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Patrolling Esopus Creek today we saw young “Cricket” — Saugerties Lighthouse Keeper in training. Papa Patrick Landewe says Cricket just turned 1.

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Slowly but surely the public is reconnecting with the Hudson River here. This Saturday morning, southbound from Troy to Kingston, I saw a “River Day Festival” in Troy in their new waterfront park, recreational rowers on the reach between Albany and Troy and a marathon in the Corning Preserve along the west bank in Albany. More and more people wanting to be on or next to the River. Also spotted along the shore: Wind turbine components on the dock in the Port of Albany waiting for an outbound ship.

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Met U.S. Coast Guard and New York Department of Environmental Conservation Thursday aboard the DEC Region 4 patrol boat. They are beginning to create revised/upgraded GIS-based local spill response plans – starting here and working down the River. The transport of crude oil through New York State is driving change – slowly. Nice to see old friends. We’ve been working with these Coast Guard guys on the crude oil issue for two years and the DEC officers for many years on the Upper Estuary. There has been lots of water […]

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