State Agencies Encourage Public to Report Findings of Invasive Pest

Take a Walk in the Woods. Doctor’s Orders.

Environment and NatureGuest UserJuly 23, 2018

To Repel Ticks, Try Spraying Your Clothes With A Pesticide That Mimics Mums

There's new evidence to support a decades-old strategy for preventing the tick bites that lead to all sorts of nasty diseases, including Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever.

The remedy involves spraying your clothing with permethrin — a pesticide that's chemically similar to extracts of the flowering chrysanthemum plant.

Environment and Nature, In the News, Health & SafetyGuest UserJuly 16, 2018ticks, prevention, permethrin

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ANNOUNCES NEW DAY-USE AREAS FOR WATERSHED RECREATION

Environment and NatureGuest UserJune 25, 2018recreation, catkills

NYS DEC, NYC DEP, The Catskill Center and Rondout Neversink Stream Program Annouce Peekamoose Blue Hole Stewardship Program

NYSDEC, Press Release, Environment and Nature, RecreationJeff SentermanMay 30, 2018NYSDEC, NYCDEP, NYC Watershed, Peekamoose Blue Hole, Catskills, Catskill Park

Catskill Center Announces the Availability of Funding for Invasive Species Control, Education, and Citizen Science Programs

the Catskill Regional Invasive Species Partnership (CRISP) is seeking regional projects to fund in 2018