Riverkeeper

Riverkeeper met up with our neighbors at the Newburgh Waterways Center for a Fin-tastic Fish Art Making Workshop. Participants created hats inspired by iconic fish to wear at our second annual Fish Migration Celebration coming up on Saturday, June 20! 🐟🌊🎏 Learn more: https://ow.ly/ROsC50Z7mzr

Join Riverkeeper at the Newburgh Waterways Center for our Fin-tastic Fish Art Making Workshop! Create custom, wearable hats inspired by the iconic fish of the Hudson River and rock your creations at the Fish Migration Celebration on June 20! 👉 🔗 Register now: https://ow.ly/sI8y50Z4QnU

Today we celebrate World Fish Migration Day! Every spring, fish migrate through our waters in one of the Northeast’s great natural phenomena. It’s cause for celebration! 🐟🌊 Join us on June 20 for the Riverkeeper’s Fish Migration Celebration!

While claiming a “war on PFAS” RFK Jr. and EPA Administrator Zeldin simultaneously announced devastating rollbacks to 2024 rules that protect us all. NY can prevent more “forever chemicals” from entering our waterways. Take action: https://ow.ly/t1q150Z2Tof

We're grateful (dead) to everyone who came out to Free Dead in the Park! We had a historic turnout on a beautiful day. We heard the requests for merch and re-opened the store! Place your order: https://ow.ly/bT3O50Z1NVr 📸 stills John R Wisdom

Big news for New Yorkers: the Rain Ready NY Act just passed the State Senate 🌧️🌱 Momentum is building and now we need the Assembly to pass Rain Ready. Use your voice to tell your reps to take action: https://ow.ly/4lKj50Z1SYY

Our work to protect and restore the Hudson is a team effort. Together we: ➡️ Hold GE accountable for cleanup of the PCBs ➡️Protect drinking water supplies ➡️Work diligently on flooding prevention A generous donor has offered to match all gifts made through May 15. Join us: riverkeeper.org/earthday

River herring migrate home to the Hudson River and its tributaries each spring to spawn, then their young grow up in the estuary before heading back to the ocean. 📢 📆🎏Have you heard the herring are coming? Mark your calendar for Saturday, June 20 and join Riverkeeper’s Fish Migration Celebration!

The fish are coming! Save the date 🐟🌊🎏 On Saturday, June 20, Riverkeeper’s Fish Migration Celebration returns. Riverkeeper’s Fish Migration Celebration is back with a fantastical flotilla, fish-inspired art, and a celebration of the Hudson’s iconic migrating species. Stay tuned for more details!

State legislators, environmental advocates, and 30+ members of the Rise to Resilience Coalition gathered at the State Capitol to call for the passage of the Rain Ready NY Act. Take action now to demand New York gets Rain Ready: https://ow.ly/Ezpy50YWeYN

This year, thousands of volunteers came together along the Hudson to care for the river we all share.💧Thank you Sweep volunteers! Want to keep showing up for the river? We’re recruiting volunteers to be Riverkeeper Ambassadors! Learn more: https://ow.ly/JO7J50YV5QB

This year, thousands of volunteers came together along the Hudson to care for the river we all share.💧Thank you Sweep volunteers! Want to keep showing up for the river? We’re recruiting volunteers to be Riverkeeper Ambassadors! Learn more: https://ow.ly/JO7J50YV5QB

Last call! 📢 Sweep registration closes today at 5pm. Check out this segment on PiX11 News discussing one of our favorite days of the year - Sweep this Sat, May 2. We'll be out there rain or shine! Sign up: https://www.riverkeeper.org/news-and-events/events/riverkeeper-sweep-2026

Governor Kathy Hochul and NY Senators are trying to weaken a key environmental law in New York (SEQRA). Speak out now to protect clean water and our environment! ☎️ Call Gov. Hochul today to voice to demand SEQRA be protected: (518) 474-8390 ✍️ or take action: https://ow.ly/cnLT50YSYal

Kickin’ it for a clean river. Get into it. Join us this Saturday, May 2 for Riverkeeper Sweep 2026 — a day of community-powered cleanup along the Hudson. https://ow.ly/9JSC50YPjXx Bonus: your hard work = a free drink afterwards thanks to our generous small business partners. 🍻

Climate change is already reshaping the Hudson River. 🌊 Riverkeeper’s new interactive map visualizes sea level rise, heavier rain, and rising temperatures from NYC to the Adirondacks, giving you the information you need to plan for what’s ahead. 👉Learn more at data.riverkeeper.org/climate

To everyone who stood with Riverkeeper this year — a heartfelt thank you. You helped protect and restore the Hudson River watershed and safeguard clean drinking water for millions of New Yorkers. Together, we’re defending a river that gives life to our communities, now and for generations to come 💙🌊

Thanks to our supporters, we’ve made tremendous progress: restoring crucial habitat, bringing back healthy fish populations, creating a cleaner river, and holding polluters accountable. And there's so much more that we can accomplish together. Help heal the Hudson today: riverkeeper.org/join