Latest Clearwater Blog Posts
Clearwater is Home
What is it that’s so impactful about the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater? For the last three years, I’ve been telling people about how my time as the Onboard Program Coordinator has changed my life, but I rarely get a chance to share how: Clearwater [...]
Clearwater Holiday Gift Guide 2024
This holiday season we've brought back crowd favorites such as our Sturgeon Pocket Apparel, Cabin Critters, and our Handcrafted Mains'l Store! We also have books, stickers, hats, youth and adult t-shirts, and sweatshirts. By shopping our gift guide, you support our award-winning educational programming, and our hard-working staff and crew, [...]
Stories, Song, and Community: Chopping Wood Party
On November 10th, 2024 at the Howland Cultural Center, we hosted a Chopping Wood Party to celebrate the Pete and Toshi Seeger Legacy Society members and local author David Bernz’s recent release of his book “Chopping Wood: Thoughts and Stories of a Legendary Folksinger.” [...]
Environmental Groups Challenge Findings in EPA’s Hudson River Superfund Site Review
November 8, 2024 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Environmental Groups Challenge Findings in EPA’s Hudson River Superfund Site Review EPA Must Acknowledge Cleanup Does Not Protect Human Health and the Environment Hudson River Valley – Yesterday the Friends of a Clean Hudson (FOCH), a coalition of national, [...]
Homeschool Education Sails – October 2024
This autumn Clearwater is hosting two education sails for homeschool students and families! Experience our Sailing Classroom with fellow homeschool learners - experience the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to learn about the Hudson from the deck of a Hudson River Sloop. While aboard, students explore the river's [...]
ACTION ALERT: Hudson River PCB Contamination
For 70 years, 200 miles of the Hudson River has been contaminated by toxic PCBs released by General Electric making our river one of the largest Superfund Sites in the United States. As required by the Record of Decision, PCBs were removed from “hot [...]