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Resources for Sweep Leaders

Welcome to the Resources for Sweep Leaders page! The 13th Annual Riverkeeper Sweep is scheduled for Saturday, May 4, 2024.  This webpage has resources specifically … Read More

Riverkeeper Continues to Challenge the Tappan Zee Bridge Project Environmental Review Process

For Immediate Release: December 1, 2008 Contact: Renee Cho, Riverkeeper 914-478-4501 x 239 rcho@riverkeeper.org Concerns about the Legal Procedure, … Read More

NYC – Pier 35 Cleanup with Friends of +Pool at East River

… 35 along the East River in Manhattan from 10 AM to 2 PM. This event is part of the 13th Annual Riverkeeper Sweep. This is a rain or shine event. Volunteers will meet at the start of Pier 35, … Read More

Member Spotlight: Judi and Char

… their dogs along the waterfront in Sleepy Hollow. Last spring, after participating in the Annual Riverkeeper Sweep at a number of other local sites, Judi approached Char about teaming up to host a … Read More

SATURDAY: 100+ shoreline cleanups in 1 day along the Hudson

… cleanups in 1 day: 1,500 volunteers will ‘Sweep’ the Hudson Saturday, May 7 11th Annual Riverkeeper Sweep is happening at 122 locations from Staten Island to the Adirondacks; Volunteers … Read More

New Paltz restaurants asked to break the plastic straw habit

As we get ready to clear another 25 tons or so of trash from the shorelines in the May 5 Riverkeeper Sweep, we’re continuing to support year-round efforts to reduce plastic use. Last … Read More

What we found at the shoreline – Hudson River trash data 2017

The Riverkeeper Sweep, our annual day of service on the Hudson River estuary, attracts more than 1,700 … Read More

What we find at the shoreline – See data on Hudson River trash

During this Saturday’s Riverkeeper Sweep 2017, we’ll continue a data collection project that we piloted in 2016, in … Read More

The tide turns against polystyrene containers and plastic bags in New York

… 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 … Read More

Protecting our wild rivers: A journey from the Hudson to the Karnali

… Bagmati is the beneficiary of a debris cleanup project fueled by local residents, similar to our Riverkeeper Sweep, but this cleanup happens every Saturday year round! The Babai River is in the … Read More

Tell Gov. Hochul to block invasive species at the Erie and Champlain canals
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