Slowly but surely the public is reconnecting with the Hudson River here. This Saturday morning, southbound from Troy to Kingston, I saw a “River Day Festival” in Troy in their new waterfront park, recreational rowers on the reach between Albany and Troy and a marathon […]
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Met U.S. Coast Guard and New York Department of Environmental Conservation Thursday aboard the DEC Region 4 patrol boat. They are beginning to create revised/upgraded GIS-based local spill response plans – starting here and working down the River. The transport of crude oil through New […]
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Today southbound past Albany I saw a 3 million gallon Bakken oil bomb train “parked” in Albany under the big highway helix that takes up much of the waterfront of the city. The train was stopped on a bridge labeled “Historic Albany.” If one of […]
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We are at a turning point for a cleaner, healthier Hudson River.
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Watch a recorded version of “Fracking Waste in New York: A Business Perspective,” hosted by Riverkeeper and the New York State Sustainable Business Council. See below for some action steps you can take, resources (many of which were discussed during the webinar), and the webinar […]
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Swimmers jump in the Hudson River as part of the 8 Bridges Swim. (Photo courtesy Greg Porteus/Launch 5)
Our June Hudson River patrol started June 10, following a weekend of processing samples taken by community scientists from the Sparkill Creek and Pocantico River. Capt. John Lipscomb, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory research assistant Carol Knudson and intern/co-pilot Emma Garschagen were aboard for water quality sampling […]
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After dropping off Jen and Dan in Poughkeepsie, and taking a mid river sample, Carol and I jumped in to cool off! As my second day of interning on the boat comes to a close, I’ve seen more of the river than ever before, and […]
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We’re northbound at Esopus Island, near Norrie Point, three days into our patrol and sampling of the Estuary. Carol Knudson (Columbia / Lamont Doherty) took a swim to cool off as the Afrodite passed southbound carrying 7 to 8 million gallons of crude oil from […]
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Arthur Cemelli documents seepage at the Popp Memorial Park boat launch on the Wallkill River. (Photo by Dan Shapley / RIverkeeper)
Before the Wallkill River “Boat Brigade” had entered the water, its members had made the observations that will be its first report. What is that orange ooze, with rainbow sheen? It was seeping out of the ground in several rivulets at the boat launch at […]
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Jason West leads the first meeting of a new Wallkill River Watershed citizens group on June 4, 2015. (Photo by Dan Shapley/Riverkeeper)
It was a huge night for the Wallkill River June 4, as more than 40 people came together to form a new citizen watershed group that wants to achieve a “fishable and swimmable” river. The group that gathered included environmental scientists and ecologists, representatives of […]
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