Wappinger Creek Intermunicipal Council

04/25/2019

The WIC will be present at the Wappinger Creek Water Derby this Saturday! We'll be at the starting line at Cady Field behind the Pleasant Valley Town Hall talking to paddlers, residents, and families about the Wappinger Creek and what we can all do to help protect it!

Come on out, paddle the creek, have some fun, and learn about your watershed!

09/20/2018

Reminder! Tonight is the first of three public hearings for the Wappinger Creek Nine-Element Watershed Management Plan!

The meeting will be from 6:30-8:30 PM at the Dutchess County Farm & Home Center (2715, Route 44, Millbrook, NY) and will feature presentations by Village of Wappingers Falls Mayor Matt Alexander, grants administrator Scott Williams, and the project engineering firm, KC Engineering.

The evening will provide details of the project's history, timeline, and current progress, an overview of the draft Watershed Characterization Report, and most importantly a dedicated period for public comment, feedback, questions and answers.

If you live, work, or play in the Wappinger Creek watershed or its municipalities, come on out - Hope to see you all tonight.

09/13/2018

Join us next Thursday, September 20th for the first of three public hearings for the Wappinger Creek Nine-Element Watershed Management Plan!

The meeting will be from 6:30-8:30 PM at the Dutchess County Farm & Home Center (2715, Route 44, Millbrook, NY) and will feature presentations by Village of Wappingers Falls Mayor Matt Alexander, grants administrator Scott Williams, and the project engineering firm, KC Engineering.

The evening will provide details of the project's history, timeline, and current progress, an overview of the draft Watershed Characterization Report, and most importantly a dedicated period for public comment, feedback, questions and answers.

If you live, work, or play in the Wappinger Creek watershed or its municipalities, come on out - Hope to see you all there!

04/26/2018

The WIC will be having its Spring Quarterly Meeting tomorrow - Friday, April 27th from 8:30 to 10:00am at the Milan Town Hall, 20 Wilcox Cir, Red Hook, NY.

The highlight for this quarter’s meeting will be a presentation from the Environmental Facilities Corporation on information regarding their Water and Wastewater funding programs. This should be an extremely valuable and worthwhile presentation for all municipalities involved, and we strongly encourage you all to attend!

Hope to see you all there!

Home / Environmental Facilities Corporation Environmental Facilities Corporation The Environmental Facilities Corporation (EFC) is a public benefit corporation which provides financial and technical assistance primarily to municipalities by providing low-cost financing for their water quality infras...

10/16/2017

On Thursday, November 2nd, the WIC will be hosting their "Dutchess County Watershed Roundtable" from 6:30 - 9:00 PM at the Farm & Home Center in Millbrook!

The evening will consist of two parts: The first half will allow for an assigned representative from each group to give a 5 minute overview of their watershed, ongoing issues, projects, and goals, and to address the larger audience. The second half of the evening will consist of facilitated breakout discussions allowing groups to discuss common issues, goals, and potential future collaboration.

The event is aimed towards representatives of watershed groups, municipal officials, CACs, and planning board members, but is free and open to all!

If interested, we ask that you please register here: https://dcwatershedroundtable.eventbrite.com

Hope to see you all there!

Each and every one of us lives in a watershed. A watershed is the area of land in which all of the water that falls onto that land drains into a single outlet, often a stream or river. Watersheds provide critical natural services that sustain or enrich our daily lives: they supply our drinking water...

07/27/2017

The WIC will be holding its summer quarterly meeting tomorrow, Friday, July 28th in the Village of Wappingers Falls! On the agenda, discussions of the ongoing 9-element watershed management plan for the Wappinger Creek, a recap of the most recent Hudson River Watershed Alliance conference, and brainstorming for a potential "watershed roundtable" for Dutchess County groups in October!

04/04/2017

Great victory for clean water in New York State!

https://www.riverkeeper.org/news-events/news/water-quality/new-york-state-goes-big-clean-water-budget/

Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature have finalized a $2.5 billion Clean Water Infrastructure Act as p

03/27/2017

The WIC will be at the 58th Annual Dutchess County Regional Science Fair this Saturday, April 1st judging and giving out awards to students whose science projects reflect our organization's values of clean water, healthy watersheds, and community involvement!

https://sites.google.com/site/dcsciencefairorg/

03/09/2017

A beautiful video showcasing another of our local watershed neighbors and partners (and exceptionally narrated by James Earl Jones to boot!): The Great Swamp.

Far too few people who benefit from this and other watersheds realize where their drinking water comes from, and the need to protect it. Please continue to share the message of the importance of clean water!

Friends of the Great Swamp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owcd6C3bBLo&feature=youtu.be

Friends of the Great Swamp www.frogs-ny.org Founded in 1990, the Friends of the Great Swamp (FrOGS) is a volunteer non-profit organization made up of residen...

03/08/2017

From our watershed neighbors to the west: The Wallkill River Watershed Alliance

The last two summers, toxic neon-green algal blooms have plagued miles of the Wallkill River, likely a result of high concentrations of nutrients from sewage and runoff into the river. Aside from dramatically affecting the water quality, algal blooms severely limit recreational activities in and around the watershed, hurting local businesses.

Want more information and to learn what you and your community can do to help protect the Wallkill or your own local watershed? A "Wallkill River Summit" will be held will be held from 5:30-7:30 p.m. March 28 at the SUNY New Paltz Student Union Building.

NEW PALTZ - With the state budget deadline looming, environmental advocacy groups and municipalities are voicing their support for a proposed state and

03/03/2017

Help the watershed - Don’t flush unused medications! Pharmaceuticals flushed down the drain of public water systems eventually find their way into our rivers and streams, having negative impacts on the plants and animals found there.

Take advantage of these opportunities to safely and responsibly dispose of unused medications, at events organized by Dutchess County STOP-DWI and the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office, with assistance from Riverkeeper, and funded by the NYS Department of Health!

http://river.convio.net/site/MessageViewer?em_id=23330.0&dlv_id=28016

, one of the findings was that the water is burdened with more pharmaceuticals at higher concentrations near sewage treatment plants.

01/27/2017

Orange County, New York, is taking steps to get climate smart by studying its watersheds and preparing infrastructure adaptation strategies.