Reblog: New Federal Executive Order doubles down on invasive species

Considering the amount of invasive species I grew up learning about in the Hudson Valley and the new ones I am being introduced to in central Ohio, this Order from the Obama administration is great to see. Hopefully it is not immediately struck down with the incoming Trump administration and right-controlled House and Senate… In…

DEC Hydrilla Project Update: Croton River Treatment Postponed & Deemed Likely to Fail

August 15th has come and gone and the DEC’s proposed hydrilla treatment on the Croton River has still not happened. The village has promised to issue the DEC a permit for the treatment under the conditions that they move the treatment site further from the aquifer that supplies drinking water to NYC. The DEC is pushing back and…

DEC’s Croton River Hydrilla Project: Update

Bill Wegner, a staff scientist at Riverkeeper, emailed with me about the DEC’s plan for Croton River and has reassured me that the herbicide will not have adverse affects on anything except for the target hydrilla. He pointed to the fact that without this treatment, it is unlikely the the invasive hydrilla will be stopped, and the…

DEC Plans to Use Herbicide to Kill Hydrilla in Croton River, Swimming Ban to be Put in Place

Hydrilla, an invasive aquatic weed, has been overtaking the Croton River and has the potential of spreading into the Hudson. It clogs boat motors, reduces oxygen levels, and chokes local plants. A survey was conducted last summer by the DEC and Allied Biological and found that hydrilla has not yet spread into the Hudson, but that…

Reblog: US EPA Pushing Huge Hike In Drinking Water Radioactivity

Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
Comment on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Notice: [Nonprotective Inaction ] “Guide for Drinking Water after a Radiological Incident” here: https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0268 by 11.59 pm on 25 July 2016. From PEER.org: “For Immediate Release: Jun 07, 2016 
EPA PUSHING HUGE HIKE IN DRINKING WATER RADIOACTIVITY Thousand-Fold Increase Following Fukushima-Type Incident –…

Sturgeon Surprise

“Docks to base. Come in base. Over.” “This is base. Go ahead. Over” “Uh, there’s a three foot long live sturgeon in this boat. How do you want me to handle this? … Over. ” At 0940 this morning, one of my coworkers at Croton Sailing School found a young sturgeon swimming in the cockpit of…