Scenes from outreach events on Long Island and on the Hudson River on Estuary Day, September 14.
The Saturday of National Estuaries Week is emerging as a regular public-outreach event in New York for many NEIWPCC partners.
For the second year in a row, NEIWPCC staff members at the Long Island Sound Study and Peconic Estuary Program teamed up with the South Shore Estuary Reserve and others for Estuary Day on September 14.
That was also the date for Science on the River, which the Hudson River Estuary Program and Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve has held at Norrie Point eight times since 2010.
Long Island’s Estuary Day was held this year in Theodore Roosevelt Park in Oyster Bay, on Long Island’s north shore. The event included exhibits, opportunities for sailing and kayaking, a beach cleanup, lectures, and other activities. This year’s theme was “Marine Debris.”
Science on the River, at the Norrie Point Environmental Center, introduced the Hudson watershed ecosystem through interactive displays, live animals, research demonstrations, and a fishing competition.
National Estuaries Week, which began in 1988 as National Estuaries Day, is a joint project of the National Estuarine Research Reserve Association, Restore America’s Estuaries, the Association of National Estuary Programs, NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management, and others. It is the third week of September.
Science on the River is part of a suite of outreach programs that the Hudson programs offer throughout the year. Next up is A Day in the Life of the Hudson and Harbor, which will engage thousands of students and educators at 90 sites on the river on October 22 (video of 2017 event).
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