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We spotted an Osprey fishing for breakfast Saturday morning while southbound, on the way to pick up water samples from the Sparkill Creek Watershed Alliance. The Osprey plucked a fish out of the Hudson, circled the air and returned to the nest, where a small head popped up. An Independence Day family picnic. This resident Osprey couple nests on the light each year, usually arriving in mid-April. See photos from our earlier sighting in May. To see regular photos from our Hudson River patrols, look for hashtag #followtheboat on Twitter, […]

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Here are photos taken at about 3 p.m. Thursday. The site is on the west bank of the Gowanus about 75 yards south of the Carroll Street Bridge. It appears that access is through the construction site or by water only. It looks like the contractor has been discharging sediment laden water for some time, given the amount of sediment coating the bulkhead. I’ve reported this to the state Department of Environmental Conservation and spoken with an officer who will visit the site today for enforcement. This is not a […]

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For Immediate Release July 1, 2015 Contact: Cliff Weathers, Communications Director 914-478-4501, Ext 239 Ongoing mishaps at the nuclear power plant are unacceptable and it’s time for regulators to take action. OSSINING, N.Y. – Yesterday, Entergy revealed that an insulation failure caused a short circuit in a high-voltage transformer coil at the Indian Point nuclear power plant on May 9, 2015. This failure caused the transformer to catch fire. Subsequently, more than 3,000 gallons of transformer oil spilled into and polluted the Hudson River. Indian Point is claiming that its […]

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