Click on a sub-menu for articles, reports, awards, and other newsworthy items on Clearwater.
News from Clearwater
NY State Awards $343k for Historic Sloop Restoration
BEACON, NY– Hudson River Sloop Clearwater has received another generous round of support from New York State in the form of a $343,776 matching grant. This grant from the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic [...]
Restoring a Hudson River Crusader, Plank by Plank
Restoring a Hudson River Crusader, Plank by Plank By PAUL POSTDEC. 13, 2015 New York Times
Clearwater hosts visiting Arctic children at Kingston home port
Clearwater hosts visiting Arctic children at Kingston home port\ Mid Hudson News
Sloop Clearwater Arrives Home For the Winter
Clearwater returns to Kingston to begin her largest restoration project since 1969. KINGSTON, NY– The Hudson River’s iconic sloop Clearwater will transit through the Rondout Creek this evening to complete the final leg of her [...]
Clearwater Crew Colors in The Planks
Clearwater's Float the Boat campaign to fund the restoration of the sloop has quickly raised $27,000! Clearwater's crew is monitoring our progress by coloring in the planks of the vessel's hull to track the climb toward [...]
Clearwater Says GE Exhibits ‘Callous Disregard’ in Halting Dredging
BEACON, NY– Hudson River Sloop Clearwater reacted with outrage and a pledge to persist in the face of General Electric Company’s announcement today that it has completed dredging of PCBs it disseminated into the Hudson [...]
Decommissioning Nuke Plants Conference Oct. 15 in NYC
Clearwater is co-sponsoring a conference to raise awareness about the significant challenges involved in decommissioning of nuclear plants, to take place on Thursday, October 15, 10:00 AM-3:00 PM, 2 West 64th Street, in Manhattan. The conference [...]
Clearwater Members Gather, Elect New Board, Get News, Sing
BEACON, NY - Members of Hudson River Sloop Clearwater gathered Sunday, September 20, at the University Settlement Camp pavilion, elected new Board members, enjoyed previews of Clearwater's new "Float the Boat" campaign, sang, played and ate potluck [...]
Letter to Gov. Cuomo from Cleaner Hudson Campaign
Clearwater Executive Director Peter A. Gross is one of the leaders of four environmental groups who signed this letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo regarding PCBs in the Hudson River and General Electric's failure to complete a [...]