Four Osprey nest atop a light in the Hudson River.
UPDATED: Another trip past the nest, another amazing sight. We spotted the Osprey family again Saturday on our way from Ossining to Piermont Pier to conduct water sampling and pick up samples. The family, nesting atop a light in the Hudson River, has grown. See […]
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County Executive Mike Hein with environmental leaders at the former RRA landfill site in the Town of Ulster where the proposed 3.341 kWh solar project would be located. (Photo: EPA)
Ulster County has earned recognition by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for ranking 23rd in the nation for its use of green power. It’s the first county in New York State to be net carbon neutral, and currently purchases 139 percent, or 19 million kilowatt-hours, […]
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A Great Blue Heron flying over the Wallkill River. Photo: Arthur Cemelli
Guest Blog by Brenda Bowers, Wallkill River Watershed Alliance The Wallkill River Watershed Alliance’s Boat Brigade was back on the water for the third time Saturday, moving ahead in its newly launched mission. Each time the group meets, new people are exposed to simple ways […]
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The Department of Environmental Conservation is required to make an annual report about discharges reported under the Sewage Pollution Right to Know Law. That report, and much else of interest to water pollution watchdogs, including a list of acronyms you may hear at upcoming information […]
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Barbara Brabetz takes a water sample in Fultonville.
In July, Riverkeeper and our partners at SUNY Cobleskill sampled approximately 120 miles of the Mohawk River from Delta Lake to Waterford, where the Mohawk joins the Hudson. Here are some photos that Barbara Brabetz took while sampling with colleagues and students between Rome and […]
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After 10 days on the narrow upper estuary and the even narrower Mohawk, it’s striking to round Verplanck Point and see the vastness of Haverstraw Bay and the Tappan Zee unfold. This truly is a Grand River. My photo doesn’t do it justice, but you […]
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Ashokan Reservoir
Over the past century, New York City has spent billions of dollars to acquire lands to create a world-class drinking water system.
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Photo: Giles Ashford
We must face facts regarding the Indian Point nuclear plant. Its infrastructure is aging, its safety is dubious, and most everyone knows it.
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Riverkeeper on patrol in the Mohawk River in July 2015. (Photo by Dan Shapley / Riverkeeper)
Riverkeeper and SUNY Cobleskill completed a first-of-its-kind snapshot of water quality in the Mohawk River, sampling 26 locations along 120 miles, from Delta Lake to the Mohawk’s mouth at the Hudson River in Waterford. The sampling was one facet of Riverkeeper’s patrol in the Mohawk, […]
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A BIG bulk carrier southbound today from the Port of Albany, light. The snag is about to have a bad day. Tug “Dean Reinauer” and barge passing Catskill Creek and Ramshorn Marsh southbound presumably loaded with Bakken crude oil (4 million gallons or so). The […]
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