News and updates
Updates on our work and mentions in the media
June 13, 2025
A night to remember supporting clean water
May 23, 2025
Thank you for joining us at Free Dead in the Park
May 9, 2025
Thank you for cleaning your river
April 16, 2025
Riverkeeper presents on drinking water source protection
April 3, 2025
Expanding monitoring, protection efforts through collaboration
April 3, 2025
Watch our recent webinar and learn how you can take action to defend clean water
January 15, 2025
More shoreline cleanups, more impact
Katie Leung
December 19, 2024
Our effort to reduce pollution in Newtown Creek
June 11, 2024
13th annual Riverkeeper Sweep: May the Fourth was with us!
Katie Leung
June 21, 2023
Riverkeeper’s 2023 Summer Splash honors two devoted Hudson River champions
June 5, 2023
12th Annual Riverkeeper Sweep: Incredible results from our May 6 day of service
31 tons of debris cleaned from hundreds of miles of shoreline in NYC and the Hudson Valley.
Katie Leung
October 21, 2022
On Newtown Creek, 'a statement of faith' in restoring a waterway
Two decades ago, Captain John Lipscomb first patrolled Newtown Creek, the tidal tributary that separates Brooklyn and Queens. He and his guests and crew found a large oil sheen that would later become the subject of a Riverkeeper lawsuit against ExxonMobil.
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300+
miles of river patrolled annually, from the Upper Hudson and Mohawk River all the way to New York Harbor
382
tons of debris removed from the river by thousands of Riverkeeper volunteers since 2012
$5.5B
$5.5 billion for clean water allocated since 2017 from New York State thanks to our advocacy work
28,148
letters to lawmakers and decision makers in one year