July 17, 2008: Schenectady Daily Gazette, “State to Buy Flood Prone Homes in Catskills”
MONTGOMERY & SCHOHARIE COUNTIES — Selling a home in an area prone to flooding can be a difficult task, especially if the home sustained damage during the last major flooding event.
July 16, 2008, News 10 Now: DEC could expand bear hunting zones
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — It’s not “Bad News Bears”, but rather bad news for bears. The State Department of Environmental Conservation is proposing to expand bear hunting zones, which also include counties in the Southern Tier. Broome, Chenango, and Tioga counties are included in the proposal which aims to limit the population of black bears.
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The DEC held its first public meeting in Binghamton to discuss the proposed changes, which they say are proactive.
"As you get more and more bears, you have greater prospects for problems. The number of home break- ins in the Catskills has really been climbing in recent years. Again we’re trying to get ahead of things a little bit here, and see if we can contain bears before they get into areas where we really foresee they’ll be real problematic," Dave Riehlman with the DEC.
July 11, 2008: Kingston Daily Freeman: “Shandaken angles for $83,000 grant”
ALLABEN – Shandaken Town Board members are putting the finishing touches on the wording of a grant application they hope will bring the town $83,333 to help the local economy.
Some last-minute concerns by Councilman Rob Stanley at a meeting earlier this week called the plan prepared by town Supervisor Peter Di- Sclafani into question, prompting the two to get together with members of the newly formed Economic Development Committee to tweak the language. Stanley argued that DiSclafani’s request for funds would not be successful because it falls outside parameters set by the state.
July 11, 2008: Two New Online Resources for Travelers to the Western Catskills
The Philadelphia Enquirer, July 6, 2008, “Betting on a Bonanza” Natural Gas in PA
Betting on a bonanza
Energy companies leasing land in Pa. for natural gas.
That is true more than ever because of intense interest in what sits 6,000 feet below the rugged hills: a vast store of natural gas and an undreamed-of chance at wealth.
Times Herald Record, July 8, 2008, “Group wants to create hydropower at 4 reservoirs”
A nonprofit rural electric cooperative wants to install hydropower at four Delaware River Basin reservoirs.
Precious few regulations govern drilling in Sullivan County
Who’s going to watch our backs?
