Introduction
Hudson River Sloop Clearwater has been working with City of Peekskill elected officials and staff, its Conservation Advisory Committee, Youth Bureau and community members to implement the goals of the Peekskill Urban Watershed Initiative: Advancing Water Quality Protection through Community Engagement and Youth Empowerment.
In addition to creating the 2015 Peekskill Urban Watershed Report, the project included the following activities:
In addition to creating the 2015 Peekskill Urban Watershed Report, the project included the following activities:
- Engaging the Peekskill community in watershed awareness and water quality assessment, including convening, educating and building consensus through a Peekskill Urban Watershed Committee and conducting Watershed Awareness Forums to share findings of the Peekskill Urban Watershed report and Stream Monitoring findings.
- Assessing water quality assets and vulnerabilities, including undertaking a Rapid Stream Assessment Training (RSAT) with Youth Bureau Urban Watershed Stewards Program of the Dickey Brook in Blue Mountain Park, and make recommendations their protection.
- Developing a Living History Project focusing on Peekskill's sub-basins including the Hollow Brook, the Dickey and Mac Gregory Brooks and Annsville Creek by interviewing local community leaders and historians.
How to Use this Website
The purpose of the Peekskill Urban Watershed Report is to conduct a historical and scientific analysis of the City of Peekskill's Watershed and its three waterways, the Annsville Creek, the Dickey Brook ad the MacGregory brook, and to evaluate how the City should move forward in order to best protect the watershed. This website is separated into eight different sections, each corresponding to one of the sections in our report as follows:
I. Introduction
II. Historical Background
III. Watershed Characteristics
IV. Biodiversity
V. Water Quality
VI. Green Infrastructure
VII. Conclusions and Recommendations
You can navigate to each of these sections using the tabs at the top of the website. Each of different tab will summarize our findings and key points from the report on that specific segment.
I. Introduction
II. Historical Background
III. Watershed Characteristics
IV. Biodiversity
V. Water Quality
VI. Green Infrastructure
VII. Conclusions and Recommendations
You can navigate to each of these sections using the tabs at the top of the website. Each of different tab will summarize our findings and key points from the report on that specific segment.
To read the more in depth, technical version of each section, you can access the full report in one document here:
| puwr_8.12.2015_final_draft.pdf |
To Access the Rapid Stream Assessment Training conducted at the Dickey Brook, which serves appendix 2 to the report,
click here:
click here:
| dickeybrkrsat.7.29.15.pdf |
To view the short film that accompanies this report, Peekskill: an Oral History, click here:
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