Riverkeeper Blogs

Last week, we were southbound from Waterford during our November patrol.   After transiting the Federal lock, we photographed the Troy Dock fuel hoses and overturned floating dock sections, which were flipped during Irene. Note that, in addition to the two large blue fuel lines coming over […] More

Left to Right: Rob Friedman, Patrol Boat & Water Quality Program Assistant, Phillip Musegaas, Hudson River Program Attorney, and Josh Verleun, Staff Attorney and Chief Investigator Some of the team after a patrol on Newtown Creek. More

The level of turbidity in the Lower Esopus Creek continues to run extremely high at the mouth of the creek as it empties muddy red water into the much clearer Hudson River. The below photos were taken on November 11 during our November patrol.It has a […] More

Left to right: Captain Mike St Jeanos, Officer Scott Daly, Officer Martin Skotarczak (their colleague, Officer Anthony Glorioso was aboard in October).  Last Friday we had Department of Environmental Conservation’s Region 4 law enforcement officials aboard for a patrol from Saugerties to Waterford.  We’ve worked […] More

Last week, we had a CBS film crew aboard to discuss post-Hurricane Irene river conditions.  By sheer luck, the DEC fisheries team happened to be out doing beach seins for young-of-year fish as part of a long-term study on Hudson River fish species.  Based on […] More

Sea smoke as we headed southbound for NY Harbor before sunrise. Tappan Zee Bridge at dawn. More

Saturday, October 29. The Fletcher in her berth at Westerly Marina in Ossining. The snow started midday. Beautiful. More

On October 18th we were southbound from Kingston to Ossining, midway through our October water quality sampling patrol, when we came upon the Hudson River Sloop  Clearwater in Haverstraw Bay. She is always beautiful, but today she was more lovely than usual. More

Professors Karl Coplan and Dan Estrin with Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic students out on the Fletcher! More