On Jan 25th I was checking an ongoing fuel spill with boat program colleagues Rob Friedman and Tracy Brown. We found this motor box on the beach in Upper Nyack. This type of motor cover is typical on 20 to 30 foot open runabouts. My guess […] More
Riverkeeper Blogs
This Jan. 23 photo shows the discharge from a hydraulic dredge at a Hudson River marina. Discharge water should not be more turbid (muddy) than the receiving waters of the Hudson River. Riverkeeper notified state and federal authorities, and is continuing to investigate. More
On New Year’s Eve, watchdogs in Beacon observed an oil slick on the Hudson at Beacon and reported it to the local police department, which reportedly told the watchdogs there wasn’t much police could do. The watchdogs took photos documenting the spill, and the next […] More
We just received an email from a member of the public who witnessed and photo-documented an unladen fuel barge discharging water from its port side off of Yonkers. The barge is anchored (with tug attached) which is common practice. We often see barges anchored in this area waiting for their […] More
We wanted to share with you a few more pictures of our winter home as we’re very very happy with it. More
As of today, the boat is safely enclosed in her winter home and we’ve already begun seasonal repairs. We’ll be keeping you updated with what we’re up to! The Fletcher before being enclosed. This is a much improved, free-standing structure as compared to what we used […] More
Cross-posted from the Newtown Pentacle – photo by Mitch Waxman (February 16, 2009) Sadly, oil is seeping out of a bulkhead on the Queens side of the Newtown Creek. Famously, the Greenpoint Oil Spill (click here for a link to newtowncreekalliance.org for more) occurred just across the water […] More
Another busy season on the river is behind us! We hauled out this past Friday, and while we’re certainly sad to be back on land, we’ll be back in the water before you know it! Read about what an epic season we had here and […] More
With sunsets like this, we’re going to be mighty sad to haul the boat out of the river on Friday. We took this in Haverstraw Bay on our way back to the boatyard. More
This week the Sparkill Watershed Alliance (SWA) celebrated it’s 1st Anniversary with a gathering at Aleksandra Becnel’s creek-side home, the perfect setting! A handful of the Sparkill Watershed Alliance members celebrating! (Right to Left) SWA Founder, Laurie Seeman, yours truly and Sparkill Creek The Sparkill […] More
