The Ashokan Watershed Stream Management Program promotes a coordinated approach to stream protection and management within the Ashokan Reservoir Watershed, which covers portions of Ulster and Greene Counties in New York. Towns in the watershed include: Shandaken, Olive, Hurley, Woodstock, Hunter and Lexington.
Ashokan Watershed residents may be interested in participating in Cornell Cooperative Extension's new volunteer program called the Master Watershed Stewards. The mission of the New York Master Watershed Steward Program is to strengthen local capacity for successful management and protection of watersheds by empowering volunteers.
The NYS Master Watershed Steward Program is an educational extension program developed by Cornell University Cooperative Extension that empowers citizens of New York to take action to be part of the solution to the watershed problems throughout the State. To obtain the title of "New York Master Watershed Steward," participation in a training workshop and a watershed-based apprenticeship project are required. As part of the training program, experts will cover relevant topics including: watershed planning, floodplain management, best management practices to address watershed problems, stakeholder engagement, and much more. During the training workshop, the apprenticeship projects will be described. All are welcome and previous environmental experience is not required. For more information please visit the Master Watershed Steward website here.
The new StreamGuide publication, Native Riparian Plants of the Catskills is now available on our website under Program Publications and Reports.