Riverkeeper Staff Attorney Abigail Jones delivered the following remarks during today’s “Defend the Hudson” protest in Saratoga Springs, organized by the Campaign for a Cleaner Hudson. The damage that GE inflicted on New Yorkers by dumping PCBs into the river for decades has held back […]
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The results of water quality sampling during Riverkeeper’s September Hudson River patrol are now available at the Water Quality section at riverkeeper.org. The water quality monitoring portion of this September’s patrol took place during wet weather. At least an inch of rain fell in the […]
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The Sewage Pollution Right to Know Law, and related disclosure efforts, have revealed to the public the state of wastewater infrastructure. Below are reports made public so far today for discharges to the Hudson River Watershed. The Department of Environmental Conservation estimated the need for […]
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Early this morning in Kingston the visibility was only a few hundred yards. Very beautiful. Sea Smoke is a surface fog caused when cold air meets relatively warmer water. It burned off after sunrise.
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On Wednesday, Sept. 23, we were running north from Ossining to Kingston and met a family of Swans off Peekskill at Jones Point. I know these birds are controversial but just suspend that for a minute and look how magnificent they are. This family has […]
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The emerald ash borer is smaller than a penny. Photo: Howard Russell, MI State U., www.forestryimages.org via New York DEC.
A beetle, unseen and largely unknown to most New Yorkers, is invading our state and could result in untold and costly losses in the form of millions of trees destroyed. It will impact the spectacular fall foliage show we will see in the future by […]
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the wonderful LEAF Alumni from the Nature Conservancy-some students traveled for up to 2 hours to help out.
Thanks to the efforts of nearly 75 volunteers, dozens of bags of trash were removed from the shoreline at Randall’s Island Park on September 18 and 19. Beyond debris removal, International Coastal Cleanup day focuses on collecting data, which will help to inform critical policy […]
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Please take a moment to appreciate the splendor of the NYC watershed in the Catskills and the headwaters of Schoharie Creek (flows northwest to the Mohawk and ultimately into the Hudson), Esopus Creek, and the Ashokan Resevoir. The photos were taken from Devil’s Path— known […]
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This past weekend, Riverkeeper had the joy of joining the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation for “Science on the River”, at the Hudson River Research Reserve at Mills-Norrie State Park in Staatsburg, Dutchess County. At this free event, scientists and research organizations from […]
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As we tied up in Ossining Saturday, Sept. 19, after 10 days under way, an Osprey landed on a piling right behind our slip at Westerly Marina, and had his dinner. It’s always a thrill to be in such close proximity to these wild creatures. […]
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