Riverkeeper regularly patrols the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, and we sometimes bring members of the public along to see the pollution here – one of the worst polluted waterways in the nation. Riverkeeper’s boat captain John Lipscomb gives a tour in this “Facebook Live” video. […]
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A water sample from the Upper Hudson River. (Photo by Dan Shapley / Riverkeeper)
This map will be updated with the latest sampling results. Upper Hudson River Watershed sampling in 2016 is in partnership with Jarrett Engineers, SUNY Cobleskill and our longtime collaborators at CUNY Queens and Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.
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Beckett Lansbury processes samples from the Esopus Creek. (Photo by Dan Shapley / Riverkeeper)
Riverkeeper’s June sampling is underway, with Capt. John Lipscomb and Carol Knudson of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory on patrol from New York City to Ossining, and community scientists gathering samples from all around New York City (a project coordinated by the New York City Water Trail […]
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This year, as part of the 2016 Riverkeeper Sweep, comprehensive data was collected at 4 Sweep projects to get a deeper sense of the composition of marine debris on the Hudson River Estuary.
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The East River between Randall’s Island and Throgs Neck is a bit of old New York, and not in a good way: Waterfront property is largely a mix of industrial and derelict, with LaGuardia hurtling airplanes aloft at a remarkable rate, and the notorious Rikers […]
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A little more than a year ago, a transformer fire and transformer oil spill at the Indian Point nuclear power plant shocked the region. Later it was revealed that the the fire was caused by a short circuit due to insulation failure in a high-voltage coil in the transformer.
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Riverkeeper, Scenic Hudson, Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter and the Natural Resources Defense Council support legislation that empowers towns to have the same authority over petroleum pipelines or other state regulated pipelines as their village and city municipal counterparts. New York’s Transportation Corporation law requires that […]
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The Village of New Paltz has posted signs at its boat launches on the Wallkill River to alert the public to high bacterial counts documented by community scientists. (Photo by Dan Shapley / Riverkeeper)
Riverkeeper has notified 25 municipalities and four counties about expanded access to state grants and loans to invest in wastewater infrastructure, thanks to the data gathered by Riverkeeper’s community partners, and advocacy by Riverkeeper and our partners. (Read the letter.) These 25 municipalities bordering parts […]
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Erica Capuana / NYS DEC Division of Fish & Wildlife
The removal of a dam in the Wynants Kill, a Hudson River tributary, has succeeded in restoring more than a quarter mile of spawning habitat for river herring – reviving a historic spawning run for the first time in 85 years.
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Martin Overington samples the Roeliff Jansenkill in May 2016. (Photo by Kaare Christian / Roe Jan Watershed Association)
In May 2016, Riverkeeper and our partners took water samples at 325 locations, and together, we will make over 1,100 measures of water quality. It’s our biggest month of sampling to date, and the first to sample so many locations, spanning over 600 river miles, […]
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