Newtown Creek today during our May water quality patrol, which began this morning. Raining. We see several sites with very turbid discharges – we assume storm water. No sheens. No SPDES signs (pollution discharge permits). Also, at Pratt oil seep on Queens side the absorbent […] More
Blog articles by Riverkeeper staff and supporters
Meet Chris Brennan of Brennan Boatbuilding, pictured here with Captain John. Chris makes it possible to improve the patrol boat each and every year. This winter, one of Chris’ major tasks was replanking portions of the underside of the boat and he did a tremendous […] More
The State is conducting a “Pile Demonstration Implementation Project” (PIDP) in the Hudson and is also collecting many core samples of bottom sediment. The data collected will be provided to the contractors who are bidding on construction of the proposed two new bridge structures. Riverkeeper, […] More
Yesterday we patrolled Tappan Zee Bay with students from the Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic! The Clinic works collaboratively with Riverkeeper in many legal proceedings at the local, state, and federal level. It was great to get them out on the water! Professors Karl Coplan and […] More
Picked this up the other night in the Port of Albany. It’s a big molded foam filled dock float. Bigger than most. It’s partially full of water so it’s heavy – it was even a grunt for the winch. There was a striper fishing boat […] More
Testifies that legislative action on hydrofracking is urgently needed Riverkeeper testified in Albany today at the Senate Democratic Conference Public Forum on Hydraulic Fracturing along with our partner organizations and fellow advocates. Riverkeeper urged swift legislative action to address the substantial flaws in the state’s […] More
