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The Wallkill River near Thomas Bull Park in Hamptonburgh, N.Y.
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The I-84 bridge over the Wallkill River near Montgomery, N.Y.
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Children play along the banks of the Wallkill River near the Town of Montgomery Park.
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Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus at the Town of Wallkill boat launch.
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World-famous photographer Nick Zungoli came along for a section of the Wallkill River..
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John DeSanto paddles under a tree along the Wallkill River. (Photo by Nick Zungoli)
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Nick Zungoli paddles under a railroad bridge in the Town of Hamptonburgh, N.Y.
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John DeSanto uses a Fuji X100s rangefinder camera to photograph Nick Zungoli. (Photo by Nick Zungoli)
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Two young fishermen try their luck near Unionville, N.Y.
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Archie Morris, of the Wallkill River Watershed Alliance, photographs a small rapids.
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Small rapids in the Black Dirt region of the Wallkill River.
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A heron stands along the shoreline near New Paltz, N.Y.
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Jason West, former mayor of New Paltz and current president of the Wallkill River Watershed Alliance, paddles near New Paltz, N.Y.
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A former railway bridge - now a bike path - crosses the Wallkill River north of New Paltz.
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A covered bridge crosses the Wallkill River near Esopus, N.Y.
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David Church, Executive Director of the Orange County Water Authority, negotiates the river near the lower falls in Montgomery, N.Y.
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Dan Shapley, left, of the Riverkeeper Alliance, and David Church, right, of the Orange County Water Authority.
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David Church, executive director of the Orange County Water Authority, paddles near the Town of Montgomery.
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Middletown historian Fred Isseks and Orange County Water Authority Executive Director David Church, right, paddle along the Cheechunk Canal bypass in the Town of Wallkill.
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Petroleum oozes from the Orange County Landfill and into the waters of the Wallkill River.
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Kelly Morris, of the Orange County Planning Office, paddles near a bridge being built over the Wallkill by the Amy's Kitchen organization.
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Chip Lain, owner of the Pine Island Turf Nursery, stands along the banks of the Wallkill River near Pine Island, N.Y.
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The Wallkill River is straight and wide in a channel that was cut through the farms of the Black Dirt region.
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Kasha and Rocky Bialas run a farm along the Wallkill River near New Hampton, N.Y.
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The rocks near Bialas Falls near New Hampton, N.Y.
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