Latest Clearwater Blog Posts
Earth Day Advocacy
Clearwater joined a terrific coalition of over 20 organizations today to educate New York State legislators and their staff about a wide range of environmental issues. Everyone from Buffalo to Long Island were represented! Our coalition had over 60 meetings to discuss these pertinent issues. [...]
Environmental Action Update: April 2021
Environmental Action Update: April 2021 Indian Point, Regional and National Nuclear Decommissioning Advocacy: 3/30/21 Congressional Briefing: Toward an Evidence-Based Nuclear Energy Policy: Approximately 350 congressional staff, elected officials, agencies and citizens attended this superb briefing. Please contact Manna or Matt to help with follow up [...]
The Great Hudson River Revival 2021
The Great Hudson River Revival 2021 We are excited to announce that The Great Hudson River Revival will return virtually on June 19th, 2021! This year’s Great Hudson River Revival will be live-streamed from 11 am - 11 [...]
Fish Advisory: March 2021
New York State Department of Health: Hudson River Fish Advisory It's springtime on the estuary, and we are excited to get back on the water, as are many of the Hudson Valley's residents. Anglers up and down the river are getting their gear together and waiting [...]
She Sailor Sea Stories: Former Captain Samantha Hick’s Musical Journey Through Clearwater
My Musical Journey Through Clearwater By Sam Heyman-Hicks, Former Sloop Clearwater Captain Songs from my early years as First Mate and later as Captain: "Ballad of the Fisherman" is an original by former Educator Sean Madden, but I also adored his version of a [...]
March 2021 Environmental Action Update
March 2021 Environmental Action Update Big News! Danskammer Update: Siting Board deems the Danskammer application complete. On Feb. 16 the Chairman of the NYS Public Service Commission, who chairs the Article 10 Siting Board, accepted Danskammer's application for a proposal to build a new [...]
Clearwater Generations Collection
Head Buckets and Fish Tales
-Sara Linden-Brooks Ahoy, from the Mystic Whaler! It’s quite bitter-sweet for me to announce that we are in our final week of the 2010 Clearwater season. For the past ten weeks we have been growing as educators, shipmates, and most importantly friends. We traveled from [...]
Sloop Clearwater Returns to the Village of Cold Spring for Independence Day Weekend
This is the Clearwater's second return to Cold Spring in approximately 15 years, and we are thrilled to take part in Cold Spring's remarkable Independence Day celebrations. On Saturday, July 3rd, the Clearwater crew will host free public deck tours from noon until [...]
Clearwater’s Key to Hudson River Fishes- 3rd Edition Now Available
Clearwater's Key to Common Hudson River Fishes has been reprinted and is now available! The new edition comes beautifully redesigned and printed on durable waterproof paper with more fish information. The Clearwater Fish Key was created to identify the species of fish most likely to [...]
A Hudson Highland Sailor Returns Home
- Phil Frandino, Mystc Whaler Educator I began my voyage of life at sea up the estuary of the river that flows both ways, sitting in a rowboat with my father. . . a seven-year-old, doin' some fishin' . Not for food. The water [...]
Messing about in Boats
- Julie Gilgoff, Mystic Whaler Education Intern " There is absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats" - Kenneth Grahame, A Wind in the Willows As a child, I got a post card with that quote written on [...]
A Call to Action- Protect Your Environment!
Save Our Hudson River Fish The NY State Department of Environment Conservation (DEC) held public hearings on Indian Point at Colonial Terrace in Cortlandt on July 20th. NYS DEC held these hearings because Entergy is challenging the DEC's decision to deny a Water Quality Certificate (WQC) [...]