WORK IS COMPLETED ON THE ESOPUS CREEK STRAINER ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE ENGLER TRAGEDY
Posted September 21, 2016
Shandaken, NY – It took a year but today the Ulster County Legislature announced that the final work to remove “The Strainer” and re-plant the embankment along the Esopus Creek in Shandaken has been completed. “The Strainer” consisted of enormous tree trunks and other debris that washed downstream by natural erosion and flooding events. In this case it created a deadly hazard in the Esopus Creek claiming the life of young tuber, Jordyn Engler in September of 2015.
