
Not all that bright green stuff floating on the water is harmful
September 28, 2016

Harmful Algae Bloom, Rondout Creek at the DEC fishing access site on Creek Locks Road in the Town of Ulster, Sept. 26, 2016 (Photo by Jen Epstein / Riverkeeper)

Duckweed on the Hudson River, September 2015. (Photo by John Lipscomb / Riverkeeper)
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