The Hydraulic Fracturing of the Catskills
By Michael Boyajian
The Catskills are a place of vast beauty preserved by New York State’s Constitution as “forever wild.” Weary New York City residents find solace here on weekends free for a time from the grind of the city while year round residents find a nature escape from our ever urbanizing world. And most importantly, according to Craig Michaels of Riverkeeper in a recent radio interview, is the fact that eight million New Yorkers get their water from the region.