Will Fall Clove Brook, feeder stream to the Pepacton Reservoir, be polluted by gas-drilling fracking chemicals?
From the Walton Reporter (no website), January 6, 2010, abbreviated.
On Dec 30, the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) submitted its comments on the draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (DSGEIS), which was prepared by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), for horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing to develop natural gas from the Marcellus Shale formation. The last date to comment on the DSGEIS was Dec 31.
In a cover letter to the comments …
Monday, February 8, 2010 Twitter EnviroNews links.
The past several years have seen an explosion of social media tools and applications. How can they be applied and help birders (and other outdoor enthusiasts or frankly anyone)?
The Ramapo Mountains of northern NJ are a hiker’s paradise, thousands of acres in public hands, crisscrossed with well marked trails, and very close to a population of millions. Most likely you haven’t heard of Rocky Mountain and Drag Hill. I hadn’t either. But the New Jersey 1K Club is trying to change that.
Coyote – Eastern Point, Gloucester, MA – 16 Feb 2009, originally uploaded by jrtrimble.
If you have any interest at all in the Eastern Coyote, their habits, habitat, what they are eating, their impact on other species, num, movements and human/coyote interactions in the urban/suburban/rural environments you must attend this exciting and interesting lecture.
Featured speakers:
Dr. Jacqueline L. Frair, Assistant Professor Wildlife Ecology, SUNT ESF
Dr. Frair is the principal investigator in a five-year $670,000 study funded by the NYS DEC that aims at getting a better idea of how many coyotes live …
Friday, February 5, 2010 Twitter EnviroNews links.
Board Chairman Says Delaware County Is ‘Losing Incentive’ to Continue Negotiations for NYC Land Acquisition Permit. @HanfordMills Ice Harvest this Saturday 2/6, East Meredith, NY (I’ll be there to enjoy the day!)
From the Walton Reporter, abbreviated, January 20, 2010
(The article expressed the disapproval of a New York Attorney General settlement with five healthcare facilities within the NYC watershed to cease flushing unused pharmaceuticals down sinks and toilets, and to pay a fine of less than $18,000 for the five institutions combined. The board felt the institutions were not doing anything wrong. The end of the article (which follows) concerns James Eisel, Chairman of the Delaware County Board of Supervisors and the NYC land acquisition program.)
Eisel also claims the attorney general’s enforcement …
Thursday, February 4, 2010 Twitter EnviroNews links.
Delaware County Supervisors Support DEC Actions on Gas Drilling Regulations. NYC’s Catskills watershed, Delaware Cty files grievance against Cuomo, claims he broke 1997 agreement.
Delaware County, Hamden Bridge over a flooding West Branch Delaware River.
From the Walton Reporter (no website), December 23, 2009.
DELHI – The Delaware County Board of Supervisors has gone on record as supporting the process used by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to create an environmental impact statement as part of the process of creating regulations for drilling of natural gas wells in the Marcellus Shale, which lies beneath much of New York, including Delaware County.
At last week’s board meeting, supervisors adopted a resolution in support of …
Colchester: Cole Clove Brook emptying into the Pepacton Reservoir.
From the Walton Reporter (no website), December 23, 2009.
DOWNSVILLE – The Colchester Town Council has passed a resolution in support of natural gas development in the town, and the town supervisor says he believes drilling fo natural gas in the Marcellus shale formation that extends through Delaware County will be critical to the economic well being of the county, as well as to that of the town.
Colchester Supervisor Robert Homovich, who has succeeded the late John Meredith as county budget director, said …
Wednesday, February 3, 2010 Twitter EnviroNews links.
Support growing to save Arizona State Parks. Public Lands: A good time for N.Y. to buy land. N.J. Highlands preservation funds doubled in federal budget.
From the Walton Reporter (no website), December 30, 2009.
(The following letter was sent to Colchester Supervisor Robert Homovich, the letter writer has informed The Walton Reporter and asked that it be printed here.)
Dear Mr. Homovich,
I am due to inherit land in Colchester, not far from Shinhopple, and I am deeply upset that you would permit the dangerous practice of hydrofracking in this valley. Horizontal drilling will introduce a mixture of toxic chemicals into billions of gallons of clean water, which must be sucked out of the Delaware River. It is …
From the Walton Reporter (no website), December 30, 2009.
Local opponents to the development of gas drilling in the region have asked the Delaware County Board of Supervisors to hold another meeting on gas drilling. In a letter written by Carole Marner of Franklin, the group says a previous meeting of the board only included information that was “the supportive point of view of the gas industry,” and that it is now time for the board to hear the concerns of residents who oppose gas drilling.
Marner’s letter responds to a letter …
Tuesday, February 2, 2010 Twitter EnviroNews links.
An Environmental ‘To Do’ List For The Garden State’s New Governor. Elk would look good roaming the Catskills. DEP Calls for Prohibition on Gas Drilling in NYC Watershed.
