Photo by John Lipscomb Drinking water intake at Port Ewen, just south of Kingston. A number of Hudson Valley communities intake, filter and disinfect river water for their municipal water supply. Including the Poughkeepsie. Water quality isn’t just important for the fish. More
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Photo by John Lipscomb There are millions of these beautiful little clams in the sediment in Haverstraw Bay. They are a brackish water mollusc called “Rangia cuneata” native to the Gulf of Mexico. They either invaded or re-colonized the lower Hudson in the 1980’s. Rangia […] More
Photo by John Lipscomb Riverkeeper summer interns spend a day out on patrol. More
We were joined by two visitors from China, Yun Jian Li, the Han River Waterkeeper, and Zhang Jun Feng, the North Canal Riverkeeper, to take a tour of the Hudson River during their New York stay before heading down to New Orleans for the Waterkeeper […] More
Photos by John Lipscomb Patrolled with Indian Point Policy Analyst Phillip Musegaas. We gathered clams from the bottom of the east end of Haverstraw Bay in a “practice run” to prepare for eventually having clams and other shellfish analyzed for radioactive contamination that may be […] More
This Atlantic Sturgeon was caught in Haverstraw Bay on May 23rd. He’s 7’3″ and weighs 200 lbs. DEC Fisheries tells us that approximately 300 female and 700 male spawning age Atlantic Sturgeon remain in the Hudson. They were almost fished out for their meat and […] More
Photos by John LipscombHudson Riverkeeper & President Alex Matthiessen joined the patrol to check on pollution reports. He also met with citizens in Hudson seeking assistance with details in their Local Waterfront Revitalization Plan (LWRP). Before We recorded this Garrison dumping site in April. After […] More
We did sampling in the East River with Lamont-Doherty’s Greg O’Mullen and his crew, as part of our water quality pilot program. We also patrolled with City Limits Reporter and a PBS film crew. Discovered a new oil absorb that Exxon installed at Meeker Avenue. […] More
Photos by John Lipscomb Sign by waterfront at Fort Edward. THANK YOU GE! We saw a bunch of turtles sunning on half submerged logs just below Champlain Canal lock 4 on our way up to Fort Edward – but I wasn’t quick enough to get […] More
Photos by John Lipscomb 5/11 – Catch and release doesn’t always work as well as one would hope. Fishing with lures and circle hooks versus traditional hooks with bait increases fishes’ chance of survival. More
