier in November and December

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IS IT KAATSKILL, KAATERSKILL, KATSKILL OR CATSKILL?

"Kaatskill" is the original spelling of "Catskill" as used by the 17th Century Dutch settlers.

Kaaterskill Falls is a two-drop waterfall located near in the eastern Catskill Mountains of New York, on the north side of Kaaterskill Clove, between the hamlets of Haines Falls and Palenville in Greene County's Town of Hunter. The dual cascades total 260 feet (79 m) in height, making the falls the highest in New York, and one of the Eastern United States' taller waterfalls.

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Catskill Mountainkeeper Sponsors May 21 Public Forum on Natural Gas Issues

Catskill Mountainkeeper Press Release

Catskill Mountainkeeper, UDC and NPS to Co-sponsor May 21 
Public Forum on Natural Gas Issues

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Watch The Mountaintop To Tap Video

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Green Phoenix Permaculture | 2008 Summer Permaculture Design Certificate Course

A Certificate Course for Urban and Rural Residents, Planners, Land Managers & Design Professionals. This training covers the fundamentals of ecological design, given by two of the country's most experienced permaculture instructors, and many local guests. Join us at a rural retreat center near Woodbourne, New York. Upon completion, course attendees will receive a Permaculture Design Trainee Certificate from the Permaculture Institute.

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Billboard shows casinos' bad side

Billboard shows casinos' bad side

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Catskill Mountainkeeper, a newly formed anti-casino organization based in Youngsville, put up this billboard on westbound Route 17, just east of Exit 116 in Bloomingburg.Times Herald-Record/MICHELE HASKELL


August 29, 2007

Wurtsboro — The newest casino billboard on Route 17 doesn't say "Casinos Mean Jobs!" "Jobs Now!" or any of the other slogans that pop up on glossy billboards on the way to Sullivan County.

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Mountain Top to Tap -Mountainkeepers "KIDS FIRST" program

Mountainkeeper Wes Gillingham Leads Students Mountain to Tap
Catskill Mountainkeeper Program Director Wes Gillingham is led a a three-week "Mountaintop to Tap" trek with six high school students from the Catskills and six from New York City.  The group hiked and rowed from the Catskills to New York City along the aqueduct system.
click here to find out about more about the trek

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Teens trek through Westchester on 150-mile environmental hike

Teens trek through Westchester on 150-mile environmental hike


(Original publication: July 28, 2007)

YONKERS - Twelve teenagers tracing the route of New York City's drinking water got a guided walk along the Croton Aqueduct yesterday on the next to last day of a 150-mile hike.

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