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2016 Victories for the Hudson and Your Drinking Water

… the waterways, and organized a coalition to remove derelict barges that were contaminating Flushing Bay with Styrofoam and other pollutants. Read More

National Prescription Drug Takeback Day

… it’s important to keep unused medications out of the hands of those who might abuse them, flushing is not a solution. National Prescription Drug Takeback Day is a chance to get rid of your … Read More

Water Quality Update: Harmful algae, Newburgh’s drinking water, East River sewage

… of rain flooded the combined sewers with street runoff, causing sewage overflows that contaminated Flushing Creek and Flushing Bay, leading to counts of the fecal indicator bacteria Enterococci to … Read More

Riverkeeper, community partners give input on managing stormwater in NYC

… to recycle more! This past week, Riverkeeper, along with partners NY/NJ Baykeeper, Guardians of Flushing Bay, Empire Dragon Boat Team, Gowanus Canal Conservancy, NYC Water Trail Association, and … Read More

Another Potentially Harmful Algae Bloom on the Wallkill River

… change, if summer droughts drain freshwater from the system, reducing the system’s self-flushing ability. The community science projects that made these Wallkill River observations … Read More

An Osprey beats the traffic in Queens

Spotted during our last patrol along the East River and Flushing Bay: An Osprey beats the traffic in Queens. As our patrol boat captain John Lipscomb … Read More

Restore & Protect NYC Waterways

… waterfronts. We actively support and strengthen the work of organizations like the Guardians of Flushing Bay, Gowanus Canal Conservancy and The Newtown Creek Alliance. In the 50 years since … Read More

Saving Jamaica Bay Film Screening

Join the Queens World Film Festival and Queensboro Hills Flushing Civic Association for a free screening of Saving Jamaica Bay. View the first-ever feature … Read More

Exploring polluted NYC waterways: ‘You have to decide, I’m going to do what I can’

… The creeks take us underneath the Bruckner Expressway into the South Bronx; below the Van Wyck in Flushing, and behind Rikers Island into a corner of Astoria. On the Bronx River, a trash boom … Read More

Riverkeeper Sweep sheds light on types of marine debris in Hudson: bottles, bags, foam

… types of trash in the estuary, Riverkeeper partnered with four local schools and the Guardians of Flushing Bay in a hands-on data collection effort at four Sweep locations throughout New York City … Read More