Stop ice fishing
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- February
- 20
For those ice fishing on the West Branch and Boyds Corner reservoirs in Carmel and Kent: STOP! That’s the word from the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, which owns the drinking water reservoirs. 
Ice fishing on those water bodies is prohibited until March 5 because the city will be raising and lowering their water levels, making any venture onto the ice unsafe.
The photo by TJN photographer Frank Becerra shows Steve See of Mahopac fishing on the West Branch in 2005.
Read on for the full text of the NYCDEP’s announcement.
Ice Fishing Prohibited Due to Unsafe Conditions on Boyd’s Corner Reservoir Until Further Notice
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection announced today that during a 15-day period, or until March 5, 2008, the surface elevations of Boyd’s Reservoir and West Branch Reservoir may be significantly reduced and ice fishing at these reservoirs will be prohibited due to unsafe ice conditions.
NYCDEP announced yesterday that maintenance work on the Rondout-West Branch Tunnel would affect diversions from the City’s Delaware Basin Reservoirs. The maintenance work will also impact storage conditions at Boyd’s Corner Reservoir and West Branch Reservoir since no water will be diverted from Rondout Reservoir during the course of the work.
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Journal News staff writer Greg Clary writes Earth Watch, reporting on environmental issues in the lower Hudson region. Clary has been a reporter, editor and columnist at the Journal News since 1988 and has covered police and courts, transportation, municipal government, development and the environment in the Lower Hudson Valley, among other topics. 
Laura Incalcaterra covers the environment, open space and zoning and planning issues for The Journal News. A Boston College graduate, Laura grew up in Rockland, attended East Ramapo schools and has worked for The Journal News since 1993. Laura has written features and covered North Rockland, crime, government and a host of other issues.
Mike Risinit covers Patterson and Kent in Putnam County, as well as environmental topics touching on the Hudson River and the Great Swamp. Risinit has been a reporter at The Journal News since 1998.
