We’re on patrol going north from Kingston today. Here’s what we’re seeing along the Hudson. First light, Rondout Creek in Kingston: Scientists from Queens College and Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory are with us. Here they pull a sample of Hudson River water from depth […]
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Time to vote on the best name for our very own, first-ever, official Riverkeeper beer – a collaboration by Peekskill Brewery and Captain Lawrence Brewing Co. to benefit our mission. Thanks to you, we had over 200 online entries to consider, and our Beer Name […]
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Photo: Matt Kierstead
The U.S. Department of Transportation has proposed two new measures intended to reduce the risk of derailment in trains hauling crude oil or other hazardous cargo, and respond to spills from the same trains.
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Riverkeeper, Down to Earth Markets, Green Ossining and ECOBAGS® are teaming up for a pilot program to encourage reusable bags and sustainable shopping habits at the Ossining Farmers Market. On Saturday, September 27th the market will phase out plastic bags, helping to drive the change […]
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Riverkeeper joined staff from Peekskill Brewery and Captain Lawrence Brewing Co. in Peekskill Friday to brew the first collaboration beer made to support our mission of protecting the Hudson River and clean drinking water. Are we excited? Um, yes. You should be to. Why? It’s […]
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Brian Brigham, graduate student at Queens College School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, researches invasive plants (trapa, or water chestnut) and greenhouse gas production during a Hudson River patrol with Riverkeeper's Capt. John Lipscomb at Inbocht Bay on the Hudson River.
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Enough talk, GE: Now’s the time to take responsibility and undo the full damage from PCBs in the Hudson. Stop holding back local business growth. Yesterday, Riverkeeper joined elected officials and business and environmental groups to appeal for action. Our broad-based coalition demanded that General […]
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Peekskill Brewery and Captain Lawrence Brewing Co. are brewing a first-of-its-kind collaboration beer to benefit Riverkeeper. The harvest ale will be brewed at Peekskill Brewery, and will be available to the public at the third-annual Hudson Hop and Harvest festival October 4, from 2-9 p.m. […]
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There’s no substitute for having eyes on the water. The Quassaick Creek Watershed Alliance began water sampling in partnership with Riverkeeper this month, and already they have identified pollution affecting the City of Newburgh’s drinking water. On August 7, citizen scientists sampled for fecal-indicating bacteria […]
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A citizen scientist delivers a water sample from the Rondout Creek to Capt. John Lipscomb aboard the Riverkeeper patrol boat in 2013.
Three communities are coming together to study the watershed of the tidal Rondout Creek, and develop a management plan that is expected to put a high priority on improving water quality in the largest tributary to the tidal Hudson.
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