On Wednesday, Sept. 23, we were running north from Ossining to Kingston and met a family of Swans off Peekskill at Jones Point. I know these birds are controversial but just suspend that for a minute and look how magnificent they are. This family has […]
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As we tied up in Ossining Saturday, Sept. 19, after 10 days under way, an Osprey landed on a piling right behind our slip at Westerly Marina, and had his dinner. It’s always a thrill to be in such close proximity to these wild creatures. […]
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The results of our third snapshot of water quality in the Mohawk River and barge canal are available. Samples were taken Sept. 13 and 14, with samples collected by Riverkeeper and SUNY Cobleskill, and all samples were processed by SUNY Cobleskill. See the results by […]
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Southbound from Kingston to Ossining. Picked up a light truck tire with rim off Poughkeepsie. I used to collect lots of these, often more than one per full Estuary patrol. Finding far fewer in recent years – which is great but I don’t really know […]
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Duckweed on the Hudson River, September 2015. (Photo by John Lipscomb / Riverkeeper)
We’re seeing big rafts of Duckweed now from about Bear Mountain way up to Catskill. It’s fluorescent green, beautiful. It’s being released from the marshes as water chestnut and other vegetation break loose at the end of the season. Once exposed to tidal current, off […]
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… At least I think it’s a snapper. So cute now – so bad ass later.
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Grey day, passing Indian Point, one day after the 9/11 anniversary. No security presence on the water whatsoever. I remember the years following 2001 when there were Homeland Security boats here 24/7. They put on a great show patrolling the inside of the 900-foot-wide security […]
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Riverkeeper and two citizen groups, the Guardians of Flushing Bay and the Empire Dragon Boat Team, are demanding the removal of two abandoned, derelict barges that are polluting Flushing Bay with Styrofoam and other contaminants and posing an imminent hazard to commercial and recreational vessels. […]
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… By the dawn’s early light. New York Harbor, 6:15 a.m.
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Algae photographed north of New Paltz on the Wallkill River on August 26, 2015 (Photo courtesy Rich Picone)
Update Sept 10, 2015: A bright green algal bloom was observed on the Wallkill River at Rosendale. If you can photograph this bloom, please send photos — showing both close-up and extent of the bloom — and note where the photographs were taken. Send photos […]
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