Chicken excrement and feathers were visible on the Wallkill in the vicinity of New Paltz. (Photo courtesy Craig Chapman)
UPDATE Aug 7, 2015: DEC investigated a second reported incident as described below, and concluded that the scum on the Wallkill was not chicken excrement but algae, and the feathers from a congregation of geese upstream. Learn why this represents a systemic and still serious […]
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As of 2015, Riverkeeper is working with 80 individual community scientists, many associated with local groups, advisory boards or boathouses, to sample 160 locations in Hudson River tributaries, and at New York City-area water access points. The goal is to generate data that can help […]
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Ossining High School teachers Artie Carlucci, a longtime Riverkeeper member, and Bridget Baumann, with their students at Ossining beach. Photo by Dan Shapley/Riverkeeper
Half a century ago, a floating dock at the Hudson River beach in Ossining was sunk, bringing to an end open-water swimming in the community and creating debris that has been perceived as a potential hazard to swimmers. What would it take to re-open a […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Today southbound past Albany I saw a 3 million gallon Bakken oil bomb train “parked” in Albany under the big highway helix that takes up much of the waterfront of the city. The train was stopped on a bridge labeled “Historic Albany.” If one of […]
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Swimmers jump in the Hudson River as part of the 8 Bridges Swim. (Photo courtesy Greg Porteus/Launch 5)
Our June Hudson River patrol started June 10, following a weekend of processing samples taken by community scientists from the Sparkill Creek and Pocantico River. Capt. John Lipscomb, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory research assistant Carol Knudson and intern/co-pilot Emma Garschagen were aboard for water quality sampling […]
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After dropping off Jen and Dan in Poughkeepsie, and taking a mid river sample, Carol and I jumped in to cool off! As my second day of interning on the boat comes to a close, I’ve seen more of the river than ever before, and […]
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We’re northbound at Esopus Island, near Norrie Point, three days into our patrol and sampling of the Estuary. Carol Knudson (Columbia / Lamont Doherty) took a swim to cool off as the Afrodite passed southbound carrying 7 to 8 million gallons of crude oil from […]
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