In a letter sent Monday, August 22, 2016 to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos challenged the effectiveness of EPA’s remedy to cleanup PCBs from the Upper Hudson River. With … Continued
A joint Federal and State 2015 Juvenile Atlantic Sturgeon Survey shows the highest number of Atlantic sturgeon in the Hudson River in the 10-year history of the survey and increasing juvenile sturgeon abundance, according to New York State Department of … Continued
New grants will help fund projects in the Hudson River Estuary to reduce localized flooding, create sustainable shorelines, improve water quality, and restore aquatic habitat in tributary streams, according to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). The … Continued
In June, officials from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the approval of more than $960,000 for grants aimed at protecting, restoring, and enhancing 908 acres of wetlands and wildlife habitat in Wisconsin and New York under the Great … Continued
A newly released report from the Hudson River Natural Resource Trustees found that the Hudson River, for greater than 200 miles below Hudson Falls, New York, is extensively contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). According to the study, surface waters, sediments, … Continued