A fun take home gift from the conference

• One gently used copy of the book " Voices of the Land", with forward by Michael Pollan.


• Pure Catskills Buy Fresh, Buy Local: white board, note cards, baseball cap, apron, and pencils.

What is Wac?

The Watershed Agricultural Council (also known as “WAC” or “the Council”) works with farm and forest landowners in the New York City Watershed region to protect water quality on behalf of nine million New York residents. The Council uses
• Whole Farms Plans
• Forest Management Plans
• Conservation Easements
to help farmers, forest professionals and private landholders address water pollution concerns on properties located in the Croton and Catskill/Delaware watersheds.

The Council is internationally recognized as a successful example of public-private partnership. Watershed management that benefits the general public is achieved through incentivized, on-site practices performed on private lands; this partnership model is referred to as “Payment for EcoServices,” or PES. Through PES, private landowners are surface-water stewards of New York City’s drinking water. Landowner willingness to participate in WAC’s upstream water quality programs continues to provide New York City residents with over 1.1 billion gallons of clean drinking water each day.

• -Shirt (L) and apron.


• Watershed Agricultural Council Hat and Note Cards