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Clearwater Announces Spirit of the Hudson, Lifetime Contribution, and Next-Generation Environmental Leader Award Recipients
Hudson River Sloop Clearwater 724 Wolcott Ave, Beacon, NY 12508 (845) 265-8080 Contact: Jen Benson, Director of Communications jen@clearwater.org 585-943-7454 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 4, 2025 Clearwater Announces Spirit of the Hudson, Lifetime Contribution, [...]
Winter Restoration Updates – January 2025
As we pass the mid-point of our winter maintenance season, the crew is hard at work. Demolition, always the quickest, is complete and building and installation are forging ahead. Captain Liam, who has been [...]
Environmental Groups Condemn EPA’s Final Review of the Hudson Superfund Site
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JANUARY 17, 2025 Environmental Groups Condemn EPA's Final Review of the Hudson Superfund Site The Upper Hudson River PCB cleanup is not protecting Hudson River communities and the environment HUDSON VALLEY, N.Y.—Environmental [...]
Meet our new Education Director, Emily Marcet!
Clearwater is thrilled to introduce our new Education Director, Emily Marcet! Emily joined Clearwater as our Donor Relations Coordinator in the late summer of 2024 and then applied for the Education Director position, beginning [...]
From Clearwater Kid to On-Board Volunteer and Board Member
As the final weeks of the school year approached, I couldn’t wait until the freedom of summer would officially arrive. But my summer always arrived a little earlier than the other kids, because as [...]
The Great Hudson River Revival Wedding Cake
Back when Revival was at Westchester Community College in Valhalla, the Site Crew had an encampment back in the weeds behind the college's maintenance buildings. A big tent with several picnic benches end-to-end, a [...]
New York State Bans CO2 Fracking
We are thrilled to share Governor Kathy Hochul signed A8866/S8357 on Saturday night, banning the use of CO2 for fracking! The bills expanded the existing NYS fracking ban to prevent CO2 fracking in addition to [...]
Clearwater Derailed My Life
Clearwater derailed my life. Ask anyone who knows me. When I stepped aboard for the first time in June of 2023, I had just finished my first year at Mount Holyoke College. I had [...]
My First Month on Clearwater: October 1978
When I was a teenager in the 1970s, my peers who were a few years older seemed to be having the time of their lives protesting, dropping out, joining communes, and saving the world. [...]