Healthy communities depend on healthy waterways – and it’s a key time for New York City residents to help raise the bar. Members of the public can speak out in Queens on Wednesday, Sept. 30, at a meeting about the future of Flushing Bay and […]
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The results of our third snapshot of water quality in the Mohawk River and barge canal are available. Samples were taken Sept. 13 and 14, with samples collected by Riverkeeper and SUNY Cobleskill, and all samples were processed by SUNY Cobleskill. See the results by […]
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Southbound from Kingston to Ossining. Picked up a light truck tire with rim off Poughkeepsie. I used to collect lots of these, often more than one per full Estuary patrol. Finding far fewer in recent years – which is great but I don’t really know […]
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Duckweed on the Hudson River, September 2015. (Photo by John Lipscomb / Riverkeeper)
We’re seeing big rafts of Duckweed now from about Bear Mountain way up to Catskill. It’s fluorescent green, beautiful. It’s being released from the marshes as water chestnut and other vegetation break loose at the end of the season. Once exposed to tidal current, off […]
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… At least I think it’s a snapper. So cute now – so bad ass later.
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Grey day, passing Indian Point, one day after the 9/11 anniversary. No security presence on the water whatsoever. I remember the years following 2001 when there were Homeland Security boats here 24/7. They put on a great show patrolling the inside of the 900-foot-wide security […]
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Riverkeeper and two citizen groups, the Guardians of Flushing Bay and the Empire Dragon Boat Team, are demanding the removal of two abandoned, derelict barges that are polluting Flushing Bay with Styrofoam and other contaminants and posing an imminent hazard to commercial and recreational vessels. […]
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Watch a recorded version of "Back to School on PCBs in the Hudson," hosted by Riverkeeper, Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Campaign for a Cleaner Hudson.
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… By the dawn’s early light. New York Harbor, 6:15 a.m.
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Riverkeeper is proud to see a progressive approach take hold in the infrastructure world: The “Envision” protocol, a system to make sure projects are designed sustainably, using smart, energy-efficient features. We’re especially proud of the role we were able to play, through the work of […]
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