108 Mile Women's Water Walk Against Constitution Pipeline to Finish In Schoharie

Group of Indigenous grandmothers, local landowners, community members, farmers, faith leaders, artists, and more have been walking for two weeks along the route for the proposed Constitution Pipeline, which would threaten New Yorkers' water and drive up energy bills

NEW YORK (10/02/2026) (readMedia)-- The 108 mile Women's Water Walk along the route of the proposed Constitution Pipeline will end this Sunday in Schoharie with a closing ceremony led by Indigenous elders, following a musical event on Saturday (see more info about this weekend's events below). This weekend will close out 16 days of walking, educating, and raising awareness in communities along the pipeline's proposed route. The group is calling on Governor Hochul to stand firm and stop the pipeline. See footage from the start of the walk here.

If built, the long-denied fracked gas Constitution Pipeline would be a disaster for New Yorkers, threatening our water, costing families more on their energy bills, and posing serious health risks to nearby communities. Trump and the gas industry are trying to circumvent New York State's authority and force the pipeline through, even though it was already rejected by the Department of Environmental Conservation in 2016 because of the threats it posed to water quality, a decision upheld by the courts. Thousands of New Yorkers protested the pipeline leading up to the 2016 rejection of the 401 water quality certificate by the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, and now, residents along the route are reviving the fight. Trump and the gas industry are pushing this dangerous pipeline, potentially to power new AI data centers.

This weekend's schedule:

  • Saturday, October 3 - walk from West Fulton to Middleburgh
    • 4 PM at Timothy Murphy Park, Middleburgh - singing with Sarina Partridge event
  • Sunday, October 4 - walk from Middleburgh to Schoharie
    • 10 AM at Timothy Murphy Park, Middleburgh - opening prayer
    • 4:30 PM at Lily Park - closing ceremony with singing, celebration, and prayers

To cap off the Women's Water Walk, participants will rally at the New York State Capitol on Tuesday, October 6. The group will deliver water to Governor Hochul collected from rivers, lakes, and streams threatened by the Constitution Pipeline.

WHO:

Participants include Karenna Gore, Executive Director, Center for Earth Ethics at Union Theological Seminary; Sarina Partridge, musician; Bethany Yarrow, Co-Founder + Acting Director, Waterfall Unity Alliance and Organizer, Women’s Water Walk; Olivia “Liv” Watyana’li:yo Bigtree, Indigenous scholar and advocate; Tanja Konwinski, Resident, Warnerville, NY
WHAT:

Group of Indigenous grandmothers, community members, farmers, faith leaders, artists, and more will finish walking 108 miles along the route for the proposed Constitution Pipeline, which would threaten New Yorkers’ water and drive up energy bills
WHEN: Sunday October 04, 2026 at 04:30PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
WHERE: West Fulton, NY to Schoharie, NY
NOTES:

The Williams Company, with President Trump's support, is trying to revive the long-denied Constitution Pipeline project. The 30 inch fracked gas mega pipeline’s planned route in 2016 was approximately 124 miles from Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania through New York’s Southern Tier, through the Western Catskills, and into the Capital Region. The Constitution Pipeline was denied in 2016 by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation given the threats it posed to water quality including from dredging, erosion, sedimentation, and changes in turbidity, among other risks. These dangers could impair drinking water and sensitive streams, including high quality trout habitats.

New York State’s 2016 decision to deny the Constitution Pipeline was upheld by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, a decision which the U.S. Supreme Court considered and let stand. Now the Williams Company and the Trump Administration are trying to circumvent New York State's authority and force the pipeline through by asking FERC to revive a decade old application, despite the fact that the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated it. Governor Hochul and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation have argued that the state must have water quality review authority over the pipeline under Section 401 of the federal Clean Water Act.

The Constitution Pipeline also poses significant costs to local residents, with industry insiders and analysts increasingly concerned about how the pipeline would raise ratepayer costs. Bloomberg News further reports that no utility has agreed to purchase the gas, and that the Constitution Pipeline could become a stranded asset. The pipeline is not needed to increase gas capacity.

There is major opposition to the Constitution Pipeline. Leading up to 2016, thousands of New Yorkers protested it and led a major movement to stop it. Now, residents along the route are again holding many information sessions and are seeing broad and deep opposition to the pipeline. In September of 2025, 40 state lawmakers sent a letter against the Constitution and NESE pipelines. As the state legislators noted, pipelines like the Constitution are very expensive, and ratepayers ultimately end up paying higher rates, along with threats to local economic engines including agriculture, small businesses, tourism, fishing, and recreation.