Please TAKE ACTION BY 5 PM TODAY (June 30): Add your voice and request public meetings on the Coast Guard’s plan to add anchorage grounds for commercial vessels along the Hudson River Estuary. The public should have the chance to fully understand the rationale behind […]
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In June 2016, Riverkeeper and our partners took water samples at over 350 locations, including a pilot project to explore sampling the Upper Hudson River in partnership with Jarrett Engineers and SUNY Cobleskill – providing our first-ever snapshot of water quality in the 150 miles […]
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Riverkeeper regularly patrols the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, and we sometimes bring members of the public along to see the pollution here – one of the worst polluted waterways in the nation. Riverkeeper’s boat captain John Lipscomb gives a tour in this “Facebook Live” video. […]
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A water sample from the Upper Hudson River. (Photo by Dan Shapley / Riverkeeper)
This map will be updated with the latest sampling results. Upper Hudson River Watershed sampling in 2016 is in partnership with Jarrett Engineers, SUNY Cobleskill and our longtime collaborators at CUNY Queens and Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.
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Beckett Lansbury processes samples from the Esopus Creek. (Photo by Dan Shapley / Riverkeeper)
Riverkeeper’s June sampling is underway, with Capt. John Lipscomb and Carol Knudson of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory on patrol from New York City to Ossining, and community scientists gathering samples from all around New York City (a project coordinated by the New York City Water Trail […]
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The East River between Randall’s Island and Throgs Neck is a bit of old New York, and not in a good way: Waterfront property is largely a mix of industrial and derelict, with LaGuardia hurtling airplanes aloft at a remarkable rate, and the notorious Rikers […]
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The Village of New Paltz has posted signs at its boat launches on the Wallkill River to alert the public to high bacterial counts documented by community scientists. (Photo by Dan Shapley / Riverkeeper)
Riverkeeper has notified 25 municipalities and four counties about expanded access to state grants and loans to invest in wastewater infrastructure, thanks to the data gathered by Riverkeeper’s community partners, and advocacy by Riverkeeper and our partners. (Read the letter.) These 25 municipalities bordering parts […]
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Martin Overington samples the Roeliff Jansenkill in May 2016. (Photo by Kaare Christian / Roe Jan Watershed Association)
In May 2016, Riverkeeper and our partners took water samples at 325 locations, and together, we will make over 1,100 measures of water quality. It’s our biggest month of sampling to date, and the first to sample so many locations, spanning over 600 river miles, […]
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A Middleburgh High School student samples the Schoharie Creek, the largest tributary of the Mohawk River. (Photo by Dan Shapley / Riverkeeper)
UPDATE: ALL MOHAWK RIVER ENTERO DATA IS NOW AVAILABLE AT: https://www.riverkeeper.org/water-quality/citizen-data/mohawk-river/ This map will be updated with the latest sampling results as they are gathered. Click through other layers to see past results from 2016 and 2015. Mohawk River Watershed sampling in 2016 is in […]
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Earlier this morning we started up the Mohawk from Waterford. This newborn fawn was sunning itself at Erie Canal Lock 4 in the Waterford Flight. The lock operator pointed it out to us. A lovely, lovely way to start the day.
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