Blog articles by Riverkeeper staff and supporters

It’s one thing to know where your drinking water comes from – and another to see the lakes and waterways that are the source. Riverkeeper interns visited the Ashokan Reservoir in Ulster County July 23 to get a glimpse of the system that supplies water […] More

Riverkeeper and Down to Earth Markets are teaming up this summer and fall to present the Feed Your River Series, a partnership between neighbors to promote local food and the importance of clean water. Did you know that over 100,000 New Yorkers get their drinking […] More

We returned to the Mohawk River to explore a partnership with supporters working on behalf of the Hudson’s largest tributary. At Lock 10 along the Erie Canal – about 40 miles west of the Hudson River and the Capital District – a bomb train rolled […] More

Riverkeeper es una organización completamente apoyada por sus miembros y dedica a defendiendo el río Hudson, sus tributarios y el suministro de agua potable de nueve millones de residentes del Hudson Valley y Ciudad de Nueva York. Riverkeeper se centra en estos tres principales problemas […] More

Water quality data gathered recently by citizen scientists working with Riverkeeper to study six tributaries of the Hudson River are now available at riverkeeper.org/water-quality/citizen-data. Note that the results presented here represent a snapshot in time for a single day, and are not indicative of water […] More

7/8/14: During day two of our July water sampling patrol Carol Knudson (colleague from Lamont Doherty/Columbia U) took a swim break after we sampled off Croton Point Beach. We use our sampling data to guide us as to where and when we swim. Check our […] More

It is up to all of us to protect the natural beauty of the Hudson River and today is your chance to do your part: If you live in Bronxville, Cortlandt, Mount Vernon, Peekskill, Yonkers or Yorktown, we need you to call your Westchester County Legislator and ask them to protect the Palisades by supporting the resolution opposing the proposed LG Electronics office tower. More

Voice Your Support for State Action to End Slaughter of Herring, Shad, Striped Bass and Other Hudson River Fish Species More

On June 6, 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) environmental review of Tennessee Gas Pipeline’s reconstruction project was impermissibly segmented and failed to adequately address the cumulative impacts of the project. More