New York City reservoir aqueduct work in final phase; project may impact ice fishing

The final phase of a project to repair an aqueduct system that provides New York City with about half its drinking water is underway as scheduled, meaning the system will be shut down for the next eight months.
The good news for outdoor enthusiasts is, with more than 135,000 acres of land and water within the city’s watersheds open for recreation, including boating and fishing, hunting and trapping, there will be little impact on those activities during the shutdown, according to the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). The only major impact is an anticipated restriction on some ice fishing activities.

This content is restricted to subscribers of OutdoorNews.com. If you are already an OutdoorNews.com subscriber, you can log in here. If you are not and would like to read this and all the other great content OutdoorNews.com has to offer, click here.