The rebirth of the Hudson River, once considered dead due to pollution and neglect, is a model of successful citizen activism. Completing its restoration and repelling new threats demands continuing vigilance.

New York City's drinking water is threatened by exurban sprawl and poor enforcement of the 1997 Watershed Act.

The Indian Point nuclear power plant is vulnerable, and a terrorist attack on the facility could render the Hudson River Valley, including New York City, uninhabitable.

Federal, state, and local policy initiatives that promote far-reaching and lasting approaches to protecting clean water are vital to Riverkeeper's mission to defend the Hudson River and New York City's drinking water supply.