Riverkeeper to honor DEC’s Fran Dunwell and Dr. David Carpenter on June 8
May 11, 2023
Riverkeeper Team
At its annual Summer Splash gala at Boscobel House and Gardens in Garrison, N.Y., Riverkeeper will celebrate two Hudson River champions
Riverkeeper will celebrate and honor the work of Fran Dunwell, recently retired coordinator of the New York State Hudson River Estuary Program, and Dr. David Carpenter, PCBs expert and Director of the Institute for Health and the Environment at the University at Albany – SUNY, during the organization’s 2nd Annual Summer Splash gala at Boscobel House and Gardens in Garrison.
Dunwell, who retired in August last year, will receive Riverkeeper's 2023 "Big Fish" Award in recognition of her decades fighting for the Hudson River as the founder and coordinator of the DEC estuary program. Read more about her work >
Carpenter will receive the "Hudson Hero" award for his work highlighting health risks from environmental contaminants in New York State, including PCBs in the Hudson and related dumping sites. Read more about his work >
Tickets for the event are available here.
An online auction featuring exclusive items – including a cooking class in your home with renowned cook and food journalist Mark Bittman for up to 10 friends, a Hudson River kayaking trip with National Geographic filmmaker and international kayaker Jon Bowermaster, and multiple international trips – begins on Tuesday, May 23, and closes at 9 p.m. on Thursday, June 8. Visit this page to bid and win!
Riverkeeper held its first Summer Splash on June 16, 2022. Super Law Group received the Big Fish award, and filmmaker-activist Jon Bowermaster was honored as Hudson Hero.
For more information on this year’s event, visit this page.
Media contact: Leah Rae, lrae@riverkeeper.org
Riverkeeper is a member-supported organization that protects and restores the Hudson River from source to sea and safeguards drinking water supplies through advocacy rooted in community partnerships, science and law.
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