Time Warner Cable documents the first sampling of the Saw Kill Watershed Community on May 20, 2016. (Photo by Dan Shapley / Riverkeeper)
The 2016 water sampling season is in full swing, with Riverkeeper and our partners set to take samples from more than 330 locations over 12 days in May, providing our largest ever snapshot of water quality in the Hudson River Watershed. As the season continues, […]
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We came down from Ossining this morning. Carol Knudson of Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory collected the first sample for Season 9 of our water quality monitoring program at 10:36, off the mouth of the Saw Mill River in Yonkers. Our community science partners are […]
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On Saturday we were southbound after the kayaktivist / 350.0rg event in the Port of Albany – patrolling Creeks as usual. Entering Esopus Creek, we found Patrick and Cricket at the Lighthouse. Got my FIRST wave from Cricket. That’s a big deal. I’ve waited years. […]
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Ron Searl, a master carpenter and volunteer for the Hudson River Maritime Museum, shows his handiwork at the new Riverkeeper lab in Kingston. (Photo by junior carpenter Dan Shapley / Riverkeeper)
Creating and outfitting Riverkeeper’s new lab and office space at the Hudson River Port has been a community effort, which is appropriate, since one of its primary purposes is to support community science. Next week, individuals will lift samples from the Rondout, Esopus and Catskill […]
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Since 2011, local residents have partnered with Riverkeeper to monitor water quality in the Catskill Creek. We test at 20 fixed locations in the Catskill Creek watershed, from Middleburgh to Catskill. Riverkeeper is currently recruiting people to collect water samples from Middleburgh to Catskill on […]
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Boy throws rock. (Photo by Dan Shapley / Riverkeeper)
We often celebrate the Hudson’s anadromous fish – the American shad, herring, striped bass, Atlantic sturgeon and other species that undertake extraordinary migrations along the Atlantic Coast and into the Hudson River Estuary to spawn. There are many migratory fish, though, and even if they […]
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Riverkeeper will get some one-of-a-kind promotion this summer on the Tugboat Trail, a community driven project in the Town of Esopus.
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Riverkeeper patrol boat docked on the Rondout Creek on Earth Day 2016. (Photo by Dan Shapley / Riverkeeper)
Riverkeeper is conducting our first upriver patrol of 2016, marking Earth Day as we spend every day – advocating for clean water, abundant wildlife, and sustainable public enjoyment of our awe-inspiring river. Our morning task was to visit Kingston Point Beach and the Rondout Creek, […]
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Thanks to Sara Karl for this video interview with Riverkeeper Patrol Boat Captain John Lipscomb. “We have to find a way, as a society, to live next to the River, with the River – allowing it to live, while we live,” he says. “The River […]
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Bob LaBuff takes a water sample from Catskill Creek as part of Riverkeeper's community science project. (Photo by Jen Epstein /Riverkeeper)
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature just doubled the commitment to clean water, boosting funding for the New York State Water Infrastructure Improvement Act by $200 million over two years. Riverkeeper argued for this increase with a broad coalition of organizations representing […]
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