About Us

The Neversink Association, Inc.

founded in 1964 to conserve and protect the Upper Neversink Valley, its river, and fauna and flora

We are a membership organization. Please join our effort.

We endeavor to support environmentally friendly organizations that impact the Neversink Valley and River. Every year our General Membership Meeting is held at one of the many beautiful sites along the River. We enjoy our own picnic lunches and presenters speak on important issues.

John Burroughs, the noted Catskill naturalist, was a frequent visitor to the upper Neversink River. In his book, Locust and Wild Honey, he describes coming into the Valley in 1914. Of the River he said, "One of the finest trout streams I had ever fished, it was so sparkling, its bed so free from sediment or impurities of any kind. It had a new look as though it had just come from the hands of its creator."

Mission

To preserve this pristine and unspoiled water and its environ, The Neversink Association, Inc. was created to help protect the watershed for the 35 billion gallon Neversink Reservoir.

Major Current Concern

According to Michael Flaherty of the NYS DEC, didymo has been discovered in the Roundout Creek below the Roundout Reservoir. He reports on March 15,2011, that there is no sign of it above the Roundout Reservoir or in the Neversink.

We must be diligent in alerting people about procedures for securing didymo does not enter the Neversink River or Reservoir along with people and their animals.

Threat of Invasive Species

The Neversink has been studied by many governmental and private agencies. The major current concerns are acid rain, erosion of stream banks causing sedimentation, and the damage the wooly adelgid can do to hemlocks that stabilize banks and cool waters. Longer reaching issues are the threat of massive development in nearby areas and the threat of invasive species.

Read more about the ecological importance of the Neversink River on the Nature Conservancy website:

http://www.nature.org/initiatives/freshwater/work/neversinkriver.html

Membership

We are a membership organization dedicated to projects that protect the Neversink environment and relevant related educational programs.

Membership is open to those in the Upper Neversink Valley. Dues are $5 for individuals and $10 for families paid annually. Send your check payable to:

The Neversink Association

P.O. Box 134

Claryville, NY 12725

The Neversink Association

Join your neighbors to conserve and protect the Neversink Valley and River