Issues: Water

Land of Little Rivers: Fly Fishing in the Catskills

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Link to Beaverkill River page
Link to Willowemoc Creek page
Link to Neversink River page
Link to Esopus Creek page
Link to Schoharie Creek page
Link to Branches of the Delaware page
Link to Delaware River page


Photo of Pepacton Reservoir

Pepacton Reservoir, on the East Branch of the Delaware. New York City and its northern suburbs use about 1.3 billion gallons of water a day, half of which comes from reservoirs in the Delaware system.


Photo: Enrico Ferorelli


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