Dutchess Watershed Awareness Month

Fishkill Creek Week
July 24-31

Beacon Institute Walk & Talk
Friday, July 9, 12:00PM – 1:30PM
Location: Beacon Institute’s Center for Environmental Innovation and Education (CEIE) at Denning’s Point, 199 Dennings Avenue, Beacon, NY —- MAP
Watershed: Fishkill
Join Lucille Lewis Johnson, Ph.D., Professor of Anthropology at Vassar College, and Jim Heron, author of Denning’s Point: A Hudson River History, for a tour and discussion of Denning’s Point’s rich and historic landscape. Please pre-register; visit http://www.bire.org/events/.

ADK Hike: Beacon Riverside Trail & Dennings Point
Saturday, July 24, 10:00AM
Location: Meet at Beacon Sloop Club, Riverfront Park, Beacon, NY—- MAP
Watershed: Fishkill
Join us on a leisurely 5-mile hike with excellent views of the Hudson River from this beautiful and historic location. Contact trip leader Lou Ruidisch at (845) 896-9332 or LER3rd@verizon.net to RSVP.

Beacon Institute Walk & Talk
Saturday, July 24, 12:00PM – 2:00PM
Location: Beacon’s Institute’s Center for Environmental Innovation and Education (CEIE) at Denning’s Point, 199 Dennings Avenue, Beacon, NY —- MAP
Watershed: Fishkill
Join Jim Heron, Project Historian for Beacon Institute and author of Denning’s Point: A Hudson River History for a tour of Denning’s Point. Please pre-register; visit http://www.bire.org/events/.

Fishkill Watershed Rain Barrel Building Workshop
Saturday, July 24, 3:30PM
Location: Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc. 724 Wolcott Avenue, Beacon, NY—- MAP
Watershed: Fishkill
A rain barrel is used to capture runoff from rooftops during a storm. Once the water is collected in a barrel, it can be used later to water your lawn or garden. At the end of this rain barrel building workshop you’ll walk away with your own functional and ready-to-install rain barrel! Due to the costs associated with this event, there is a small $15 fee and a sign-up. Spaces are limited – please RSVP by emailing Vicky Buono at vcb4@cornell.edu or calling (845) 677-8223 x153.

ADK Hike: Tymor Park
Tuesday, July 27, 3:00PM
Location: Meet at Beacon Sloop Club, Riverfront Park, Beacon, NY—- MAP
Watershed: Fishkill
This hike will take us along Fishkill Creek to Furnace Pond and the ruins of old kilns, returning to the fields beside the gorge. Bring a picnic supper to enjoy after the hike. Contact trip leader Sue Mackson at 471-9892 or Susiem6@juno.com to RSVP.

Using GIS for Local Municipal Watershed Planning
Tuesday, July 27, 7:00PM – 9:00PM
Location: East Fishkill Town Hall, 330 Rt. 376, Hopewell Junction, NY—- MAP
Watershed: Fishkill
At this workshop, Robert Wills, Sr. GIS Project Coordinator for the Dutchess County Planning and Development Department, will familiarize participants with new, high-resolution geographic data on county watersheds.  Neil Curri, Sr. GIS Resource Educator for Cornell Cooperative Extension Dutchess County, will provide an overview of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and demonstrate a mapping tool for municipal land use planning.