A resident on Thursday reported a huge number of fish swimming upstream from the East River to Newtown Creek and continuing upstream toward the Pulaski Bridge. He’s never seen this occurrence and was concerned that there may be something detrimental to the fish. “The fish […]
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The view of Manhattan and the Hudson River from Pier 26. (Photo by Dan Shapley/ Riverkeeper)
Citizen scientists who test the water quality at nearly 40 locations weekly along the New York City waterfront gathered at the River Project in Manhattan Tuesday to celebrate the end of its third season of sampling, and to bestow the not-so-coveted Golden Toilet Award.
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Riverkeeper and Scenic Hudson file comments on needed revisions to the Coast Guard’s oil spill response plan for the Hudson. Riverkeeper Scenic Hudson Comments USCG_2014_0602 ACP Update 10_10_14 Attachment A – Riverkeeper and Scenic Hudson Comments on PHMSA Rulemaking Attachment B – James Elliott Affidavit […]
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In early September Riverkeeper Patrol documented and reported contractors grading and filling below the high water mark at a private beach in one of the communities in the upper Estuary. DEC issued a number of tickets to the contractor for working in the intertidal zone […]
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Newtown Creek on October 13, 2014. Photo by John Lipscomb / Riverkeeper.
Two days after the last Newtown Creek Alliance CSO Alert, the water appeared grey/green Monday, as Riverkeeper patrolled the creek. Our onboard lab measured 1% dissolved oxygen – fatal for marine life. Low dissolved oxygen is related to the frequent, huge discharges of sewage during […]
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Boats at Hallets Cove. (Photo by Rob Buchanan / NYC Water Trail Association)
On Hallets Cove in the East River, citizen water quality monitoring data is leading to improvements in water quality.
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While junking cars in the canyon — that particular form of neglect — is no longer a threat to the Little River, threats remain... Logging, chicken and hog farming, sewage contamination and — visible through the trees on some of the bluffs even in the National Preserve — creeping sprawl, as folks from Birmingham, Atlanta, Tuscaloosa and elsewhere snatch up vacation homes.
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Sampling on the Quassaick Creek in Newburgh. Photo by John Gephards, Quassaick Creek Watershed Alliance
We’re proud to announce that the Citizen Testing Data section at riverkeeper.org now includes data for the New York City waterfront and the Quassaick Creek, which meets the Hudson at Newburgh, thanks to two of our partners, New York City Water Trail Association and the Quassaick Creek Watershed Alliance.
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Hudson Valley cities, towns, villages and counties have passed resolutions expressing concerns about, and calling on state and federal governments to take action on, crude oil transportation.
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We’re on patrol going north from Kingston today. Here’s what we’re seeing along the Hudson. First light, Rondout Creek in Kingston: Scientists from Queens College and Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory are with us. Here they pull a sample of Hudson River water from depth […]
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