Through a grant provided by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation and administered by the Hudson Valley Regional Council, the Hudson River Watershed Alliance and other project partners produced a series of educational resources designed to assist local planners, planning boards, conservation advisory councils, watershed groups and other stakeholders interested in water resource management. These materials provide a basic overview of the regulatory and non-regulatory options available to protect drinking water sources and watersheds. The materials also address questions raised by stakeholders in the Moodna Creek and Quassaick Creek Watersheds.
Guidance Manual
Guidance Manual – Strategies for Sustainable Tributaries
Fact Sheets
Fact Sheet – Protecting and Managing Hudson River streams: Overview, scales and definitions
Fact Sheet – Regulating Water Withdrawals in New York: The Water Resources Protection Act
Fact Sheet – Watershed Rules and Regulations for Protecting Drinking Water in New York
Fact Sheet – The Moodna Creek Intermunicipal Watershed Council
Articles
Article – The Water Resources Protection Act
Article – Watershed Rules and Regulations for Protecting Drinking Water in NY
Video Proceedings
In addition, two workshops were held in the spring of 2015 on Water Resources Laws, Policies and Local Options for Watershed Protection.The workshops were recording and can be viewed:
Sustainable Tributary Strategies: Workshop on Water Resources Laws, Policies and Local Options for Watershed Protection, May 13, 2015, Kaplan Hall, SUNY Orange, Newburgh NY 12:30PM-4:00PM
Introduction to Water Policy and Laws in New York: Tools & Perspectives for the Protection of Streams, Water Quality and In-Stream Flow , June 8, 2015 at the Black Rock Forest Science & Education Center
Presentations (PDF format)
Stormwater Management-G. Rodenhausen
Stream Protection – G. Rodenhausen
Water Withdrawal – G. Rodenhausen
Watershed Rules Regs – G. Rodenhausen
Model stream code presentation – K. Dobbins June 8 2015
Newburgh’s Drinking Water – P Smith 5 13 15
Overview of water policy issues – S Gruber 06 08 15
Water for Tomorrow TNC – G Schuler v 1 92 06 08 15
Watershed and stream basics -Part 1 M Cunningham 05 13 15
Watershed-stream protection – Part 2 M Cunningham 06 08 15
More information on this project and materials can be found on the Hudson Valley Regional Council website.
This project has been funded in part by a grant from the New York State Environmental Protection Fund through the New York Department of Environmental Conservation.