Riverkeeper’s Post

Today, we celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day and honor their enduring legacy as original stewards of the land and waterways. At Riverkeeper, we’re inspired by Indigenous communities' deep connection to nature and commitment to protecting it. With your support, we will continue safeguarding our waterways, ensuring that they remain clean and thriving for generations to come. Let’s honor this legacy of stewardship by working together to keep our waterways healthy for all the life that depends on them. #IndigenousPeoplesDay #Riverkeeper #WaterwayProtection #EnvironmentalStewardship #ProtectOurPlanet

U.S. Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Pat Ryan joined Riverkeeper President Tracy Brown on the Hudson this week to discuss urgent issues like: 🧪PCB contamination ⚠️ Sewage pollution 💧The strides we’ve made toward clean water in New York State They even got hands-on by helping collect water samples from the Hudson! Huge thanks to Representatives Ocasio-Cortez and Ryan for their continued commitment to a swimmable, fishable, drinkable Hudson River. We’re pushing for a stronger cleanup of PCB contamination along the 200-mile Hudson River Superfund Site. The public comment period is open—add your voice now: https://ow.ly/Gbib50TJPFf

The exhibition, Shifting Shorelines: Art, Industry, and Ecology along the Hudson River, is now open at the Wallach Art Gallery!🎨🌍 This exhibition dives deep into how human activity has shaped the Hudson River and its shoreline, through an array of paintings, prints, sculpture, film, and photography. Riverkeeper is proud to have made several contributions, including an insightful essay by our President, Tracy Brown. Our involvement highlights the need to address the ecological changes brought about by industrial intrusion and to advocate for a healthier future for the Hudson. Photo: Thomas Moran, Lower Manhattan from Communipaw, New Jersey, 1880. Oil on canvas. #ShiftingShorelines #WallachArtGallery #ColumbiaUniversity #Riverkeeper #HudsonRiver

🌊 Want to be a part of a passionate team dedicated to improving our environment and communities? Riverkeeper is hiring a Director of Habitat Restoration and a Development Database Specialist. ✅ Join a group of dedicated individuals working to protect and restore the Hudson River from source to sea and safeguard drinking water supplies, through advocacy rooted in community partnerships, science, and law. 💻 Apply now or share this post with someone who you think would make a great addition to our team. https://ow.ly/onAK50THUQG #JobOpening #GreenJobs #EnironmentalCareers #NonprofitCareers

🚨 Help urge the EPA to improve the Early Action cleanup plan for Newtown Creek's East Branch! 🌊 Newtown Creek is a Superfund site that runs through neighborhoods of East Williamsburg, Brooklyn and Ridgewood and Maspeth, Queens, and the EPA's Early Action Plan for the East Branch will permanently impact the health of this ecosystem! YOU can make your voice heard by sending a message to the EPA urging them to make sure the plan thoroughly protects human and ecological health. https://ow.ly/cGAS50TGWpg

🌿 Last weekend, you showed up strong to help restore our waterways! Along Little Falls, a stream by Newburgh’s Quassaick Creek, volunteers cared for over 100 native trees and shrubs planted earlier this year and cleared invasive knotweed to help them thrive 🌳 Planting trees has huge benefits for local ecosystems: stabilizing stream buffers, providing cooler waters for aquatic life, improving water quality, reducing flooding, and creating habitat. A huge shoutout to IBEW Local 363, Newburgh Parks Conservancy EJ Fellows, and the Quassaick Creek Watershed Alliance for your hard work! 🙌 We also successfully held our second Sweep cleanup in Borough Park, Brooklyn in partnership with the Office of City Council Member Susan Zhuang, where volunteers removed 940 pounds of trash! Want to get involved? Check out our upcoming volunteer opportunities: https://ow.ly/2JYc50TEr56 #Riverkeeper #RiverRestoration #VolunteerAction

In case you missed it, we helped secure an extension for the public comment period so you have more time to tell the EPA to hold GE accountable for its decades-long dumping of harmful PCBs in the Hudson River. Submit your comments using our easy-to-use form here 👉 https://ow.ly/IF4y50TAqoV And sign the Friends of a Clean Hudson's petition here 👉 https://ow.ly/qMQZ50TAqoR #PCBFreeHudson #Riverkeeper #EnvironmentalJustice

It's #SourceWaterProtectionWeek! At Riverkeeper, we're dedicated to safeguarding the waters that supply drinking water to millions and support the ecosystem. From monitoring water quality to fighting pollution, our work helps ensure the Hudson River remains a vital resource for all 🌊 🚰

We had such a wonderful time last week at the Waterkeeper Alliance Global Conference! We always gain inspiration and fortitude when we spend time with fellow Waterkeepers. Thank you Waterkeeper Alliance and conference hosts Milwaukee Riverkeeper for bringing us together to share knowledge in Milwaukee! In keeping with tradition, some attendees got the iconic WKA sturgeon as tattoos! #H2OClimateAction #TurntheTide2024 #CleanWaterForAll