FEBRUARY 2020
PURE CATSKILLS MEMBERSHIP IS DUE
Membership for the 2020-2021 Guide to Pure Catskills Products is due . Join today for just $35 ! Membership is due by Monday, March 2 !
 
·      Pay online at purecatskills.com 
 
OR
 
·      Mail your membership kit with payment to: Watershed Agricultural Council c/o Pure Catskills, 44 West Street, Walton, NY 13856
 
For membership information contact Kristan or Sara at (607) 865-7090 or purecatskills@nycwatershed.org .
FARM SUCCESSION
March 31 & April 7
This 2-part series will take place at The Quality Inn in Oneonta, NY. Cost is $50 per person (includes lunch as well as light break-time refreshments for both days).

Key topics to be covered include:
  • Is the farm transferable?
  • Family Communication
  • Tax Implications
  • Legal Considerations.

This program is sponsored by Cornell Cooperative Extension Delaware County, Watershed Agricultural Council, and NY FarmNet.

If you have questions, please contact Mariane Kiraly at 607-865-6531 or mk129@cornell.edu . RSVP by March 23
WAC's Forestry Program Manager, Tom Pavlesich, was a part of this tour. Photo courtesy of ESFPA.
FORESTRY TOUR FOR CONGRESSMAN DELGADO
"With the aid of some unseasonably warm weather U.S. Congressman Antonio Delgado had his first tour of the forestry industry in New York State earlier this week. The Congressman's 19th District is comprised of all parts of the New York City Watershed west of the Hudson River, which supplies unfiltered drinking water to over 9 million New Yorkers. The Congressman's District is the third most forested district in the state and Congressman Delgado has shown significant interest in issues pertaining to his new district including consideration for joining the Congressional Working Forest Caucus.

This tour provided a great opportunity to show the Congressman just how vital our industry is to New York State. The forests of District 19 protect the watershed, 64 percent of which is privately owned. Our members discussed trade and tariff issues, invasive and endangered species and forest health, climate change and ecosystems benefits of forests and forest markets." - ESFPA

For more information on any of our programs, visit nycwatershed.org