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On patrol: A season of sampling is completed on Hudson River’s main stem

Carol Knudson of Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory collects the last main stem water quality sample in Waterford, where the Mohawk River meets the Hudson above Troy.

Eight years of data, so far.

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(Riverkeeper collects samples at more than 70 locations along the Hudson and tests for the fecal-indicating bacteria enterococcus. See the data and an interactive map. Read a PDF of our 2015 report, “How’s the Water?”)

Sampling continues along the tributaries through October in partnership with community scientists. This Saturday and Sunday we will try a last run west on the Mohawk, a trip that would include water quality sampling with our SUNY Cobleskill partners.

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