As a long-term, full-time resident of the Catskills, I’ve been on boards and community organizations for almost 15 years, starting with a 7-year stint on community radio at WIOX in Roxbury in 2011. Since then, with the exception of the COVID years, I have been a board member of The Catskills Center, John Burroughs’ Woodchuck Lodge, and briefly for the Catskills Water Discovery Center (CWDC). I am now returning to the CWDC.

The CWDC is an educational organization that tells the story, past and present, of the New York City water supply system. It has also recently completed the wonderful East Branch Nature Preserve in Arkville.

Water is one of the world’s most precious resources, and here in the Catskills, residents are burdened with an additional obligation to protect it now that is the drinking water for millions of downstate residents. It’s a complicated, and sometimes painful history, for many Catskillians. The CWDC is tasked with conveying that story, and promoting good land and water stewardship.

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