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  • New Hudson River Curriculum Guide Advances K-12 STEM Learning

    New Hudson River Curriculum Guide Advances K-12 STEM Learning

    The Hudson River Estuary Program announced a new Hudson River Curriculum Guide, featuring original lessons from the Estuary Program and its partners. The inquiry-based, multi-component science guide is designed for teachers and students to enhance STEM learning, as well as deepen their engagement and understanding of the Hudson River and its watershed. “The Hudson River…

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  • NEIWPCC Turns 75 and Honors 50 Years of the Clean Water Act

    Executive Director Invites Partners to Celebrate NEIWPCC has two “watershed” moments to celebrate in 2022. This year will mark the 50th anniversary of the passage of the federal Clean Water Act of 1972, the landmark environmental legislation that has, to this day, defined how United States water resources are protected and restored. It will also…

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  • New Tool Aids in Conservation Planning for Long Island Sound Marshes

    A new online interactive viewer is aiding in coastal resiliency planning in New York by showing potential marsh migration areas in the Long Island Sound. The “Marsh-Fate Interactive Viewer” is the result of a three-year assessment by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the Long Island Sound Study (LISS) in partnership with…

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  • Researchers Explore Expanding Nutrient Trading in Long Island Sound

    In 2020, NEIWPCC began an exploratory study with rbouvier Consulting and Paul Stacey into the opportunities and obstacles to expand water quality trading in the Long Island Sound watershed. The project supports the Long Island Sound Study (LISS), a NEIWPCC program partner, in implementing their Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan. NEIWPCC convened an interdisciplinary team of…

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  • Daniel Miller: Restoring Hudson River Estuary Habitats

    Daniel Miller: Restoring Hudson River Estuary Habitats

    Twenty years ago, when Daniel Miller first joined NEIWPCC as an environmental analyst, he was tasked with an ambitious endeavor: develop a plan for restoring Hudson River estuary habitats — severely impacted by industrial development, transportation systems, navigational improvements, and a host of local landscape issues — back into a healthy ecosystem. After working with…

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  • 2021-2025 Hudson River Estuary Action Agenda Now Available

    The Hudson River Estuary Program, a program of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), released an updated Action Agenda for 2021-2025 to serve as a conservation and restoration blueprint to guide the work of the Estuary Program and its partners. Community groups and citizens throughout the region provided input for the plan, which…

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  • Combating Our Aging Wastewater Workforce

    Combating Our Aging Wastewater Workforce

    As the United States’ wastewater workforce ages, the need for new operators entering the industry is becoming critical. In its document, “America’s Water Sector Workforce Initiative: A Call to Action,” the EPA Office of Water highlights the issue: “One of the major challenges facing our nation is the critical and unprecedented staff shortage in the…

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  • Dam Removal Improves Water Quality, Flood Resilience, and Fish Habitat

    In August 2021, the Lake Champlain Basin Program worked with the Franklin County Natural Resources Conservation District to oversee the removal of the Johnsons Mill Dam, located along the Bogue Branch in Bakersfield, VT. After decades of disuse, the stone and concrete dam was in a state of deterioration and recommended for removal by the…

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  • Tracing the Pandemic Through our Wastewater

    “The sewer is the conscience of the city.” Phyllis Rand, of the Greater Augusta Utility District, shared this quote from Victor Hugo’s “Les Misérables” during a recent training on wastewater-based epidemiology. Rand emphasized how pollutants, diseases, and other materials in our wastewater are valuable data that tell stories about a community. In the last two…

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  • Creating Valuable State-Tribe Communications

    During the Meaningful State-Tribe Communication webinar – the latest installment of the EPA-funded National 303(d)/TMDL Webinar Series – relationship building emerged as a common theme from the three speakers. Held on Sept. 29, the panelists included Bruce Jones of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission (NWIFC); Nancy Schuldt of the Fond Du Lac Band of Lake…

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