Brasher State Forest

Pump Handle

This is the water pump that you use to get water. The hand pump puts out about 1/2 gallon of water for each stroke of the pump, after the first couple that you have to do to prime the pump.

Taken on Friday August 21, 2009 at Brasher State Forest.

Non-Potable Water

Technically the water from the pump is posted as non-potable by the DEC, because they want you to boil it just to be safe. I don't know how deep the well is, but I suspect it draws fairly directly from the aquifer supplied from the lake.

Taken on Thursday August 20, 2009 at Brasher State Forest.

Cans Only

To reduce litter, and encourage donations of old beer cans and other deposit bottles, they have a 55-gallon drum for collecting them. It's a great idea, as people don't necessarily want to haul them home, and the thing is beer cans don't burn.

Taken on Thursday August 20, 2009 at Brasher State Forest.