Tag: Hudson Valley
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Chris Letts – Master Storyteller of the Hudson
I was privileged to attend this talk given by the legendary Chris Letts at the Croton Point Park Nature Center on Saturday, November 19, 2022. The day was chilly and the wind was brisk, despite the roaring fire around which we were all gathered. For those of us lucky enough to be there, it was…
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A Kayak up the Croton River – November 2022
Yesterday was such a glorious day – November 6 and over 75 degrees! – that we decided to take what may be one of our last kayaks of the season. The moon was almost full and the tide was almost high, so we felt confident that we could get all the way up to the old…
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Subways are for Sleeping*
If you were driving on the Goat Path or over the Bear Mountain bridge a few nights ago, and thought you saw an old NYC subway heading up the West Shore, you did, kind of. This freight train, carrying the bodies of R-32 subways, passed though Mine Dock Park right about peak rush hour. A…
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10/19/22 Report from the River
An invasion averted?? At 07:21 on 10/19/22 I received the following report from Scott Craven, located at Ft. Montgomery:
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A Brackish Water Boys Post
A communiqué from Scott Craven on behalf of the Brackish Water Boys . . . the first in an occasional series. September 2022 Like a lot of folks, I tend towards the familiar. Despite the fact at I actually own a truck with a roof rack, I usually always paddle somewhere here in the Lower Hudson…
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Riverkeeper blog post — Impacts of 2022 Summer Drought on the Hudson
In keeping with our goal of being a clearing house for all sorts of information about the Hudson Valley, Here’s an interesting (and honestly rather terrifying) blog post by Dan Shapley over at Riverkeeper regarding the effects of climate change on the water quality in the Hudson Valley. Learn more about algae bloom, the northern…
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