Photo: Misti Duvall/Riverkeeper
Take action today and tell the Albany County Legislature to vote yes on Local Law D for 2014. Attend the Legislature’s public forum to express your support prior to the vote or call your Albany County legislator today and encourage them to vote yes. When: […]
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Take it from the National Transportation Safety Board: The White House must move faster to address the danger of crude oil trains and take steps “to prevent accidents and save lives.” “We can’t wait a decade for safer rail cars,” NTSB Chairman Christopher A. Hart […]
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Swimmers at Croton Point Beach have the best assurance of good water quality at any public beach on the Hudson: Water quality consistently shows good water quality, with rare exception, and the water is tested weekly, consistent with Environmental Protection Agency recommendations. Photo courtesy Toughman Triathlon.
The National Association of County and City Health Officials has approved a policy that is consistent with several of Riverkeeper’s positions on recreational water quality and beach management. “The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) urges national, state, and local health departments […]
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Check out this video highlighting the green infrastructure improvements made to SUNY New Paltz campus. The Saw Mill Brook runs through campus and to the Wallkill River. Green Infrastructure Projects at SUNY New Paltz from SNP Biology on Vimeo. Join other people passionate about protecting […]
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A water sample for DNA analysis. Photo by Dan Shapley/Riverkeeper
Riverkeeper was recently invited to make a presentation at the 2015 Mohawk Watershed Symposium, Inspiring People to Stop Water Pollution Through Community Science. Riverkeeper has been sampling the Hudson River since 2008, and in tributarie and along the New York City waterfront, in partnership with […]
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In January 2015, Riverkeeper was invited by the Rosendale Commission for the Conservation of the Environment to make a presentation about how stream walks can be used to help understand and address contamination sources, including the fecal contamination citizen scientists are helping to document with […]
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On March 7, 2015 over 40 concerned citizens, local decision makers and a lobbyist representing the proposed Pilgrim crude oil pipeline packed into the Esopus Public Library. The community gathered for a public forum on the proposed 178-mile double-barreled Pilgrim Pipeline. Community members expressed serious […]
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Addressing the Ulster County Legislature
The Hudson Valley and New York City are turning a corner in the decades’ long fight against trash in our waterways. With the 4th Annual Riverkeeper Sweep – the Hudson River’s largest cleanup event – less than two months away (registration begins April 1) we are ecstatic about recent victories and growing momentum for trash free waters. These victories, most recently in Ulster and Putnam counties, to ban polystyrene (Styrofoam) foam in restaurant and government facilities respectively, up the ante in our call for New York City to pass its pending plastic bag law.
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Spring has arrived along the Hudson River—at last. After a long winter we are ecstatic about the thought of farmers markets, festivals, shoreline cleanups and the warmth ahead. Read on to find the Top 4 volunteer opportunities this spring and learn how to get involved. […]
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Photo/Sandy Saunders
A CSX freight train derailed just south of the Beacon Metro-North station early Saturday morning, according to a story published in the Journal News/Lohud.com The train was using Metro North’s tracks east of the Hudson to carry construction debris, though the majority of freight trains […]
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