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My Week Aboard the Clearwater
Lucky, as a Limey, to have been part of the Seeger vision I’m still – over a year on – sharing tales of the Hudson in pubs, bars and bus stops up and down [...]
Clearwater Holiday Gift Guide
Our classic embroidered Clearwater baseball cap is back by popular demand, along with a variety of apparel, Hudson River critter plush toys, and backpacks, totes, and dopkits made from retired Clearwater mainsails. We also have books, stickers, hats, youth [...]
Clearwater’s Circle of Song: Community Jam Sessions
When: 11am-12:30pm on the first Wednesday of each month Where: Ritz Theater, 107 Broadway, Newburgh, NY 12550 Free Looking for fellow musicians and a casual jam session? Join our Circle of Song! Clearwater is continuing [...]
Clearwater’s 60th Anniversary Benefit Concert
WHEN: 3pm Saturday, November 21, 2026 WHERE: Beczak Environmental Education Center, 35 Alexander Street, Yonkers, NY 10701 Sixty years ago this autumn, Pete Seeger and a group of determined neighbors and activists came together [...]
PRESS RELEASE: Clearwater Donates Historic Great Hudson River Revival Sign Collection to the New York State Museum
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 6 2026 More than 450 hand-painted festival signs and artifacts will help preserve the legacy of music, environmental activism, and community organizing on the Hudson River BEACON, NY — Hudson River [...]
Practical Navigator Captain’s Course (Jan 11-15, 2027)
When: January 11 to January 15, 2026, from 8:00 to 5:00 each day, with a break for lunch Location: Hudson River Watershed Alliance, 36 Saint James Street, Unit E, Kingston, NY 12401 - map [...]
Historic Hudson River Sloop Clearwater Major Hull Restoration Project is underway at Hudson River Maritime Museum
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 8, 2026 KINGSTON, NY — Hudson River Sloop Clearwater has begun the third phase of a more than decade-long restoration of the full hull of the historic Hudson River sloop, Clearwater. [...]
ACTION ALERT: Tell NYSDEC and Governor Hochul Garbage Water Does Not Belong in New York’s Waterways
Toxic landfill “garbage water” is making its way into New York’s rivers and lakes, including drinking water sources. When rainwater moves through the waste buried in a landfill, it picks up contaminants and becomes [...]
Action alert: Ask Governor Hochul to Protect New York’s Drinking Water
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are forever chemicals that can cause increased cholesterol, changes in liver enzymes, increased risk of high blood pressure and pre-eclampsia in pregnant women, and increased risk of kidney and [...]