A User’s Guide to the Fall Kill Creek

The Fall Kill Plan was initiated and organized by the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc. and the Fall Kill Watershed Committee.

Coordinator: Ryan Palmer, Green Cities Department at Clearwater.

Committee Members: Andrew Sawtelle (Hudson River Housing), Bob Mallory (City of Poughkeepsie Common Council, 3rd Ward), Ed Glisson (Mid Hudson Children’s Museum), Elizabeth Celaya (Hudson River Housing), Harvey Flad (Vassar College), Jeff Anzevino (Scenic Hudson), Joe Chenier (City of Poughkeepsie Engineering Department), Nancy Cozeen (Upper Landing Committee), Roy Budnik (Mid Hudson Heritage Center), John Mylod (City Resident, Fisherman).

The Fall Kill Plan is supported by a New York State Hudson River Estuary Program grant: Assessing Watershed Restoration Opportunities in the Fall Kill Watershed.

This guide was conceived of and created by the design team for the Fall Kill Plan:
Janette Kim, team coordinator, Urban Landscape Lab, Columbia University
Matthew Slaats, Poughkeepsie-based community outreach leader, PAUSE
Alice Feng, landscape designer, Landmine Studio
Eric Rothstein, habitat and hydrology specialist, eDesign Dynamics
Research and design fellows: Eliza Montgomery, Marianne Koch, Caroline Ellis, John Buonocore, Sydney Talcott, and Meg Kelly.