In the fall of 2013 Woodstock Town Supervisor Jeremy Wilber was asked by New York City’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) for a recommendation from the town of Woodstock on whether or not the DEP should open a majority of its 828 acre “Yankeetown Pond Unit” to seasonal hunting. Meanwhile back at the pond…24 of the original 29 members of The Yankeetown Pond Association (founded by Jerry Wapner in the 1970’s) still thought they owned and controlled the 25 acres of the pond’s exit waters at the western edge of YTP — the one (and most active area) not owned by DEP.