Swimmers jump in the Hudson River as part of the 8 Bridges Swim. (Photo courtesy Greg Porteus/Launch 5)
Our June Hudson River patrol started June 10, following a weekend of processing samples taken by community scientists from the Sparkill Creek and Pocantico River. Capt. John Lipscomb, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory research assistant Carol Knudson and intern/co-pilot Emma Garschagen were aboard for water quality sampling […]
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After dropping off Jen and Dan in Poughkeepsie, and taking a mid river sample, Carol and I jumped in to cool off! As my second day of interning on the boat comes to a close, I’ve seen more of the river than ever before, and […]
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We’re northbound at Esopus Island, near Norrie Point, three days into our patrol and sampling of the Estuary. Carol Knudson (Columbia / Lamont Doherty) took a swim to cool off as the Afrodite passed southbound carrying 7 to 8 million gallons of crude oil from […]
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Arthur Cemelli documents seepage at the Popp Memorial Park boat launch on the Wallkill River. (Photo by Dan Shapley / RIverkeeper)
Before the Wallkill River “Boat Brigade” had entered the water, its members had made the observations that will be its first report. What is that orange ooze, with rainbow sheen? It was seeping out of the ground in several rivulets at the boat launch at […]
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Jason West leads the first meeting of a new Wallkill River Watershed citizens group on June 4, 2015. (Photo by Dan Shapley/Riverkeeper)
It was a huge night for the Wallkill River June 4, as more than 40 people came together to form a new citizen watershed group that wants to achieve a “fishable and swimmable” river. The group that gathered included environmental scientists and ecologists, representatives of […]
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Despite the recent historic ban on high-volume fracking, New York still has a fracking waste problem. More than 510,000 tons and 23,000 barrels – and counting – of waste from oil and gas extraction operations in neighboring Pennsylvania have been shipped to New York landfills […]
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Community scientists have expanded Riverkeeper’s water quality sampling program far beyond our own sampling patrol along the Hudson, by working along New York City’s waterfront and in 211 miles of Hudson Valley streams. In this video, Laurie Seeman of Strawtown Art & Garden Studio explains […]
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Riverkeeper and Sierra Club co-presented a webinar, “An Update on Crude Oil Transportation in the Hudson Valley” on May 27 with Sean Dixon, Hudson River Program Staff Attorney for Riverkeeper; Roger Downs, Conservation Director for Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter, and Kate Hudson, Riverkeeper’s Director of […]
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Dan Shapley visits with Catskill Creek community partners aboard Riverkeeper’s patrol boat at Riverview Marine in Catskill yesterday after receiving samples from Catskill Creek, right to its headwaters, which we are processing aboard. More than 20 Catskill Creek samples are being processed in Riverkeeper’s onboard […]
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First 2015 Water Quality Report The first of six Hudson River Estuary water quality sampling patrols of the 2015 season is complete, and the results are posted at riverkeeper.org. Note that the results presented here and on the Web represent a snapshot in time, and […]
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