MONTICELLO — Sullivan County, in partnership with Friends of the Upper Delaware River and Trout Unlimited, are developing a comprehensive, non-regulatory Neversink Watershed Management Plan (NWMP).

The next two public meetings are as follows: First public meeting will be in-person on Thursday, May 2nd at 2pm entitled ‘NWMP Draft Review’ in the Robert D. Norris Community Room at the Ethelbert B. Crawford Public Library (479 Broadway Monticello, NY 12701). The second public meeting will be virtual over zoom on Wednesday, May 15th at 6pm entitled ‘NWMP Final Draft Review’. More information and registration details can be found here: www.FUDR.org/NeversinkWMP.

The effort is supported by a federal grant award from the Delaware River Basin Restoration Program to the Sullivan County Division of Planning and Environmental Management. This program is funded by the US Fish and Wildlife Service and administered by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.

Once completed, the watershed management plan will serve as a non-binding and voluntary blueprint to help ensure the future sustainability of the watershed.

The planning process includes a number of elements including the development of a project steering committee composed of experienced watershed practitioners and a comprehensive series of public education sessions to maximize the public input and involvement.

“The success of this plan hinges upon the interest and participation of a wide range of watershed stakeholders. We encourage everybody who attended our previous meetings to join us again as we review the completed draft of the Neversink Watershed Management Plan. Input from the community on the draft is vital inorder to help guide future management activities that will benefit everybody in the watershed,” said Jillian Pagnotti, Friends of the Upper Delaware River’s Watershed Program Coordinator.