Blog articles by Riverkeeper staff and supporters

It was less than a year ago that Kaare Christian called Riverkeeper with a concern: His creek wasn’t “on the map” – the map of Hudson River tributaries where Riverkeeper and our partner are sampling water quality. Within weeks, Kaare had put the Roeliff Jansenkill […] More

Indian Point is falling apart at the seams – literally. The latest malfunction at the 40-year-old nuclear plant is a leak of oil used to lubricate the plant’s turbine. Questions remain about how this happened. But we all know: The time has come and gone […] More

Slice of New Paltz has produced a 30-minute documentary on Wallkill River algae, and the work of Riverkeeper and the Wallkill River Watershed Alliance to monitor river conditions, support cleanup activities, and get people out on the river. Hear from Jen Epstein of Riverkeeper; Jason […] More

In September, Riverkeeper and our partners made over 1,150 water quality measurements, with samples taken at over 350 locations in the Hudson River Estuary and its watershed. Some highlights from the month include: Harmful Algal Bloom persists on Wallkill River and Rondout Creek The Harmful […] More

In late 2014, in the wake of a series of catastrophic oil and ethanol train derailments across the nation, the federal government announced that it was reconsidering whether robust “oil spill response plans” should be developed by railroads transporting dangerous substances. More

While we have been highlighting the Harmful Algal Bloom on the Wallkill River, we want people to aware that rafts of bright green duckweed that are visible on the Hudson River and elsewhere at this time of year may look similar, but are not harmful. […] More

In joint legislative hearings on water quality Sept. 7, Martin Brand, the Department of Environmental Conservation’s deputy commissioner for remediation, committed to updating and improving the deeply flawed Source Water Assessment for the City of Newburgh. Riverkeeper has called for this, and we view this […] More

Riverkeeper and a coalition of groups is urging a federal court to stop the construction of the Algonquin Incremental Market (AIM) pipeline before high volumes of fracked natural gas start flowing through the pipeline located in close proximity to the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant. More

Fog on the Mohawk River earlier this morning. Beautiful. Almost all signs of human development scrubbed away. Low visibility. More