Historic Landmark on the Hudson River

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  • Shoreline clean-up yields boatloads of trash

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    The Lighthouse peninsula is a lot cleaner after our Saturday morning river sweep. Eighteen volunteers spent over two hours along the jetty picking up debris washed ashore by recent floods. Plastic, styrofoam and other flotsam filled fifty garbage bags. Our supply barge served as a floating trash hauler, delivering two mounded boatloads to the Coast…

  • Reminder: river sweep on Saturday

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    Join us for a shoreline clean up this Saturday morning, May 11th. Get some fresh air, enjoy the river, and make the area look spiffy! Meet at the Lighthouse at 9AM ready to pick up trash. Hope to see you there!

  • Salvage of wrecked barge begins

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    Yesterday morning, the crane barge Delaware Bay arrived at Magdalen Island. The crane is equipped with a clamshell dredge to remove the fill from the grounded hopper barge. It was accompanied by an empty hopper barge to receive the fill with the tugboat Mary Alice. According to a report from our downstream neighbor Dock, the…

  • Springtime natural happenings

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    The wintering mergansers have departed for northern climes while cormorants have arrived to fill the diving bird niche. The resident pair of eagles alternate between their nest on the other side of the river and their favorite fishing perch on this side. Striped bass are starting to show up. Red-winged blackbirds have returned to the…

  • Sunken hopper barge

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    Downstream neighbor Dock photographed the wreck yesterday from his kayak. A tugboat babysat the grounded barge overnight. It is our understanding that these barges were northbound from ALLOCCO Recycling in Greenpoint Brooklyn to the P&M terminal at Coeymans. A spokesperson for the company has assured us that the contents of the barge are clean and…

  • Update on the grounded barge

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    The tug Eastern Dawn just headed upriver with two barges, presumably loaded with what’s left of the cargo that was in transit before running afoul of the rocks on Magdalen Island. Meanwhile, the tug Captain Zeke is looking after the stranded barge.

  • Barge run aground on Magdalen Island

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    Report from Glasco river observation station, aka our downstream neighbors Dock & Kate: Late last night, around 2AM, Dock & Kate awoke to lights and activity on the southern end of Magdalen Island, across the river from Glasco. At daylight, it was apparent that a barge was run aground on the rocks. The barge is…

  • Riverkeeper Sweep on May 11th

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    Spring cleaning is coming! Join us as we tidy-up the shoreline near the Lighthouse on Saturday, May 11th. The Saugerties Lighthouse Conservancy is teaming up with Riverkeeper to host a clean-up at the mouth of Esopus Creek at its confluence with the Hudson River. Lots of trash washes ashore after storms, so we need your…

  • Trail conditions: improvements in progress

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    Last week, storm tides delivered a lot of driftwood and detritus onto the trail. This week, we are spiffing up the trail by raking and picking up the debris. Some trail improvements will be forthcoming as the weather warms up and we can work more outside. With the arrival of spring, wetland plants will start…

  • Open Water

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    A week ago Sunday, ice floes still drifted in the river, but a few dedicated kayakers ventured out and paddled down from Malden. On Monday, full moon tides lifted the remaining piles of ice from the shoreline and carried them away with the ebb. By Wednesday morning, the water was free of frozen obstacles, allowing…