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February 2, 2026 The Center Square - https://www.thecentersquare.com/new_york/article_5859c11b-0cb3-4f4d-b1dc-742c8e27e4f9.html SUMMARY Developers of the long-contested Constitution Pipeline, seeking a waiver of a key permit for the project, have received pushback from New York regulators pursuing environmental reviews. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation formally objected on Jan. 28 to the request from Williams Companies, lead developer of the pipelin

January 28, 2026 Reuters - https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/ny-regulators-oppose-filings-proposed-constitution-pipeline-project-2026-01-28/ SUMMARY NY DEC opposes Constitution Pipeline's permit revival bid DEC claims Constitution bypasses environmental reviews DEC approved permits for PA-NJ-NY NESE gas pipe in November Constitution Pipeline's bid to revive a permit to build the proposed, previously canceled natural gas pipeline from Pennsylvania to New York. Constitut

January 26, 2026 Download: PDF of Schoharie County Board of Supervisors Letter: Comment and Request for Permit Conditions Letter for FERC Docket Numbers CP13-499-006 and CP18-5-004 Below is the Comment & Request for Permit Conditions Letter for FERC submitted by the Schoharie County Board of Supervisors. The original document is available for viewing and download from the above link. January 26, 2026 Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Secretary Federal Energy Regulating Commission 888 Fi

The Waterfall Center for Bioregional Learning is officially on iNaturalist , and has set up a project to map the unique biodiversity in the Schoharie Creekshed bioregion. JOIN US HERE: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/biodiversity-of-the-schoharie-watershed-bioregion Join us here to contribute your findings on iNaturalist to our project, and if you are not yet on iNaturalist, we encourage you to join and download the app ! iNaturalist is a great way to not only learn more

Led by John Thompson, Director of the Catskill Center ’s CRISP  program, this free interactive session will introduce you to key invasive species and how to use the iMapInvasives mobile app to report sightings and monitor spread. Then we’ll head outdoors for a field session to put your new skills into action to identify and report observations of invasives at the Schoharie River Center.   Topic : Invasive Species Identification and iMapInvasives Training Date & Time : Thursda

It is no surprise with the changes that we are witnessing and experiencing driven by climate change, that wildfire risks are becoming more of an issue across New York State.  Through some of our initial research and scoping work through our Panther Creek Project and identifying contributing factors, such as forestry management practices and Ash tree mortality due to the Emerald Ash Borer, we recognize the need for a more localized and comprehensive program to address these ri

We are excited to share some new updates to our Learning Library, which include a list of Open Source, interactive tools ranging in topics from Forestry, Agriculture, and both Human and Ecosystem Health. Be sure to browse through the various tools and maps, and stay tuned as we will be announcing webinars in the near future with experts who will be sharing more information on these tools and how best to utilize and get the most out of them. We just added Cornell's new Extrem

On May 18th, the Waterfall Center held a presentation to kick off a project specifically along and with the community of the Panther Creekshed. This first session began with a presentation by Nate Hudson, a resident along Panther Creek and an invasive species and forestry expert. Nate presented the community with a brief summary of some of the issues and mitigation strategies along the creek including erosion and Ash tree mortality, caused by the Emerald Ash Borer and how tr

On March 7 we held out first community Listen & Learn session at The Waterfall House in West Fulton. In attendance was an inspiring array of community members, spanning across agriculture, faith, conservation, economic, public health, local business and cultural sectors. The afternoon kicked off with an introduction of The Waterfall Center for Bioregional Learning with board members Bethany Yarrow and Janet Hawkes. Following participant introductions, attendees got to work th

The Waterfall Center for Bioregional Learning was officially activated during an inspiring and moving ceremony offered by our board member, and Havasupai-Hopi-Tewa elder, Mona Polacca on the Autumn Equinox. This intimate gathering was an opportunity to set our intentions for our work, begin weaving the threads of community and to share our vision for what bioregionalism can look like in the Schoharie Valley. We were excited to share some of the beautiful bioregional maps tha