AnnualReport

2011

CatskillWatershedCorporation

On the CoversFront: Stone Cabin Creek in the Rondout Watershed

by Maoliang Huang

Back: Front proch, Zadock Pratt Museum, Prattsville The museum survived Irene’s wrath August 28,

but its collection of historic papers, furnishings and other items was heavily damaged

Catskill Watershed Corp.Protecting water quality and preserving

communities in the New York CityWatershed West of the Hudson River

905 Main Street, Margaretville, NY 12455

845-586-1400; Toll-free 877-WAT-SHED

Fax: 845-586-1401

invest@cwconline.org

Our website:www.cwconline.org

For educators:www.watersheducators.org

For visitors and businesspeople:www.thecatskillregion.com

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The CWC office was among dozens ofMargaretville buildings that found themselves inthe path of water and mud on August 28. Whenthe water receded, it left ruined files, cabinets,carpeting and furnishings, enough to fill three 30-yard dumpsters. A vanload of critical files went toPennsylvania for reclamation. Computers andelectronic equipment were painstakingly dehu-midified over two weeks; interior reconstructiontook nearly two months.

CWC staff applied muscle and heart to themiserable job of hauling what had been a com-fortable suite of offices out into the parking lot tobe hosed off, dried out or tossed in the dump-ster. Professional cleaners arrived to finish thejob, and then contractors began to rebuild walls,bathrooms, kitchen, offices. Meanwhile, with nophones, no computers and lost paperwork, somestaff worked from home, others went into thefield to meet with customers, and all tried toreconstruct active files.It was nearly two weeksbefore the CWC was back in full operation.

Irene had reinforced what we’ve alwaysknown -- Mother Nature’s in charge in this, andevery, Watershed.

View from the CWC roof

Nate Hendricks, Larry Kelly

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Alan Rosa

Alan Rosa, Larry Kelly

Mike Triolo, Barbara Puglisi

Phil Sireci

Mulder Construction

KimAckerley,TammyCastillo

Whenever disaster strikes, the instinct to reachout to those most affected seems to kick in.Neighbors help neighbors, volunteers arrive out ofnowhere to pitch in for perfect strangers. They leadthe way for agencies and organizations to providecoordinated assistance in the weeks and months thatfollow.

I want to say Thank You to the first responders,and to all those who did the initial heavy lifting afterIrene and Lee. Your compassion is an inspiration. I

am also proud of the CWC, itsDirector, its dedicated staff andmy fellow Board members, fordoing everything humanly pos-sible to get the office back upand running and then to turnour attention and resources tohelping damaged businessesdo the same.

Thank you to GovernorCuomo for his quick responseto the emergency, and to thearmy of state workers whowere organized to "Labor forYour Neighbor." Thank you to

County and Town public works crews, Soil & Waterstaffers, and others on the recovery's front lines. Iespecially appreciate everything the NYC DEP did onbehalf of watershed residents and communities.

You are all proof that in our darkest days, thegenerosity of others offers a ray of sunshine andhope.

Georgianna LepkePresident

Looking back on 2011, it's hard to remember muchBefore Irene. The flood that struck August 28 turned theworld upside down. Recovering from it - and helpinghundreds of others recover, too -- has been our focussince that awful Sunday.

We've devoted three pages of this report to the dis-aster, its aftermath and the rebuilding that has gone onthanks to the CWC's quick action in establishing a grantfund to help damaged businesses. Our hearts go out toall those who suffered losses. We applaud the municipalleaders who worked round the clock to stabilize theirtowns. And we salute thenon-governmental organi-zations that stepped up tohelp and support our neigh-bors in need. While themajor impacts of Irenewere felt primarily in theeastern half of theWatershed, the rippleeffects are spreading wellbeyond the damage zones.It will take some time toreturn to normal, whateverthat is in these days ofrecurring floods and snow-less winters.

So, no, we can't sugarcoat 2011. But there weresome bright spots. The CWC attended several ribboncutting celebrations in the spring and summer: at theDaniel Pierce Library and Time and the Valleys Museumin Grahamsville; at the Woodstock Playhouse; at theOrpheum Theater in Tannersville; and at the MaverickHealth Center in Boiceville. We are proud to haveplayed a role in these important projects, and hope tosee more such happy occasions in 2012.

Alan RosaExecutive Director

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Sixteen businesses closed on low-interest CWC loans totaling $4,787,160 in2011. They assisted one summer camp, two campgrounds, five retail establish-ments, a contractor, a golf course, a motel, a theater, two restaurants and ahealth center, along with a conference and environmental education center.These projects are expected to result in 98 new jobs.

Following Tropical Storm Irene's rampage on August 28, all current loan recipi-ents in flood ravaged communities were given short-term repayment forebear-ances. In addition, four 2011 loan recipients were among the 138 businesses inten towns to receive CWC Flood Recovery Grants.

They included Glenn and Erica Ancona, who saw floodwaters devastate thefacility that houses their two businesses - Absolute Construction and KDR con-tainers, located at the intersection of NYS Route 30 and the Denver- Vega Roadin the Town of Middletown. Rather than rebuild their office and retool their cabi-net shop, they decided to relocate about a mile away. With the help of a CWCbusiness recovery grant, as well as a REDI Loan, the Anconas not only relocat-ed but will be expanding their operations as well.

In Windham, Drew and Natasha Shuster, proprietors of the Catskill MountainCountry Store, received a CWC loan in May to purchase new refrigeration, com-puters and a barn to house their 'looking zoo,' a small menagerie of farm ani-mals. The business was heavily damaged in the flood of Irene - 95% of theinventory was lost -- but with help from a CWC flood recovery grant and otherassistance, the store and restaurant reopened October 1.

A $255,000 loan to Maverick West helped pay for the move of MaverickHealth Clinic from Phoenicia to Boiceville. The beautifully renovated health clinicwas proudly unveiled at a Grand Opening on April 16. Four months later, thestaff and a host of volunteers were picking up the pieces following the flood thatdevastated a number of Boiceville businesses. Utilizing a CWC grant and otherresources, the Maverick Family Health Center has reopened.

Russell Matson and Julie Hernandez obtained a loan in June to rebuild aminiature golf course at The Meadows in the Town of Middletown that had beendamaged in 2006 flooding. Once again, floodwaters inundated the operation inlate August and the owners received a grant to help rebuild.

The CWC played an important role in the revival of two cultural institutions lastyear.

The landmark Woodstock Playhouse, purchased by the Pan American DanceFoundation with a low-interest loan of $700,000 from CWC's Catskill Fund forthe Future, reopened July 10 with new seating, stage lighting, two art galleriesand major infrastructure improvements that will allow year-round operation.

The Catskill Mountain Foundation (CMF) held a celebration July 16 at theexpanded and renovated Orpheum Theater in Tannersville. A CWC loan of$850,000 allowed the Foundation to complete the stage, the 270-seat auditori-um and lighting and sound systems. The 13,344-square-foot theater is consid-ered a key component in an ongoing effort by CMF and others to revitalize thevillage and establish the Greene County Mountaintop as a cultural destination.

The Hidden Inn, South Kortright

(L. to r.) Dr. Martin Krakower, Dr.Brian Callahan and Dr. RandallRissman were all smiles when theirMaverick Family Health Centeropened in Boiceville in April, 2011.

"The CWC was the mainstay ofthis project. That loan made the

playhouse come together."

Randy Conti, Executive DirectorPan American Dance Foundation

“Dancing Shoes” wall art atthe refurbished OrpheumTheater in Tannersville.

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Hundreds attended the unveiling of the beautiful new addi-tion to the Daniel Pierce Library in Grahamsville June 12. Adedicated board and staff and an army of volunteers workedfor more than 10 years to make the new building possible.

The CWC contributed $250,000 towards the efficient geo-thermal energy system that both cools and heats the build-ing, including this lovely main reading room.

Time and the Valleys Museum occupies a wing of thestructure, housing local history displays and CWC-supportedexhibits about the Rondout and Neversink Reservoirs andthe New York City Watershed (see photo, Page 10).

The historic Delaware Inn of Stamford has been saved fromalmost certain demise thanks to a CWC-funded project intendedto breathe new life into a key structure that had been vacant formany years. The 19th-century Inn was purchased in 2007 by theCWC which spent three years overseeing its reconstruction foreventual return to commercial use.

The CWC Board of Directors (including Deb DeWan and RichParete shown on the balcony with new Economic DevelopmentDirector Barbara Puglisi) celebrated the project's completion byholding its December meeting at the Inn.

Now available for sale to potential operators, the Inn features18 guest rooms and one suite, a large event room, a cateringkitchen, two conference rooms and a tavern space, completewith stone fireplace. Solar panels on the roof provide hot waterto all 22 bathrooms and the kitchen; heat from water extractedfrom geothermal wells beneath the parking lot warm the rooms.The walls are superinsulated with foam, and new energy efficientwindows have been installed.

James Forbes, PE, was the consulting engineer; Wood DoneRight was the general contractor.

Daniel Pierce Library

The Delaware Inn

Staff changeAfter nine years at the helm of the CWC's Economic Development

Program, Michael Triolo retired as its Director at the end of 2011, turning thereins over to Barbara Puglisi, who has been on the CWC staff since 1998.Barbara, working with ED staff members Phil Sireci and Jason Merwin, nowmanages the Catskill Fund for the Future, a program that has distributednearly $50 million in loans, and millions more in tourism promotion, communi-ty development and renewable energy projects over the past 15 years.

Mike Triolo (r.) and Kip O’Hara discuss Prattsville flood grant applications

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Institutional Sand and Salt

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Delaware Valley Hospital constructed a salt andsand storage building, (background, under con-struction) on its Walton campus to keep the drive-way, parking lot and helicopter landing pad clearof ice. DVH used a $50,000 grant from the CWC'sInstitutional Sand and Salt Program, which helpsschools, hospitals and camps build secure facili-ties to store deicing materials.

Last spring, Frost Valley YMCA in Claryville became the first lodg-ing establishment to receive Tier 1 - Bronze Certification from theGreen Concierge (GC) Project, sponsored in part by the CWC.Eighteen more lodging establishments in Delaware, Greene, Sullivanand Ulster Counties earned their certification in December. The GCprogram, administered by environmental consulting firmHospitalityGreen, is helping 30 hospitality businesses to lessen theirimpact on the environment by using energy and water conservationtools, non-toxic cleaning products, recycled-content paper productsand local produce, as well as recycling and composting wheneverpossible. This elite group of environmentally aware entrepreneurs arefinding that protecting resources is also good for business. Receivingthe Frost Valley plaque were Director of Operations Tom Holsapple(left) and Executive Director Jerry Huncosky. Also pictured: RickRemsnyder, Director of Ulster County Tourism, and Evadne Giannini,Director of Hospitality Green.

Nancy Backus steam cleans a canoe for a boater at theCannonsville Reservoir in the third summer of a three-year pilotprogram allowing non-mechanized recreational boating there. Atotal of 870 boat tags were issued from 2009-11. There were noadverse impacts on water quality from the program, so the NYCDEP allowed its expansion in 2012 to the Pepacton, Neversink,and Schoharie Reservoirs. The CWC fund the pilot project, andhas authorized $65,000 to support the expanded program,which is expected to boost tourism and the local economy.

Green Concierge

Reservoir Boating

This is the nearly completed Teacher's Cottage at the AshokanCenter, which received a $1 million CWC loan in 2011 to continuethe relocation and reconstruction of its environmental educationand cultural center in Olivebridge. The facility, which also receiveda $250,000 grant from the CWC, is looking forward to completingthe new sustainable campus in 2012.

Ashokan Center

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The $7.7 million Ashland Wastewater Treatment Systemwent on line in 2011. The treatment plant, which includessand filtration, microfiltration and ultraviolet disinfection, wasdeemed functionally complete in May. The system isdesigned to treat liquid effluent from 90 residences andbusinesses, with solids retained in new septic tanks, whichwere installed at each property during the summer. The firstproperties in the hamlet were connected to the collectionsystem in October. Eight pump stations pump liquids to thetreatment plant.

Projects in South Kortright and Lexington moved to thepre-construction phase during 2011. The pre-constructionphase includes permitting, final design, sewer use law anddistrict formation, bidding and development of operation andmaintenance plans.

A small diameter gravity sewer system similar to the onein Ashland is planned in the hamlet of Lexington. The proj-ect, funded by a $9.1 million block grant, is a communityseptic system that will include an Orenco pretreatment sys-tem followed by large subsurface absorption beds.

A $4.9 million block grant will be used to treat the waste-water produced by 55 South Kortright homes and busi-nesses. The project includes a large diameter gravity sewercollection system, a new pump station and forcemain tocarry 20,000 gallons of wastewater per day from the hamletof South Kortright to an existing pump station at the AllenResidential Center operated by the NYS Office of Childrenand Family Services. From the Center, located on NYSRoute 10, the wastewater will be pumped approximatelythree miles to the Village of Hobart Wastewater TreatmentPlant.

Lamont Engineers, consultants on the CWC's CommunityWastewater Management Program, is also designing acommunity septic system for the hamlet of Trout Creek. Itwill include a small diameter gravity sewer to carry septictank effluent to three subsurface treatment sites, and will bebuilt in 2012.

A project in the hamlet of Phoenicia has also entered thepre-construction design phase. The project is being devel-oped with a block grant of $17.2 million from New York City,funded pursuant to the 1997 Watershed Memorandum ofAgreement. At the Town's request, the CWC agreed in Julyof 2010 to help review several proposals that had beenmade for wastewater treatment solutions in the hamlet, andto come up with a preferred project. Lamont conducted thereview and proposed a 130,000-gallon-per-day membranebioreactor treatment plant to serve the hamlet.

The Ashland Wastewater Treatment Plant emergedunscathed from August 28 flooding, although an outfall pipeto the Batavia Kill and the road leading to the plant sus-tained some damage.

Madeline Sutton was pleased to see her septic tank beingreplaced in Ashland in 2011.

Karl Hughes of Aqualogics Systems, and Julie Barown ofLamont Engineers examine the Ashland WastewaterTreatment Plant’s computerized operating system duringclean water start up tests.

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During the last quarter of 2012, the CWC was consumed with theaftermath of one of the greatest floods to hit the Catskills in living memo-ry, one that killed three people, nearly destroyed an entire community,ruined or damaged hundreds of buildings, and profoundly altered thelandscape.

The deluge brought by Tropical Storm Irene on August 27-28 wasintense: the NYS DEC measured rainfall totals of 10 to 12 inches in theMountaintop area of Greene County and six to eight inches in easternDelaware and western Ulster Counties, although some local weatherwatchers reported much greater amounts. There was no disputing theimpact, however: The hamlet of Prattsville nearly swallowed by theSchoharie Creek; Windham's Main Street inundated; Wagner Avenue inFleischmanns torn apart by the raging Vly Creek. The Village ofMargaretville was overwhelmed by the waters of the East Branch, the BullRun and the Binnekill. Mobile homes in Arkville and Clovesville weretossed around like bath toys. Boiceville businesses were swamped by theEsopus Creek.

In Prattsville, where 8 feet of water damaged or destroyed 156buildings and displaced more than 200 people, Town Supervisor KoryO'Hara and other officials were faced with an unimaginable task: restoringcommunications, roads and utilities, getting help for the many people lefthomeless, cleaning the Town Hall and preparing for a long-term presenceby FEMA, other helping agencies, and an army of volunteers. The super-visor himself lost the family business, and spent four months withoutwater or electricity in his second floor apartment in a house that saw fivefeet of water on the first floor.

In Fleischmanns, an elderly woman drowned when the motel unitshe occupied was washed away. In Windham, the newly renovatedschool was closed for several weeks to repair extensive damage. InMargaretville, the business district suffered a heavy blow as a recentlyrefurbished supermarket, and a block of five commercial buildings weredamaged and remained closed six months later.

The NYC DEP reported damage to some of its wastewater treat-ment plants, and to the construction site at the Gilboa Dam, which itselfwithstood the flood despite concerns during that tense Sunday. Damageto roads, bridges and other infrastructure throughout the eastern water-shed forced long detours for months after the flood. Recovery is ongoingat ball fields and parks, churches, theaters, municipal buildings and somuch more that makes each community special.

Harder to determine is the psychological impact of the disaster,which will be felt for years. "I think it looks ten times better, we've come along way," said Kory O'Hara. "But I don't know what the experts say, howlong it takes for a community to get over something like this. It's still themain topic of conversation here. There's so much damage to wrap yourarms around. I think people are still in shock. They're concerned aboutwhat spring is going to bring."

Prattsville

Windham

Margaretville

Boiceville

Arkville

Fleischmanns

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Meeting in special session September 13, theCWC Board authorized s $5 million Flood RecoveryGrant Program to provide up to $30,000 to businessesthat sustained structural damage as a result of floodingfrom Tropical Storms Irene (August 28) and Lee(September 9). These funds were taken from the CatskillFund for the Future (CFF). The Board also approvedestablishment of a second recovery fund using moneydonated by outside entities. The NYC DEP allocated $1million to this fund.

As of February 15, 2012, some 138 businesses in11 towns had been granted $2,634,924 to repair founda-tions and walls, replace floors, windows and doors, andotherwise put their buildings back together. Forty-threebusinesses - more than 30% of applicants -- applied forand received the maximum grant of $30,000, an indica-tion of the extent of the devastation caused by thestorms.

The largest number of grants - 50 - went to busi-nesses in the Town of Middletown, which includes thehard hit Villages of Margaretville and Fleischmanns andthe hamlet of Arkville. Thirty-one businesses receivedhelp in Windham, 19 in Prattsville and 14 in Shandaken.Six grants went to Olive, four each to Ashland andHunter, three each to Roxbury and Jewett, and two eachto Halcott and Denning.

The Supervisors of Watershed Towns in eachcounty decided how to divide their county's allocationamong affected municipalities, then provided CWC witha list of businesses needing reconstruction help. CWCstaff determined eligibility, coordinated with flood insur-ance, participating agencies and other charities, andhelped applicants complete paper work. Each townapproved disbursement requests for their municipality.

Pictured, on Aug. 29 and after recovery, top to bottom:Arthur Haver, Boiceville Florist; Kory O’Hara, O’Hara’s ofPrattsville; Lily Piacquadio, Bun ‘n Cone, Margaretville;Adam Raymond, GNH Lumber, Windham; Oleg Tsiselski,Xenia Resort, Jewett.

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Stormwater Retrofit (Existing Conditions) 2011 Expenditures $441,954

Ulster County Route 40 (Glenford-Wittenberg Road) hada history of being undermined, with sediment laden stormwaterdischarging into the Ashokan Reservoir less than a half mile tothe south. The stabilization project, designed by Brinnier andLarios, P.C., consisted of the installation of three catch basins,385 linear feet of storm sewer pipe, and eight driveway cross-ings. The contract also included the installation of 925 linear feetof stone-lined swale and the replacement of an undersized, dete-riorated 48" steel culvert with a 3' x 7' concrete box culvert at thecounty road crossing. Damage caused by back-to-back tropicalstorms Irene and Lee required an additional four days of work torebuild the driveway crossings and the intersection of Glenford-Wittenberg Road and Glenview Terrace. Grass-lined swales werereplaced with stone-lined swales following this severe stormwaterevent. The project was substantially completed on October 20by Merritt Construction Inc.

Several examples of Low Impact Design principles can beseen at another major stormwater project completed in 2011 --the Mountaintop Library and Learning Center, a major renovationproject in Tannersville. Greene County Soil & Water ConservationDistrict coordinated the project for the Haines Falls LibraryAssociation. Porous pavement, permeable pavers and rain gar-dens absorb runoff from the parking lot and its perimeter; andseveral rock lined swales direct stormwater to pipes that carry itto existing municipal storm sewer lines.

Work continued on stormwater projects at two sites inAndes (Coulter Road and High Street), and reports were submit-ted for Planning and Assessment projects conducted by theTowns of Roxbury and Halcott. Funding was also approved torepair damage to the stormwater sand filter at MargaretvilleCentral School caused by Tropical Storm Irene.

Future Stormwater (New Construction)2011 Expenditures $236,430

The CWC helped pay for extensive stormwater pollutionprevention controls at the new Robinson Terrace assisted livingfacility in Stamford. The CWC reimbursed the owner, StamfordSociety Foundation, $99,962 for stormwater design and installa-tion of stilling, infiltration and overflow basins, underdrains andother treatment devices. A ceremonial ribbon cutting occurredSeptember 24, and the first of an eventual 60 residents moved inOctober 17. Twenty-four people are employed at the facility.

Seven other projects were also reimbursed for costs solelyattributed to watershed regulations not otherwise required bystate or federal law: Developers NY Land & Lakes and WinterPartners for developments in South Kortright and Windham,respectively; Dollar General for its store in Margaretville; and pri-vate landowners Paul Cheney, Kenneth Hoffman and GerardoMato. Repair funding was also approved for the Margaretville CarWash to repair the damage done to the stormwater detentionbasin caused by Tropical Storm Irene.

A crew from KCK Paving of Prattsville applies porouspavement to the parking lot of the futureMountaintop Library and Resource Center inTannersville. Water is absorbed by the material and isdirected to subsurface collection pipes that carry therunoff to raingardens to be treated.

Carefully constructed stilling, infiltration and overflowbasins treat runoff from roofs and parking lot at the newRobinson Terrace assisted living facility in Stamford.

One of 8 new cul-verts on Glenford-Wittenberg Rd.,Town of Hurley

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Repair and RehabilitationA wet construction season and Tropical Storm

Irene slowed activity in the Septic Repair andRehabilitation Program, resulting in 108 fewersystems installed in 2011 compared with the pre-vious year. A total of 227 systems were repairedor replaced last year, bringing to 3,789 the totalnumber of systems installed with CWC fundssince 1997.

MaintenanceThere were 112 pumpouts completed under the

Septic Maintenance Program, a drop from 2010,although November was the busiest month sincethe inception of the program in May of 2004, with21 pumpouts and inspections. A total of 687homeowners have taken advantage of this pro-gram since its inception.

CommercialOne commercial establishment received CWC

assistance under the Small Business SepticProgram in 2011. Dr. Daniel Sullivan's GrandGorge animal clinic and hospital received a newsystem, a 1,000-gallon septic tank and a dosedprimary absorption field. Dr. Sullivan was reim-bursed 75% of the $24,000 cost.

Sue Taylor checks a meter to keep track of water use at herrestaurant, Sweet Sue's in Phoenicia. The popular eaterywas shut down for a few weeks in 2011 when spring floodingcaused its septic system to fail. The CWC, working with theUlster County Health Dept. and the NYC DEP, helped funda new system for the business/residence to allow SweetSue's to reopen in time for the busy Memorial Day holiday.

CWC technical staff member Todd Hendersoninspects a newly installed septic tank at the home ofAmy Bartlett in Walton.

Sixteen homeowners attended a septic maintenanceclass led by CWC's Leo LaBuda at the Hunter TownHall May 6.

SSmmaallll bbuussiinneessss aassssiissttaanncceeThe CWC contracts with the Mid-Hudson Small Business Development Center to provide free busi-

ness counseling and planning services for Watershed entrepreneurs. In 2011, 165 clients wereserved within the Watershed, resulting in more than $8 million in new business investment and thecreation or retention of 79 jobs.

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Twenty-two schools and organizations in the West-of-HudsonWatershed and in New York City were awarded more than $123,000in grants in 2011. Round 14 Watershed Education Grants ranged from$1,298 to $10,000 and covered a wide rangeof topics. Sullivan County 4-H Teen Clubmembers are learning about stream manage-ment, water quality preservation and conser-vation and will present their new knowledge atthe Little World's Fair in Grahamsville thissummer. 120 teachers gathered for a day-longconference to share lessons and techniquesfor raising trout in the classroom with their stu-dents in New York City and the Catskills.

Arm of the Sea Theater performed, "CityThat Drinks the Mountain Sky," their now-classic, colorful account ofthe development of the Catskill Water System, to an audience of NewYork Harbor School students. Jefferson Central School seventh

graders journeyed to Frost Valley YMCAEnvironmental Education Center to expe-rience hands on water and geology les-sons. And students at Liberty and Tri-Valley High Schools are collaborating tobuild and paint rain barrels and showtheir neighbors how and why to usethem.

Nearly $1.9 million in grants hasbeen awarded to 377 recipients since theCWC grant program was launched in1998.

A CWC Education Grant to theHorticultural Society of New York Cityhelped train faculty at PS 57 in Manhattanin an interdisciplinary water-themed cur-riculum centered around the school's court-yard garden.

Dorothy Andrews, seated, a former resi-dent of Shavertown, one of four communi-ties removed to make way for the PepactonReservoir,enjoys a conversation at the cul-minating event of an oral history projectconducted by the Pine Hill CommunityCenter.

Gilboa-Conesville stu-dents planted 800 treesand shrubs along theSchoharie Creek inHunter as part of a serv-ice learning programcoordinated by GROWNYC with a grant fromthe CWC.

This is part of the CWC-fundedWatershed exhibit at the new Time andthe Valleys Museum in Grahamsville.

The Ashokan Reservoir was the setting May11 when NYC watershed protection programswere explained to visiting World Bankstaffers who coordinate water and wastewaterprojects in several countries.

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Copies of the CWC audited 2011 Financial Statement are available on request.

Federal, State and Regional PartnersUS Environmental Protection AgencyNYC Department of Environmental ProtectionNYS Department of Environmental ConservationNYS Department of StateNYS Department of HealthNYS Energy Research and Development AgencyNYS Office for Small CitiesEnvironmental Facilities CorporationAppalachian Regional CommissionWatershed Protection and Partnership CouncilWatershed Agricultural CouncilNational Association of Development Organizations

County Agencies and PartnersSoil & Water Conservation Districts: Delaware, Greene,

Schoharie, Sullivan, Ulster CountiesCornell Cooperative Extension: Delaware, Greene, Schoharie,

Sullivan, Ulster CountiesCounty Planning Departments: Delaware, Greene, Schoharie,

Sullivan, Ulster CountiesDelaware County Dept. of Watershed AffairsGreene County Watershed Assistance ProgramPublic Works Departments of Delaware, Greene and Ulster

CountiesUlster County Dept. of the Environment

Economic Development PartnersUlster Savings BankKey BankNBT BankCommunity BankCatskill Hudson BankDelaware National Bank of DelhiNational Bank of Delaware CountyLegacy BankRondout Savings BankBank of Greene CountyUlster County Economic DevelopmentUlster County Development CorporationSmall Business Development Centers Delaware County Economic DevelopmentDelaware County Industrial Development AgencySullivan County PartnershipGreene County Economic DevelopmentEmpire State Development CorporationNew York Business Development Corporation

Community Development PartnersCatskill Center for Conservation & DevelopmentM-ARK GroupWestern Catskills Revitalization, Inc.

Georgianna LepkePresident

Paul DibbellVice President

Berndt LeifeldVice President

James EiselTreasurer

Donald "Mike" BrandowSecretary

Deborah Meyer DeWanMartin DonnellyMichael FlahertyThomas HynesRichard ParetePaul RushWayne MarshfieldTina MoleThomas R. Snow, Jr.Leonard Utter

2011-12 CWCBoard ofDirectors

Administration and FinanceAlan Rosa, Executive DirectorJames Martin, Finance Director,

Business ManagerTimothy Cox, Corporate CounselDiane Galusha, Communications

Director, Education CoordinatorTammy Castillo, Bookkeeper,

Computer SpecialistWendy Loper, BookkeeperFrieda Suess, Secretary

Economic DevelopmentMichael Triolo,

Economic Development Director(thru Dec. 31, 2011)

Barbara Puglisi, Program Specialist,Economic Development Director(as of Jan. 1, 2012)

Philip Sireci, Program SpecialistJason Merwin, Admin. Assistant

Technical ProgramsLeo Labuda, Environmental

Engineering SpecialistNate Hendricks, Environmental

Engineering SpecialistKimberlie Ackerley, Program

Specialist (Stormwater)

Septic Program SpecialistsJohn JacobsonLarry KellyTodd HendersonJimmy JohnsonCharlie Schafer

Catskill Watershed Corporation Staff