City and country: dialect acquisition in the Catskill Mountains of Upstate New York
The Catskill Center is thrilled to share this reprint of an article recently published by Lengua y Migracion, which publishes original, theoretical, empirical and methodological papers that analyze the linguistic and communicative reality of migration, considering the study of all social and linguistic elements which contribute to the process of socio - linguistic integration, including procurement processes of second languages.
The article was authored by the Catskills' own, Julian Rauter, who is completing his undergraduate work with the Department of Linguistics at Harvard University. Julian is a graduate of Margaretville Central School.
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Fledging "Taking Flight: Birding in the Catskills"
About a year ago the former executive director of the Catskill Center, Alan White, casually complained to me that the Catskills are a grossly undervalued destination for birders, despite the wealth of birding opportunities here. Later I was meeting with Peggy DiBenedetto, a Catskill Center board member and a bird specialist with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection. Peg was interested in adding bird displays and programming to the Catskill Interpretive Center. I casually mentioned the idea of a Catskill birding conference to her, and like robins on a spring lawn, Peg was all over the idea.
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Capturing a Fire Tower Vista
Way back in 1999 the Catskill Center alongside a dedicated corps of volunteers who've been with us ever since, began restoring and reopening five fire towers across the Catskill Park and Forest Preserve. Overlook Mountain, Mt. Temper, Red Hill, Balsam Lake and Hunter fire towers were in the past the Department of Environmental Conservation's first line of defense in protecting the region from forest fires.
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Hiking for the Catskills & the Catskill Center
When he started to plan his thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail earlier this year, it wasn't just logistics that Moe Lemire was thinking about. He was also thinking about the good that he could do as he hiked from Georgia to Maine.
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Protect the Catskills' Hemlock Forest - Learn about Hemlock Wooly Adelgid
An excellent short film (link below) describing the importance of the hemlock forest to the Catskills and beyond, and a complex invasive species that could have devastating effects on everything from water quality to the habitat and ecosystems of New York state, not to mention the Catskills.
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Catskills Pinhole Camera Project
The Catskill Center is pleased to announce a new project in cooperation with The Painter's Gallery in Fleischmanns, NY, the CATSKILLS PINHOLE CAMERA PROJECT. The public is invited to create an image using Nicéphore Niépce's photographic method from 1816.
Free camera kits are now available for pickup at either the Painter's Gallery in Fleischmanns (1109 Main St., Fleischmanns, NY, 646.627.5155) or at the Catskill Center in Arkville (43355 State Highway 28, Arkville, NY 12406, 845.586.2611).
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NY State Supports the Catskills
The Catskill Center is pleased to see significant funding and support for the Catskills in the recently enacted New York state budget (2016-17). We are also thrilled to see the Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) at $300M. This historic level of funding continues our state's proud and leading legacy of first in the nation conservation and environmental protection, allowing for better investment in our environmental resources across New York state.
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Tell Albany: NO ATV Bill In The Budget!
The New York State Senate version of the 2016-17 State Budget includes language which would allow state agencies to open state lands to ATV use, including on the 'Forever Wild' Forest Preserve Lands of the Adirondack Park and the Catskill Park, as well as on other state lands including State Forests, and State Parks!! You Can Help Keep Damaging ATVs Off State Lands.
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How to Build a Modern Park
We have very exciting news to share, updating you on some key developments over the weekend. We need now need you to send a message to your legislators in support of a $4M Catskills line in the Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) (link opens a message from our friends, Catskill Mountainkeeper, with whom the Catskill Center co-chairs the Catskill Park Coalition).
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