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💧Partnership to manage the Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River, a @nationalparkservice unit
📃Established 1988
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A little Magic is taking shape behind the scenes. ✨🎭

A glimpse inside rehearsals for Mozart’s The Magic Flute at Delaware Valley Opera. These voices are getting ready to bring one of opera’s most beloved—and delightfully strange—works to life.

🎶 Stay tuned. The magic is coming.

#TheMagicFlute #Mozart #DelawareValleyOpera #catskills #SullivanCountyNY

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We’re grateful to the @upperdelawarecouncil for helping make the 2026 Upper Delaware River Rendezvous possible!

Support from partners like the Upper Delaware Council allows us to bring people together to celebrate this remarkable region and the many ways we can help protect its future.

Interested in supporting the Rendezvous while connecting your organization with a community that cares deeply about the Upper Delaware? Sponsorship opportunities are available for the 2026 event.

Visit the link in our bio to learn more and become a sponsor or to register to attend.

#delawareriver #upperdelaware #catskills #conservation #watershed

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For this year’s Narrowsburg Riverfest, the 108 hosted DVAA’s River Talks, a set of short presentations on such subjects as eagles habits, foraging, local fur animals, or water protection. Thank you to all speakers (pictured: National Park Service’s Meagan Terry and Timothy O’Neill) for sharing their knowledge and enthusiasm.

For this year’s Narrowsburg Riverfest, the 108 hosted DVAA’s River Talks, a set of short presentations on such subjects as eagles habits, foraging, local fur animals, or water protection. Thank you to all speakers (pictured: Outside Institute’s Laura Chávez Silverman) for sharing their knowledge and enthusiasm.

For this year’s Narrowsburg Riverfest, the 108 hosted DVAA’s River Talks, a set of short presentations on such subjects as eagles habits, foraging, local fur animals, or water protection. Thank you to all speakers (pictured: Delaware Highland Conservancy’s Lydia Freethy) for sharing their knowledge and enthusiasm.

For this year’s Narrowsburg Riverfest, the 108 hosted DVAA’s River Talks, a set of short presentations on such subjects as eagles habits, foraging, local fur animals, or water protection. Thank you to all speakers (pictured: Upper Delaware Council’s Stephanie Driscoll) for sharing their knowledge and enthusiasm.

For this year’s Narrowsburg Riverfest, the 108 hosted DVAA’s River Talks, a set of short presentations on such subjects as eagles habits, foraging, local fur animals, or water protection. Thank you to all speakers for sharing their knowledgde and enthusiasm.

For this year’s Narrowsburg Riverfest, the 108 hosted DVAA’s River Talks, a set of short presentations on such subjects as eagles habits, foraging, local fur animals, or water protection. Thank you to all speakers for sharing their knowledgde and enthusiasm.

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We want to say a huge thank you to everyone who helped to make our 36th Annual Riverfest just a magical day xx

Thank you to our staff and volunteers, our major sponsor @jeff.bank.1913, our media sponsor @wjffradio, our River Dogs sponsors and judges, the dogs and their owners, @the108main for hosting River Talks and our speakers: @dhconservancy, @upperdelawarecouncil, @theoutsideinstitute and @upperdelawarenps, our performers: @fwfestival, @farmartscollective, Donna and Rick Nestler, and @soilandsoulband, our kids crafting tent organizer @yo_adriennee, our a/v team @greseproductionsevents, our poster artists, auctioneers, and purchasers, all the vendors, community members, business owners, and YOU for making Riverfest such a magical day!

Photos by @insta_hayes_ and @djartking

#riverfest #riverfest2026 #narrowsburgny #sullivancountyny #sullivancatskills #westerncatksills #nepa #familyfun #freeevent #craftingforkids #livemusic #localartists #onedayevent #community

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This Sunday we are excited to offer Riverfest attendees the opportunity to “get to know” more about the ecology of the Sullivan Catskills & Upper Delaware River Valley with some of region’s best experts!

Join us at The 108 on Main Street for a series of free, 20-minute presentations filled with hands-on, sensory-engaging presentations!

11:30am - #UPPERDELAWARERIVERVALLEY
Stephanie Driscoll, Upper Delaware Council @upperdelawarecouncil
Explore the beauty and story of the Upper Delaware River Valley! Discover how communities, states, and the National Park Service work together to protect this remarkable river while preserving its natural beauty, local heritage, and recreational opportunities for residents and visitors to enjoy for generations to come.

12:00 pm - BOUNDIN' FURBEARERS
Lydia Freethy, Delaware Highland Conservancy @dhconservancy
Join Delaware Highlands Conservancy for a hands-on program about furbearers native to Pennsylvania! In this program, we'll discuss each fur and the animal it belongs to. Then we'll dive into the how and why of each fur and discuss why they look and feel the way they do!

12:30 pm - WILD & FREE
Laura Chávez Silverman, Founding Naturalist, The Outside Institute @theoutsideinstitute
Discover the joys of foraging in your own backyard! Experience the delights of wild terroir as you learn about—and taste—plants that are abundant in our local landscape. Samples may include nettle, elderflower, pine, sumac, pineapple weed, black walnut and more.

1:00 pm - BALD EAGLES
Meagen Terry, National Park Service @upperdelawarenps
Laura Chávez Silverman, Founding Naturalist, The Outside Institute @theoutsideinstituteof the bald eagles nesting in our region with Seasonal Park Ranger, Meagen Terry.

Thank you to @the108main for hosting River Talks!

#riverfest2026 #narrowsburgny #sullivancatskills #westerncatskills #nepa #community #streetfestival #upstateny

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🎭 Caught mid-rehearsal…

Just a piano, a room full of voices, and a little Gilbert & Sullivan magic in the making.

Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at our cast rehearsing The Mikado before they take the stage…wait for it! We can’t wait to share the full production with you!

🎟️ July 11 & 18 at 7 PM
🎟️ July 12 & 19 at 2 PM

#bts #Opera #LiveTheatre #rehearsal #catskills

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Out on the drift boat with my man @NickMangoFlies (fellow rocker) down the Delaware River last October. See y'all at @TheTroutParade today, I'll be on the beat for @ManorInkNews📸

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Big impact before lunch. This morning’s litter sweep in Hancock was a success thanks to a great team who showed up, geared up, and got to work. Together, we cleared bags of trash from along the roadside, helping protect our waterways, wildlife, and the beauty of the Upper Delaware. Huge thanks to everyone who gave their time and energy today. You make a difference. And a big thank you to the @upperdelawarecouncil for coordinating this regionwide event ever year.

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Another litter pluck in the books! Booyah!! #litterpluck #keepcochectonclean #cochectonny

Open Today 11-7🥂
Wednesday-Sunday 11-7

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Another litter pluck in the books! Booyah!! #litterpluck #keepcochectonclean #cochectonny

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🌱Now more than ever, we are reminded of how much depends upon us being thoughtful and responsible stewards of the earth. Caring for our shared planet is the ultimate reminder that we are all truly in this together and our opportunity to take our lessons & try to make it Earth Day everyday! 🌎💗

✨Join us at the Callicoon Depot on Saturday April 25th for a day celebrating sustainability and conservation! 💚

The following local organizations will be on hand to discuss sustainability and environmental stewardship: Catskill Mountainkeeper, Sullivan County Soil & Water Conservation District, Sullivan County Dept of Public Health, Delaware Highlands Conservancy, Damascus Citizens for Sustainability, and Farm Arts Collective.

✨ Special activities will include:
🌱 Guided Nature Walks with Nathaniel Whitmore, 11a & 2p.
A forager and herbalist for more than 20 years, he will
also highlight his nature-based walks and programs.

🗑️ Hamlet of Callicoon Clean-up, 11a - 1p. Part of the Upper
Delaware Litter Sweep.
Please contact: laurie@upperdelawarecouncil.org -to
order your litter pluck t-shirts to pick up at the event.

💚Many Thaks to Litter Leader, Tess McBeath, who organized Upper Delaware Litter Sweep clean-ups of several roads within the Town of Delaware on April 18. 🙏

Tess is pictured with fellow volunteer Marie Zeankowski along Rt. 17B between Callicoon and Hortonville, and the initial pile of garbage removed from the town’s roads by her larger crew who gathered that morning at the Delaware Town Hall in Hortonville.

📸 @keepcalmjessica (photos 1 & 5)

📸 Litter Pluck photos by Laurie Ramie, UDC, and contributed)

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#visitcallicoon #callicoonny #earthday #earthdayeveryday #caringforourplanet caringforeachother sullivancounty sullivancatskills upperdelawarevalley delawareriver sullivanstrong callicoon callicoonny callicoonstrong visitcallicoon communitystrong rivertowns lovewhereyoulive❤️

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🌎✨ Earth Day Litter Sweep 2026 ✨🌎

This Earth Day, we’re coming together to Keep Highland Beautiful—one bag at a time. 💛

Join us for the Upper Delaware Litter Sweep and help protect the beauty of our rivers, roads, and community. Whether you stay for an hour or the whole morning, every piece picked up makes a difference.

📍 Meet: River Road, Barryville Cul-de-sac
🗓 Date: Saturday, April 18
⏰ Time: 9:00 AM

Bring your friends, your energy, and your love for the outdoors—we’ll bring the good vibes and a cleaner tomorrow. 🌿♻️

Let’s show up for the places we call home.

#earthday #LitterSweep2026 #keephighlandbeautiful #catskillspride #LoveWhereYouLive CommunityCleanup EarthDayEveryDay BarryvilleNY UpperDelaware

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