First observed on 6/5/13 While investigating a large unexplained discharge just north of the Wynants Kill in South Troy with DEC officers Lieutenant James hays and ECO Scott Daly we found a hidden large volume sewer overflow discharging into Wynants Kill approximately 100 yards from […]
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There are two Osprey nests on navigation aids in the Estuary that I’m aware of. I assume that the same adult pair comes back each year but I can’t know for sure. It’s so great seeing these birds return each spring. They are so wild […]
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Swimmers at Verplanck Point
The Riverkeeper patrol boat is on the Hudson conducting water quality testing from NY Harbor to Troy. It takes about 6 days to collect the 74 samples along the 156 mile stretch of the Hudson. Within a few days of the end of the patrol […]
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We began the 2013 season of Riverkeeper/Citizen tributary Enterococcus sampling on 5/4 on Sparkill Creek in Rockland and the Pocantico River in Westchester.
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Great news! As of this month, you must be notified when harmful sewage is discharged to the Hudson River and waterways throughout New York.
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Several watchdogs have reported a mysterious white chalky material covering the rocks and bank along the Croton River.
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Over the course of several months in 2010, Riverkeeper and a citizen watchdog documented torrents of raw sewage cascading out of a sewer manhole and bubbling through the slats of the public walkway that runs above it and reported them to local and state officials, the press and the public.
Three years after Riverkeeper filed a Notice of Intent to Sue, the City of Beacon reached an agreement with the Attorney General’s office to fix ongoing leaks in their municipal sewage system.
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Capt. John Lipscomb describes boat repairs. In the background: Chris Brennan, boat builder, and his 12-year-old dog Tobi.
Riverkeeper's patrol boat, the R. Ian Fletcher, is undergoing extensive maintenance, including the replacing of a section of planks on the boat's bottom.
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Photo courtesy of Rich Wiebke
Citizens Help Leeds Address Local Sewer Needs. The Catskill Hamlet of Leeds, in Greene County, is making progress on their goal to connect with municipal sewer lines with the help of citizen samplers. Since as far back as 2008, when foul odors started an investigation […]
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