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Riverkeeper Sweep 2017: Results are in!

Updated: May 25, 2017 Results are in from the leaders of 102 shoreline cleanups and planting projects that made up Riverkeeper Sweep … Read More

Votes are in: See the winning poster design for Riverkeeper Sweep 2017

Once again, Riverkeeper owes enormous thanks to SUNY New Paltz graphic design students for creating a … Read More

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

… shared community spaces. For more information visit Riverkeeper.org/sweep. Community voices on ‘Why I Sweep’ “Sweep is an opportunity to teach important lessons to our children about human … Read More

Member Spotlight: Judi and Char

Neighbors, Riverkeeper Members, and Sweep co-Leaders Judi and Char aren’t sure exactly how they … Read More

Riverkeeper adopts a new Strategic Plan, reaffirming its commitment to communities and life in the Hudson River watershed

Plan outlines the mission, goals, vision and core values needed for future success   With new plan in … Read More

At Flushing Bay, cleaning the shoreline & playing ‘Trash Bingo’

Scouts join Riverkeeper & Guardians of Flushing Bay in a cleanup, and we all win. Who else wants to … Read More

Ossining stenciling project aims to reduce trash entering the Hudson

In partnership with Green Ossining and the Village of Ossining Department of Public Works, … Read More

NY needs a plastic bag ban: We’re taking the message to Albany

This spring, with your help, we cleaned up tons of plastic pollution from the shorelines and … 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 … Read More

Exploring polluted NYC waterways: ‘You have to decide, I’m going to do what I can’

A sulphurous stench becomes overpowering as you move up Westchester Creek, one of the New York City waterways that Riverkeeper is now … Read More

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