Local resident Carl Obecny, via his local steward role with the DEC, has been busy in Dave Hoag’s tractor and back-hoe, down by the river just downstream from the Beaverkill Covered Bridge. As Carl reports: “It was a fun project. There was a section, roughly 10 feet in length, which had been undercut so dramatically by erosion the ground dropped anywhere from 1 to 2 feet when I pounded on the ground with the bucket of the tractor. A potentially dangerous situation now remedied.” Future projects include replacement of the industrial style gate (the one right by the Regan Road entry to the bridge), locating some stones to hide the new culvert pipe and additional tree plantings to further secure the river bank.
