Posted in Casperkill, Fonteynkill on Jul 8th, 2010 No Comments »
Ed Lynch with his bike on Vassar campus Ed Lynch has lived on College Avenue since 1979. Before that, he lived in the Wappingers Creek area, where he canoes even today. As a longtime area resident, Mr. Lynch remembers many of the events that we have written about on this blog. While attending middle school […]
Posted in Casperkill on Jul 7th, 2010 No Comments »
This manhole is only a few yards away from the Casperkill. It overflows sewage into the creek during heavy rain storms. Residents on Old Mill Drive spoke with us about sewage in the creek, and about all of the deer (and Lyme disease) that the creek attracts. On December 21, 2006, Michael Mayfield of the […]
Posted in Casperkill on Jul 6th, 2010 No Comments »
Emily Vail next to the Trees for Tribs sign on Fran and Frank Hartenfels’ property. The Trees for Tribs initiative is run by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation as part of the Hudson River Estuary Program. Groups conducting streamside plantings and other riparian buffer restoration projects within the Hudson River Estuary watershed […]
Posted in Casperkill on Jul 2nd, 2010 No Comments »
Check out this 2004 Hudson Valley Magazine article. Reed Sparling describes his attempt to trace the path of the Casperkill. Although he ends up locating the headwaters a bit south of where they actually are, his story still demonstrates how much fun can be had along the creek. Vassar followers, to view a pdf version […]
Posted in Casperkill on Jul 1st, 2010 No Comments »
Frank Hartenfels’s hammock hangs right on the stream bank. Fran and Frank Hartenfels are members of the Casperkill Watershed Alliance. They live in Hagan Town (also known as the Spackenkill area) and, like their neighbor, Ron Lipp, they have taken steps to prevent erosion and protect the creek. When the Hartenfelses first thought of buying […]
Posted in Casperkill on Jul 1st, 2010 No Comments »
The following post was adopted from the Vassar Farm and Ecological Preserve website In 1895, the first 200 acres of the Vassar Farm were purchased from Vassar Brothers Hospital to solve a problem. Up until then, Vassar had been pumping its sewage into the Casperkill creek but another plan was needed. About the same time, […]
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