Events

Conservation and Land Use Webinar hosted by DEC’s Hudson River Estuary Program

Published

2 years ago

January 10, 2023

Culverts and bridges allow streams to flow under roads, but when poorly designed or undersized they become barriers to aquatic organisms and hazards to communities. In the estuary watershed, partners have assessed more than 10,000 road-stream crossings and found the majority of these structures do not allow for movement of aquatic organisms. Many are also too small to pass the more intense and frequent storm events that our region experiences as a result of climate change.

During this webinar, Megan Lung, Environmental Analyst with DEC’s Hudson River Estuary Program and NEIWPCC will provide an introduction to aquatic habitat connectivity and the culvert prioritization project. This project helps municipalities address crossings that are both barriers to fish and wildlife and potential flood hazards using a four step process:

assessing road-stream crossings using a regional approach;
sharing assessment data and assisting municipalities in developing management plans for their crossings;
creating designs for the top priorities that are sized for climate change and “Stream Smart;” and
replacing these structures.

Webinar attendees will receive an email confirming attendance, which may be submitted locally for one hour of municipal planning or zoning board training credit.

Note: Webinars are held using the WebEx platform. You can join a WebEx event from your computer, mobile device, or phone. Download the WebEx app.

Events

Annual Suffern Holiday Parade 2024

Published

13 hours ago

November 22, 2024

Rockland Report Admin

WHEN: SATURDAY DECEMBER 7th

WHERE: LAFAYETTE AVENUE, SUFFERN, NY 10901

TIME: 6:30pm

Events

The Rockland Report Would Like To Thank All Who Have Served This Great Country

Published

2 weeks ago

November 11, 2024

Rockland Report Admin

In 1921, an unknown World War I American soldier was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. This site, on a hillside overlooking the Potomac River and the city of Washington, D.C., became the focal point of reverence for America’s veterans. Similar ceremonies occurred earlier in England and France, where an unknown soldier was buried in each nation’s highest place of honor (in England, Westminster Abbey; in France, the Arc de Triomphe). These memorial gestures all took place on November 11, giving universal recognition to the celebrated ending of World War I fighting at 11 a.m., November 11, 1918 (the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month). The day became known as “Armistice Day.” Armistice Day officially received its name in America in 1926 through a Congressional resolution. It became a national holiday 12 years later by similar Congressional action. If the idealistic hope had been realized that World War I was “the War to end all wars,” November 11 might still be called Armistice Day. But only a few years after the holiday was proclaimed, war broke out in Europe. Sixteen and one-half million Americans took part. Four hundred seven thousand of them died in service, more than 292,000 in battle. Armistice Day Changed To Honor All Veterans The first celebration using the term Veterans Day occurred in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1947. Raymond Weeks, a World War II veteran, organized “National Veterans Day,” which included a parade and other festivities, to honor all veterans. The event was held on November 11.