Capital Region municipalities in the direct path of the proposed Pilgrim oil pipelines now stand in unanimous opposition. In a 5-0 vote (with two abstentions), the Rensselaer Common Council opposed the construction of the proposed pipelines. The City of Rensselaer joins neighboring municipalities Albany, Bethlehem […]
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Photo: Bridge over Muscoot Reservoir, Creative Commons
Riverkeeper has been taking part in the environmental review of the project known as Somers Crossing to ensure that the developed site will protect water quality by minimizing or avoiding impacts to wetlands and buffers.
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Saturday, we sampled water quality with dozens of partners on the Wallkill River and Rondout Creek. These two combine to form the largest tributary in the tidal reach of the Hudson River, the gorgeous Rondout Estuary that meets the Hudson at Kingston. We had help […]
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Carol Knudson of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory takes a sample of Hudson River water for analysis by Cornell University scientist Damian Helbling, who is examining "micropollutants" like pharmaceuticals. (Photo by Leah Rae / Riverkeeper)
Water quality sampling for July is underway, with the Riverkeeper patrol boat ready to complete its monthly sampling of the estuary Saturday, coinciding with the sampling of the Rondout, Wallkill and Roe Jan. The Saw Mill Sparkill, Pocantico, Catskill, Esopus and Saw Kill, as well […]
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Damian Helbling of Cornell University, aboard the Riverkeeper patrol boat. (Photo by Dan Shapley / Riverkeeper)
Riverkeeper, Cornell University and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation today gathered at the Rondout Creek waterfront in Kingston to discuss the findings of the first broad Hudson River survey of micrpollutants, like pharmaceuticals, personal care products and pesticides. Cornell University scientist Damian […]
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Check out this awesome video about the Wallkill River Watershed Alliance. Riverkeeper and other partners helped to form the Alliance, a new citizen-led group, in 2015. Its formation and work to date has been influenced by Riverkeeper’s ongoing community science water quality monitoring project in […]
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An egret alights amid floating trash contained by a boom in the Bronx River. (Photos: Leah Rae / Riverkeeper)
A sulphurous stench becomes overpowering as you move up Westchester Creek, one of the New York City waterways that Riverkeeper is now able to explore with a new shallow-draft boat. “Just hold your breath for the next 25 minutes,” our boat captain John Lipscomb says. […]
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For some, living a few hundred feet from a rail yard can be an extraordinary nuisance; for residents of the Ezra Prentice Homes, it’s a constant reminder of the significant environmental threats being posed daily to the health and safety of their community.
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Please TAKE ACTION BY 5 PM TODAY (June 30): Add your voice and request public meetings on the Coast Guard’s plan to add anchorage grounds for commercial vessels along the Hudson River Estuary. The public should have the chance to fully understand the rationale behind […]
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In June 2016, Riverkeeper and our partners took water samples at over 350 locations, including a pilot project to explore sampling the Upper Hudson River in partnership with Jarrett Engineers and SUNY Cobleskill – providing our first-ever snapshot of water quality in the 150 miles […]
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