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Photos Needed of You in the Water

By Jeremy Cherson on June 26, 2014

Riverkeeper needs your help documenting recreational uses on select tributaries in the estuary. The recreational use of a waterbody helps define its classification (learn more about classifications here). The classification of tributaries is important to water quality because it dictates the state’s responsibility to maintaining […] More

UPDATE: EPA to NY State: Not so fast on Tappan Zee Bridge loan

By Riverkeeper on June 25, 2014

UPDATE: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is telling New York State: Not so fast on the EFC’s Tappan Zee Bridge loan. The agency is raising eight questions about the project’s eligibility for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund in a letter to the state. Download […] More

Tell the PSC: Stop United Water’s desalination scheme – Manage water for people, not profits

By Riverkeeper on June 20, 2014

Good news! Rockland County is creating a task force that will guide water resource management with local residents – not corporate profits – in mind. Submit comments by June 26. More

Demand Alternatives to Flushing Mud Down the Esopus Creek

By Dan Shapley on June 17, 2014

Now is the time to speak up and help ensure that its review of potential alternatives to damaging a precious local resource, the Lower Esopus Creek, is performed correctly and completely. Deadline is July 8. More

Video: Riverkeeper on why Indian Point should be shut down

By Leah Rae on June 12, 2014

In this video interview with The Journal News, Riverkeeper President Paul Gallay and Hudson River Program Director Phillip Musegaas detail the many reasons why Indian Point – de facto nuclear waste dump on the Hudson – should be shut down. “Whatever you may think of […] More

Video: Capt. John Lipscomb on the Hudson River, ‘this giant machine of life’

By Leah Rae on May 30, 2014

Riverkeeper’s Captain John Lipscomb has a special perspective on the Hudson River, logging about 6,000 nautical miles a year in the Riverkeeper patrol boat. In this video interview at Shattemuc Yacht Club in Ossining, he describes the importance of seeing not just the scenery of […] More

Legal victory helps New Paltz – and communities across NY – protect vital wetlands

By Leah Rae on

When a group of landowners successfully sued over a local wetlands law, there was much at stake. New Paltz, like other communities across New York, wanted to protect vital wetland areas that provide habitats, filter pollution and absorb water in a form of flood control. […] More

Court victory: ‘Protecting the Clean Water Act itself’

By Leah Rae on May 29, 2014

One of Riverkeeper’s most far-reaching victories of the year – thanks to our legal partners at Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic – is the defeat of a Clean Water Act exemption that had allowed the polluting of pristine waters by the transfer of water from one […] More

2014 Riverkeeper Sweep: Our Biggest Day of Service Yet

By Dan Shapley on May 15, 2014

The 2014 Riverkeeper Sweep, the third annual day of service for the Hudson River, engaged 1,900 volunteers in 82 service projects throughout New York City and the Hudson Valley on Saturday, May 10. It was our biggest day of service yet, with 36% more volunteers […] More

Hudson River at Risk: Riverkeeper’s Annual Report

By Dan Shapley on

Read all about the issues facing the Hudson and our drinking water in Riverkeeper's annual Journal, our magazine-style annual report. More

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