News & Events
… were discharging from Friday into Saturday, including those affecting Bergen Basin, Bronx River,
Flushing Bay,
Flushing Creek, Fresh Creek, Gowanus Canal, Head of Bay, Hutchinson River, Newtown …
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… the waterways, and organized a coalition to remove derelict barges that were contaminating
Flushing Bay with Styrofoam and other pollutants.
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… it’s important to keep unused medications out of the hands of those who might abuse them,
flushing is not a solution. National Prescription Drug Takeback Day is a chance to get rid of your …
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… of rain flooded the combined sewers with street runoff, causing sewage overflows that contaminated
Flushing Creek and
Flushing Bay, leading to counts of the fecal indicator bacteria Enterococci to …
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… to recycle more! This past week, Riverkeeper, along with partners NY/NJ Baykeeper, Guardians of
Flushing Bay, Empire Dragon Boat Team, Gowanus Canal Conservancy, NYC Water Trail Association, and …
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… change, if summer droughts drain freshwater from the system, reducing the system’s self-
flushing ability. The community science projects that made these Wallkill River observations …
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Spotted during our last patrol along the East River and
Flushing Bay: An Osprey beats the traffic in Queens. As our patrol boat captain John Lipscomb …
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Campaigns & Cases
… waterfronts. We actively support and strengthen the work of organizations like the Guardians of
Flushing Bay, Gowanus Canal Conservancy and The Newtown Creek Alliance. In the 50 years since …
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Join the Queens World Film Festival and Queensboro Hills
Flushing Civic Association for a free screening of Saving Jamaica Bay. View the first-ever feature …
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… The creeks take us underneath the Bruckner Expressway into the South Bronx; below the Van Wyck in
Flushing, and behind Rikers Island into a corner of Astoria. On the Bronx River, a trash boom …
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