Riverkeeper Blogs

Much of our work on the Riverkeeper boat involves enforcement on behalf of the Hudson River and its tributaries.  While we do not have legal jurisdiction over polluters (i.e. making arrests) we are lucky enough to have extensive relationships with agencies that do.  Because we’re […] More

The Riverkeeper boat serves many purposes on the Hudson River, sometimes as a watchdog and patrol vessel, sometimes as a platform for scientific research and water quality monitoring, and sometimes as an ambassador for the river.  This past weekend we were able to fill all […] More

We sampled the water quality at 9 PM sharp on 9/30, just before low tide when the sewage discharge was separate and distinct from river water. We were unable to resample earlier in the day because the tide was unusually high and up to the […] More

L to R: Cathy Friesen (Chair of Zoning Board of Appeals), Mayor Richard Kavesh, Riverkeeper Captain John Lipscomb, Jen Laird White (Deputy Mayor), Candice Robins, Doug Foster (Village Trustee), in front Owen (son of Cathy Friesen) We recently had the opportunity to take several residents and […] More

We’re back again with another Catch of the Day, this time with a porta-potty door (sans porta-potty), two tires, several plastic jugs, and a lot of foam we picked up in Peekskill Bay.  The tide is extremely high today and it refloated a ton of […] More

In response to a sewage main break and spill in Ossining, reported by Westchester County on August 11th, Riverkeeper sampled in the vicinity of the spill in the morning on Friday, August 12th and again on Monday, August 15th. The spill was stopped late in […] More

Raw sewage is flowing into the Beacon Harbor from a pipe at the northeastern corner of the harbor. A member of the public called this sewage release into Riverkeeper’s office on Saturday, September 17. Riverkeeper investigated the report, documented the discharge and called it into […] More

We just came upon a bear swimming across the river just north of the Bear Mountain Bridge in Con Hook!   We’re returning from our September water quality patrol, the results of which can be found here. More

Since 2002, Riverkeeper has been engaged in pollution enforcement and litigation on Newtown Creek, most notably against ExxonMobil, to ensure that it is once again clean waterway.  Remember, before Europeans arrived in New York, Newtown Creek and the Gowanus Canal were both extremely biologically diverse marine […] More