This page is a repository of watershed related materials: plans, studies, resident guides etc. Please come back to check on new resources made available.

Summer 2024 GIS Maps

This set of maps were made by a Siena College grad student over the summer of 2024. This set includes over a dozen maps including Watershed Boundaries, Recreation, Significant Habitats among others. Please note that we are still working on statistical analysis of the maps. Maps can be accessed here.

2004 Natural Resource Management Plan for Fishkill Creek Watershed

In the early 2000s, a volunteer group named Fishkill Creek Watershed Association in partnership with the Dutchess County Environmental Management Council inventoried the natural resources of the stream and watershed to produce a natural resource management plan. The plan provides a wealth of information on various aspects of the watershed health, pulls together various studies, provides a set of recommendations for the municipalities including protecting groundwater, which many residents surveyed had expressed the greatest level of concern about. The group ceased to exist in mid 2000s but some of its members are advising our alliance. Plan can be accessed here.

DEC Stream Buffer booklet

Short but informative DEC Stream Buffers: A Tool for Watershed Protection booklet provides foundational information on importance of healthy riparian buffers - vegetative areas on either side of the stream that help keep temperature cool, filter storm water run off, prevent erosion and provide vital habitat resources. Booklet can be accessed here.