Blizzard Day 3 Driveway Drift, originally uploaded by Sandy*S – off to nebraska for a bit. From The Walton Reporter (no website), March 17, 2010 Here’s a item highlighting rural charm, plucked from the pages of a town’s council meeting report. The photo is from Nebraska.       Ronald Tippet had requested the town (Harpersfield, NY) highway department continue to [...]

West Kill Spring Scenic 2, originally uploaded by Anton de Flon. From The Walton Reporter (no website), January 27, 2010 By Glenn Graves WALTON – The Delaware County Soil and Water Conservation District (DCSWCD) will administer a new incentive of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to protect and manage stream banks [...]

From the Walton Reporter (no website), December 9, 2009. ALBANY – The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has announced that it has expanded its “Mapping Gateway” and enhanced its recreational information for the public, with an update of its “Mapping Gateway” website. New maps are available, along with tools to help the [...]

From the Walton Reporter (no website), December 16, 2009. The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) reported yesterday that its review of the 2004, 2005, and 2006 storm events, utilizing the new Delaware River Basin Flood Analysis Model, demonstrate that widespread river flooding would have occurred regardless of the pre-event storage conditions in the upper basin [...]

From the Walton Reporter (no website), January 27, 2010. New York State Senator John Bonacic said, last week, that New York City should purchase natural gas drilling rights in the watershed, rather than try to have the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) prohibit the drilling through regulation. Bonacic said the attempt to have gas [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

From the Walton Reporter (no website), December 30, 2009. According to a report commissioned by the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), natural gas drilling and exploration are incompatible with the operation of New York City’s unfiltered water supply system and pose unacceptable risks for more than nine million New Yorkers in the [...]

From the Walton Reporter (no website), January 6, 2010. Last week, the union that represents DEC employees sent a letter to Governor David Paterson, asking the governor to extend the comment period on the dGEIS for at least another 30 days and to express the union’s judgment that the expansion of gas well hydrofracturing must [...]

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 [...]

From the Walton Reporter (no website), January 13, 2010. HAMDEN – The Hamden Town Council met last Wednesday and joined other local municipalities in adopting a resolution in support of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and its process for developing regulations for natural gas drilling. The resolution, which was earlier adopted [...]

From the Walton Reporter (no website), January 13, 2010. The Catskill Watershed Corporation Board of Directors recently adopted a measure allowing reimbursement for septic repairs done between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2009 that were not within priority areas for the regular Septic Repair and Rehabilitation Program. Adequate monies in the program fund has allowed [...]

From the Walton Reporter (no website), January 13, 2010, article abbreviated… MASONVILLE – U.S. Rep. Scott Murphy (D-Glens Falls) was in Delaware County on Thursday, fulfilling a promise to visit every town in his district during his first year in office. During a question and answer session, most of the assembled residents wanted to talk [...]