Dutchess Watersheds
An online community of individuals and watershed organizations working in education, advocacy, research and protection of the watersheds in Dutchess County, New York. On this site, you will find information on community events, watershed facts and research data, and multimedia materials for education. Welcome to dutchesswatersheds.org. Join us and participate!
Dutchess Watersheds
Find Your Watershed!Community Center Recent Topics
- After Winter Clean-Up
Do you walk your neighborhood and see that the first foot~second foot from the street is dead and strewn with the remains from winter's snow? I mean the stuff that the Highway Departments spread w...
WappRecycler Tuesday, April 17. 2012 6:20 - Trout Unlimited, CCE and stream monitoring
Check out this Poughkeepsie Journal article: http://www.dutchesswatersheds.org/images/fbfiles/files/B916.pdf It talks about the great stream monitoring work being done by Trout Unlimited in...
pegrauman Monday, March 19. 2012 11:36 - Re:Goals
Hi Kasia, Welcome to our forum. We are definitely planning on doing more rain barrel building workshops throughout 2012. We haven't finalized any of the details yet about when, where and how many...
cak97 Saturday, January 7. 2012 13:53
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Website authors: Duthesswatersheds.org was created as a result of the collaboration between Cornell Cooperative Extension Dutchess County’s (CCEDC) Environment Program and Vassar College's Environmental Research Institute (ERI).
This project has been funded in part by a grant from the National Science Foundation (contract #0722813) and the New York State Environmental Protection Fund through the Hudson River Estuary Program of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) (contract #303671).
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River Keeper Sweep
Jun 2 SatDate: Saturday, June 2
Riverkeeper has revived this Hudson Valley-wide day of service for the Hudson River. The Sweep empowers volunteers throughout the Hudson River watershed to clear garbage from trails on water and land, do outreach on important environmental issues, or to take on other meaningful service projects. Organize a project, and Riverkeeper will support you and help turn out volunteers to help. Learn more, or register to volunteer for an existing project at: riverkeeper.org/sweep
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Rain Barrel Building Workshop: Pawling
Jun 5 TuesDate: Tuesday, June 5, 6:30pm
Location: Lathrop Building, Lakeside Park, 2 Lakeside Drive, Pawling, NY.The cost of the workshop is $45. Space is limited and registration is required. To register, contact Angela at (845) 677-8223, ext. 114. Your spot in the workshop is not held until we receive your payment. These workshops fill quickly and are on a first come, first serve basis.
This workshop is being hosted and organized by the Town of Pawling Planning Department and the Dutchess Watershed Coalition.
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Rain Barrel Building Workshop: Stanford
Jun 9 SatDate: Saturday, June 9, 10:00am
Location: Town Hall Hill, 26 Town Hall Road, Stanford, NYThe cost of the workshop is $45. Space is limited and registration is required. To register, contact Angela at (845) 677-8223, ext. 114. Your spot in the workshop is not held until we receive your payment. These workshops fill quickly and are on a first come, first serve basis.
This workshop is being hosted by the Town of Stanford and organized by the Wappinger Creek Watershed Intermunicipal Council & the Dutchess Watershed Coalition.