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Omari Washington Joins Clearwater as Green Cities Coordinator

August 6th, 2014|Comments Off on Omari Washington Joins Clearwater as Green Cities Coordinator

Omari Washington Omari Washington has joined Clearwater as coordinator of the Green Cities initiative, which works with several river cities to bring environmental education, watershed awareness, and stewardship training to under-served communities, especially [...]

Swimming the Hudson for Pete and the River Pool

August 4th, 2014|Comments Off on Swimming the Hudson for Pete and the River Pool

Clearwater's Roger D'Aquino - and his daughter, Stephanie D'Aquino - participated in the 11th Annual Great Newburgh to Beacon Hudson River Swim over the weekend. This year's mile-long swim across the Hudson from Torches in Newburgh to [...]

Clearwater Featured on Fox 5 TV

July 26th, 2014|Comments Off on Clearwater Featured on Fox 5 TV

Fox 5 News aired a piece Friday, July 25, that was shot onboard the sloop Clearwater with middle-school children on a perfect summer day. Executive Director, Peter Gross, talks about the "leave no kid inside" goal of the [...]

Clearwater to DEC: Stop Indian Point Fish Kills

July 23rd, 2014|Comments Off on Clearwater to DEC: Stop Indian Point Fish Kills

Clearwater's environmental director, Manna Jo Greene,  is quoted in The New York Times report on the state DEC hearing held July 22 concerning  planned shutdowns of Indian Point nuclear reactors as a way to diminish killing of fish and larvae. [...]

Clearwater Welcomes Matt Soper as New Development Director

July 15th, 2014|Comments Off on Clearwater Welcomes Matt Soper as New Development Director

Organization Continues to Set a Fresh Course in Serving the Hudson Valley   Matt Soper BEACON, NY –Matt Soper has joined Hudson River Sloop Clearwater as Director of Development. In this role, he will [...]

Calling all artists and photographers!

July 13th, 2014|Comments Off on Calling all artists and photographers!

Would you like to see your photo or artwork displayed in the Clearwater 2015 Calender? We invite you to submit your work to Clearwater's 2015 Calendar contest. Our sweet spots include: seasonal images of the [...]

Hudson Living: the shore versus the water

July 11th, 2014|Comments Off on Hudson Living: the shore versus the water

By Kat O'Brien, Education Intern Photo Matt Shaw In fifth grade, my entire class had to make a map of New York State. We had to draw the entire state on a huge [...]

Clearwater’s Great Hudson River Revival 2014

July 7th, 2014|Comments Off on Clearwater’s Great Hudson River Revival 2014

Honoring Pete & Toshi Seeger  [SlideDeck2 id=18071] Thank you to everyone for coming together and helping Clearwater honor Pete & Toshi. It was a wonderful celebration and continuation of their legacy. So much of what they [...]

Micro-bead plastic pollution in the Hudson

June 25th, 2014|Comments Off on Micro-bead plastic pollution in the Hudson

Have you heard about micro-bread plastic pollution and how these tiny particles impact fish and wildlife in the Hudson River? Dave Conover, Clearwater Education Director, delivers an informative message on Mid-Hudson News' Your Environment spot.    [...]