Riverkeeper

While hard at work sampling in our streams and creeks, Riverkeeper’s habitat restoration team has snapped some beautiful recent photos of the Hudson River watershed 📸 We have so many natural wonders right here in our backyard that deserve appreciation, protection, and restoration 🌿 It’s always worth stopping and smelling the mountain laurels 💮 #Riverkeeper #HudsonRiver #WatershedWonders #NaturePhotography

Curious about swimming in the Hudson? Join us for our upcoming webinar on August 13! 👇

We had the great pleasure of working with a fun team of volunteers from Hairstory 💇♀️to remove hundreds of pounds of invasive curly dock and mugwort 🌿 on Randall's Island as part of Riverkeeper's efforts to restore healthy and native habitat in the Hudson River watershed 🌱 🌊. Many thanks also to Randall's Island Park Alliance for their collaboration on this project!

🚧 Construction has begun on the Hudson River segment of the Champlain Hudson Power Express (CHPE) energy transmission project, involving nearly 90 miles of cables under the river. 📢 Check out our latest blog to learn about construction locations and timelines, safety tips for boaters and swimmers, and potential river impacts 👉 https://ow.ly/6nr550SFb6G 🗓️ Join us at two upcoming open house events in the Hudson Valley to ask questions and meet the CHPE team: 7/29 (6-8 pm) at Tarrytown Senior Center (240 W Main Street, Tarrytown, NY 10591) 7/30 (6-8 pm) at Kingston Best Western (503 Washington Ave., Kingston, NY 12401) #CHPE #HudsonRiver #EnergyProject #CommunityMeeting #RiverSafety

🌊 ✨ Join us this Saturday for the Mermaid Festival from noon to 4 at Kingsland Point Park! 🧜♀️ 🎉 Dive into a day of magical fun with live music, delicious food, craft vendors, and mermaid-themed activities for all ages! 🐚 ✨ Don't miss the chance to meet real mermaids, take part in the parade, and enjoy the riverside festivities 🏖️ 🌺 Learn more and register 👉 https://ow.ly/WC7650SEmHq Bring your family and friends for an unforgettable summer celebration! 🎶 🍦 Saturday’s event highlights that (mer)people should have accessible places to swim along the Hudson River. Add your name to this letter supporting more public swimming locations on the Hudson and the waters around NYC ✍️ https://ow.ly/hacf50SEmyt #MermaidFestival #SummerFun #FamilyEvent #MagicalMermaids

On #PrimeDay, how about donating what you would have spent on stuff to healing the Hudson instead? Join the thousands of riverkeepers who support our work and make it possible for us to protect drinking water sources, save imperiled species, restore habitat, push for effective cleanup of contamination, and advance policy that makes all of the life that relies on the Hudson safer. Contribute toward a healthy, sustainable future today, and score a deal that will last generations 👉 https://ow.ly/qg9A50SzNJb #PrimeDayAlternative #SaveTheHudson #Riverkeeper #CleanWaterNow

Last week, the Kingston YMCA Farm Project and Riverkeeper kicked off our Source to Estuary course with a visit to the City of Kingston's drinking water source, Mink Hollow Stream 🌊 The course teaches people about their drinking water, where it comes from, where it goes, and what happens to it along the way, while revealing the hidden connections that exist between ourselves and the natural world. Alongside longtime environmental educator and advocate Martha Cheo, we collected and analyzed a diverse range of macro-invertebrates in the stream, including stoneflies, which are indicators of good water quality 🦞 Having a drinking water source that is protected creates an abundance of life in our streams, and when our streams are healthier, so are we 🐟 The Source to Estuary course in Kingston will continue through August with students traveling downstream to learn about water systems in the city, sustainable farming, wastewater treatment, and more 🚰 #SourceToEstuary #WaterEducation #ProtectOurStreams #Riverkeeper

While performing routine fish monitoring, our Habitat Restoration team found a cute surprise: This large adult American eel in the Poesten Kill, a tributary of the Hudson River in Troy, NY 🌊 Incredibly, the eel was found upstream of two dams and a 300-foot waterfall! Dams typically block the movement of species like eels, impeding access to critical spawning habitat. But this one overcame the odds by scaling both dams — the fish equivalent of climbing Mount Everest 🐟🏔️ #HudsonRiver #HabitatRestoration #AmericanEel #Wildlife #FishMonitoring #NatureIsAmazing #Riverkeeper

Months after a train derailed in Valley Falls, spilling tiny plastic pellets in the Hoosic River, these microplastics — called nurdles — are still being found in and along the waterway. Nurdles can carry toxic chemicals and metals that can build up in fish and wildlife 🐟 The ongoing impact of this railroad derailment on the Hoosic, a large Hudson River tributary, shows that prevention is the only way to prevent impacts from hazardous spills. Riverkeeper is advocating for better protections, from local emergency response readiness to state and federal policy. Read more about the impact of nurdles and how to report them 👉 https://lnkd.in/eM-Gghqc #HoosicRiver #Microplastics #Nurdles #EnvironmentalProtection #WildlifeSafety #Riverkeeper

Riverkeeper is excited to partner with the Sleepy Hollow Mermaid Festival on July 20 from noon to 4 pm! Join us for a community celebration that connects residents with the river, inspiring stewardship through history, art, safety education, storytelling, and fun. Plus, we're thrilled to open Kingsland Point Park's historic beach to the public! 🏖️✨ Learn more and register at the link 👉 https://ow.ly/TVuc50Sz0gC #MermaidFestival #Riverkeeper #CommunityCelebration #RiverStewardship