Greater Stockport Creek Watershed Alliance

Encompassing the Watersheds of the Kinderhook and Claverack Creeks in the Lower Hudson Valley, New York

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Watershed Links:

  • Hawthorne Valley Farmscape Ecology Program

  • Kinderhook Creek Swimming Holes

  • Kinderhook Creek Whitewater

  • EPA Watershed Resources

  • NYSDEC Fishing Access Map (Kinderhook Cr.)

  • NYSDEC Fishing Access Map (Taghkanic Cr.)

  • NYSDOH Fish Advisories

  • USGS realtime data: Kinderhook Cr. @ Rossman


    • Hudson Valley Links:

  • Hudson River Watershed Alliance

  • Hudson River Estuary Program

  • Hudson Riverkeeper

  • HRECOS

  • NOAA Tide Tables

  • Hudson Basin River Watch


    • General Links:

  • Columbia County EMC

  • Rensselaer County EMC

  • USGS in New York

  • Columbia-Greene Trout Unlimited Chapter

  • Columbia Land Conservancy

  • Berkshire Natural Resources Council

  • Rensselaer Plateau Alliance

  • Rensselaer Land Trust

  • New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission


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    Logo design by John Reilly

    The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has provided funding through the Hudson River Estuary Program to Hudson Basin River Watch to raise awareness about water resources. This project has also been funded by the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (NEIWPCC) to follow their work plan for the Hudson River Estuary Program to communicate to the public on issues in the area of estuary management.

    Welcome!!

    Please explore our website to learn more about the Stockport Creek Watershed and how you can help protect our water resources.

    Download our watershed brochure here

    The Greater Stockport Creek Watershed Alliance wishes to acknowledge the Columbia-Greene Chapter of Trout Unlimited, Farmscape Ecology Program, Columbia County Sportsmen's Federation, Columbia-Greene Sportsman's Association, Inc., Don Meltz Planning and GIS, and the U.S. Geological Survey for providing funding and/or in-kind services for the Alliance. In these difficult economic times, the opportunity to acquire funding for conservation projects becomes more and more rare. Thank you for your support.

    News:

     

    Stockport Creek Watershed Enterococcus synoptic-sampling results - August 21, 2011.
     
    View EnteroResults - 8/21/11 in a larger map

    Explanation:

    Click the markers at left to see the Most Probable Number (MPN) of Enterococcus colonies per 100ml. Color coding: green <33, yellow 33-61, red >61. Color divisions based on EPA standards for freshwater beach water-quality.

    Results shown are only valid for the date and time of sample collection, but may be indicative of other times with similar hydrologic conditions.

    EPA water-quality divisions shown are for contact exposure only. Surface waters should always be assumed unsuitable for drinking without treatment.

    Click here for more information

    View the July 14, 2011 results

    Methods:

    Samples were collected as open-bottle grab samples in flowing water and analyzed using standard methods for Enterolert sample processing.

    One equipment blank was collected which yielded an MPN of 0.

    Acknowledgements:

    Partial funding for this effort was provided by the New York State DEC's Hudson River Estuary Program to Hudson Basin River Watch, Inc.,  the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (NEIWPCC), and the Farmscape Ecology Program at Hawthorne Valley School.

    The GSCWA further acknowledges:

    the U.S. Geological Survey for sample processing and support

    and Hudson Riverkeeper for sample coordination and data sharing.

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    • In New York contact NYSDEC
    • In Massachusetts contact MA DEP
    • Let us know what you see! - contact the Alliance

    About the Watershed

    Stockport Creek Watershed drains 517 square miles of the mid-Hudson Valley in parts of Columbia and Rensselaer Counties in Eastern New York, and Berkshire County in Western Massachusetts. The watershed drains the western flank of the Taconic Mountains, along the New York-Massachusetts border, and the southern edge of the Rensselaer Plateau, in Rensselaer County, to the Hudson River at Stockport, NY. The watershed is primarily forested (71%) and agricultural (21%) land with most of the agriculture focused in the lowland areas adjacent to the principal rivers in the watershed � Kinderhook and Claverack Creeks.

    Stockport Creek is formed by the confluence of the Kinderhook and Claverack in the town of Stockport, Columbia County; Kinderhook Creek drains the northern 63% of the Stockport Creek Watershed, and Claverack Creek drains the remaining 37% in the southern part of the watershed.

    Stockport Creek Watershed is the second largest tributary watershed to the tidal Hudson River. Water in all or part of twenty-six municipalities are captured by the Stockport Creek Watershed. Fifty-six percent of Columbia County, 20% of Rensselaer County, and 2% of Berkshire County drain to tide water at the mouth of Stockport Creek.

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