Bubbles of coal tar come to the surface and bloom into rainbow sheens, visible from the Walkway Over the Hudson state park above. (Photo by Dan Shapley / Riverkeeper)
A plan is taking shape to clean up a huge pollution site in the Hudson River at Poughkeepsie that has been a source of carcinogenic coal tar to the estuary for more than 100 years.
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Students watch as Ossining High School teacher Artie Carlucci prepares to move freshly sained fish from a bucket into a tank. (Leah Rae, Riverkeeper 2015)
This past Tuesday, students and faculty from Ossining High School made their way down to Louis Engel Waterfront Park for the annual event, A Day in the Life of the Hudson River.
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This past Saturday, Riverkeeper all-star Ambassador and Junior Council member, John Koblinsky, organized a cleanup of East River Park in Manhattan. With the help of volunteers from the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation, and fellow Junior Council members, the team removed more than a dozen bags […]
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Riverkeeper boat captain, John Lipscomb speaks with the FAO Schwarz Family Foundation Fellows, and Exective Director Priscilla Cohen about the Riverkeeper Boat and Water Quality Programs
Best put by boat captain John Lipscomb, "I don't think we've ever had so many people aboard who are all doing good for society and the environment in some way."
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Riverkeeper Staff Attorney Abigail Jones delivered the following remarks during today’s “Defend the Hudson” protest in Saratoga Springs, organized by the Campaign for a Cleaner Hudson. The damage that GE inflicted on New Yorkers by dumping PCBs into the river for decades has held back […]
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The emerald ash borer is smaller than a penny. Photo: Howard Russell, MI State U., www.forestryimages.org via New York DEC.
A beetle, unseen and largely unknown to most New Yorkers, is invading our state and could result in untold and costly losses in the form of millions of trees destroyed. It will impact the spectacular fall foliage show we will see in the future by […]
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the wonderful LEAF Alumni from the Nature Conservancy-some students traveled for up to 2 hours to help out.
Thanks to the efforts of nearly 75 volunteers, dozens of bags of trash were removed from the shoreline at Randall’s Island Park on September 18 and 19. Beyond debris removal, International Coastal Cleanup day focuses on collecting data, which will help to inform critical policy […]
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Please take a moment to appreciate the splendor of the NYC watershed in the Catskills and the headwaters of Schoharie Creek (flows northwest to the Mohawk and ultimately into the Hudson), Esopus Creek, and the Ashokan Resevoir. The photos were taken from Devil’s Path— known […]
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This past weekend, Riverkeeper had the joy of joining the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation for “Science on the River”, at the Hudson River Research Reserve at Mills-Norrie State Park in Staatsburg, Dutchess County. At this free event, scientists and research organizations from […]
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Healthy communities depend on healthy waterways – and it’s a key time for New York City residents to help raise the bar. Members of the public can speak out in Queens on Wednesday, Sept. 30, at a meeting about the future of Flushing Bay and […]
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