Submitted by Master Admin on Wed, 06/18/2008 - 3:21pm.
Jun 27 2008 - 7:00pm
Jun 27 2008 - 9:30pm
Catskill Mountainkeeper and Sullivan County Planning Department
Co-Sponsor Educational Forum on Natural Gas Drilling in the Catskills
Friday, June 27, 2008
7:00 pm
CVI Building, Liberty, NY
Submitted by Master Admin on Mon, 05/12/2008 - 3:56pm.
ULSTER COUNTY FAIR http://www.ulstercountyfair.com/
For more information call the Fair Office:
(845)-255-1380 or (845)-255-1707
ulstercountyfair@hvc.rr.com
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --
USS Catskill (1863-1901)
USS Catskill, a 1335-ton Passaic class monitor, was built at Greenpoint, New York. She was commissioned in late February 1863 and almost immediately sent to join the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron off Charleston, South Carolina. Catskill was damaged by Confederate gunfire during the 7 April 1863 attack on Fort Sumter that demonstrated both the strengths of well-defended fortifications and the limitations of monitor-type ironclads. The ship participated in renewed bombardments of Charleston's defenses in July-September and was again damaged. Her commanding officer, Captain George W. Rodgers, was killed in action on 17 August 1863 during one of these battles.
Wes Gillingham, program director for Catskill Mountainkeeper, gave a talk entitled “The Future of the Catskills: Can Catskill Mountainkeeper Help?”. The talk was held at 7 p.m. in the Strawbale House at Hartwick College’s Pine Lake Environmental Campus, as part of the Conversations at the Lake series. Gillingham discussed his work with Catskill Mountainkeeper and our mission to protect the ecological integrity of the Catskill Mountain range and the quality of life of all those who live here. The talk, which was free and open to the public, was sponsored by the Pine Lake Environmental Campus of Hartwick College. Conversations at the Lake is a series of informal talks on subjects relating to sustainability and the environment. Read more about this event in the Oneonta Daily Star.
Submitted by Master Admin on Tue, 04/08/2008 - 1:37pm.
Program Director to Give Talk at Strawbale House
Thursday April 10th @ 7:00pm
Wes Gillingham, program director for Catskill Mountainkeeper, will give a talk entitled “The Future of the Catskills: Can Catskill Mountainkeeper Help?”. The talk will be held at 7 p.m. in the Strawbale House at Hartwick College’s Pine Lake Environmental Campus
WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST FEATURE: FUN FACTS ABOUT THE CATSKILLS If you have fun facts that you would like to add to our list you can either login and comment at the bottom of this page or send us an email
Submitted by Master Admin on Tue, 01/29/2008 - 4:45pm.
Aug 9 2008 - 10:00am
Join the GCSWCD, NYCDEP, Country Suite B & B and local and regional agencies in a day long celebration of the Batavia Kill stream. The Celebration will include informative displays, interactive education sessions, tours, music and other activities all focused on building awareness of the Batavia Kill and its importance to the community. Use the link below to access information on the Celebration.
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
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.
Submitted by Master Admin on Mon, 07/30/2007 - 10:32pm.
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
View from Overlook Mountain: Catskill Escarpment and Blackhead Range as seen from Overlook Mountain (from Wikipedia) The Catskill Mountains (also known as simply the Catskills), a natural area in New York State northwest of New York City and southwest of Albany, are not, despite their popular name, true geological mountains, but rather a mature dissected plateau, an uplifted region that was subsequently eroded into sharp relief. They are an eastward continuation, and the highest representation, of the Allegheny Plateau. They are sometimes considered an extension of the Appalachian Mountains into Upstate New York, although they are not geologically related. The Catskills are west of the Hudson River and lie within the bounds of six counties (Otsego, Delaware, Sullivan, Schoharie, Greene, and Ulster).
