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Featured Programs
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2013 Water Resources Art & Poetry Contest
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection is proud to announce the annual Water Resources Art & Poetry Contest. This special program gives students from New York City and the NYC Watersheds a chance to creatively express their understanding of our shared water resources.
 Learn more about the 2013 Water Resources Art & Poetry Contest
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Flowing Waters, Passing Time: The Critical Role of Water in Prehistoric and Historic Westchester County
On October 18 at the Warner Public Library in Tarrytown, NY, learn about the new ultraviolet light disinfection facility currently under construction and the Native American artifacts uncovered during the construction.
Learn more (PDF)
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Visitor Center at Newtown Creek
The visitor center, located at the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant in Brooklyn, serves as a destination for school trips, and features installations describing how the city���s sewer system works.
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Newtown Creek Nature Walk
Explore the first public waterfront access to Newtown Creek to learn about wastewater treatment, harbor water quality, and the history of New York City. Located in the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn, this quarter-mile nature walk offers stunning views of New York City and the local industrial landscape.
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Catskill Aqueduct Trek 2011 Ashokan Reservoir to NYC
From August 19 through August 27, a group of 15 boy scouts (ages 10-14) from West Shokan Troop 163 ��� along with their scoutmasters ��� are planning to hike from the Ashokan Reservoir in Ulster County to the Central Park Reservoir in NYC. The trek commemorates the 100th anniversary of West Shokan Troop 163 which was formed by the engineers who built the Ashokan Reservoir.
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Time & the Valleys Museum
The Time & the Valleys Museum is home to the history of the Rondout and Neversink Watersheds and the geographical area encompassing the Tri-Valley Central School District.
Museum website
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Trout in the Classroom
Learn about this great way to engage your students in the study of the New York City water supply system. Help raise trout from eggs in your own classroom and release them into watershed streams in the springtime.
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Plan a Trip to the New York City Watershed at the Queens Museum of Art
After more than 70 years out of the public eye, this sculptured scale-model of New York City's Water Supply System comes back to the Queens Museum of Art. The 540 square-foot model represents the living, working landscape of the watersheds that supply New York with one billion gallons of drinking water each day.
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Funding Opportunities
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Watershed Forestry Bus Tour Program
Funding is now available for schools and other education organizations to take students and teachers to the New York City Watersheds to learn about the New York City water supply system. Application deadline is January 15, 2012.
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Watershed Education Programs and Projects
Proposals due February 1, 2012. Funding is available for education projects and programs to help students and teachers increase awareness of the human and natural history of the New York City Watersheds located west of the Hudson River, understand the history and present-day New York City water supply system and the importance of stewardship activities.
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