New York – New York City has created a $3.6 million fund to help landowners in the Catskill/Delaware watershed strengthen their stream banks.
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The city’s Department of Environmental Protection announced the initiative Wednesday. The money will help landowners pay for permits, planning and labor for riparian plantings and other improvements. Many of the stream banks were damaged in floods over the past six years.
For more information about the program, residents should visit www.CatskillStreams.org/CSBI. The application deadline is Feb. 1.
Protecting NYC’s water supply is the single most important “environmental” issue we confront today and should be fully funded. RFK jr. has been a big leader in this effort.
The earthquake in Haiti is illustrating the importance of clean drinking water. I read a quote that “money has no value… water is the currency now”.