Neversink River Unique Area
History of NEVERSINK, Sullivan County NY
We are familiar with three pretended translations of the word Neversink. 1. It is said to mean mad river. This is expressive of the wild and turbulent character of the stream when it is excited by floods. It is, nevertheless, a modern invention. 2. "A continual running stream, which never sinks into the ground so as to be dry in places." (See Eager's History of Orange county.) This rendering has for its base the absurd fact that the name as now spelled is a compound of two English words- never and sink. 3. In Webster's American Dictionary, page 1029, the word is said to mean "highland between waters." This translation is evidently suggested by the Highlands of Neversink on the coast of New Jersey. Our Neversink is "water between highlands."] passes over its northern and southern boundary, while the Rondout waters a portion of the northeastern section, and has several branches of more or less magnitude.
Rebuilding a River Upstate, For the Love of a Tiny Mussel; Dam to Be Demolished to Save an Endangered Species – The New York Times
That got him to thinking. A few years ago he proposed something radical -- restoring the river to its natural state by removing the dam. This would give one of the most significant populations of dwarf wedgemussels in the world a little bit of elbow room -- that is if they had elbows, which they don't.
Gift Subscriptions to The Times, Cooking and Games. Starting at $25. While other states have torn down old dams for environmental reasons, New York, which has thousands of them, never has. But based on Mr. Schuler's observations, and a promise of logistical support by the Army Corps of Engineers, local officials here approved his plan, especially when told they would not have to pay a penny of the $1.8 million cost.
But breaking up the old dam, 107 feet long and 8 feet high, is only part of the project. Before it could come down, later this year, Mr. Schuler had to come up with detailed blueprints for restoring the riverbed.
Neversink River Unique Area/ Wolf Brook State Forest (FKA Wolf Brook Mutiple Use Area) | New York-New Jersey Trail Conference
Described as one of the "75 last great places" by the Nature Conservancy, the beautiful The Neversink Gorge (Neversink River Unique Area) overflows๏ฟฝwith streams, waterfalls,๏ฟฝa river. The๏ฟฝ6,574-acre๏ฟฝNeversink Gorge and the๏ฟฝadjacent 585-acre Wolf Brook State Forest combine to over 7,100 acres of mixed broadleaf and evergeen forest.