Eel Monitoring Slips Over NJ Border
Young American eels travel more than 1,000 miles from the Sargasso Sea to coastal estuaries along the United States. When they reach the Hudson River, community members are waiting to count them.
Young American eels travel more than 1,000 miles from the Sargasso Sea to coastal estuaries along the United States. When they reach the Hudson River, community members are waiting to count them.
The round goby, an invasive fish originally from Central Eurasia, has been found not too far from the Hudson River Reserve—after making its way from the Great Lakes, across the Erie Canal, and down the Mohawk River.
We don’t know about you, but the next generation getting involved in the sciences gives us so much hope. And that’s exactly what’s been happening at the Hudson River Research Reserve as part of the TIDES program.
The rufous-breasted red knot migrates more than 9,000 miles every year, wintering as far south as Tierra Del Fuego at the southernmost tip of South America. Along the way, many take a break at South Carolina’s ACE Basin Reserve.
Please join us in extending a very warm welcome to Lake Superior Reserve’s new education coordinator Luciana Ranelli and Hudson River Reserve’s new coastal training program coordinator Lindsay Charlop.
New York’s Hudson River Reserve and partners are bringing the estuary to you with vibrant educational resources, videos, and safely-held live programs for this year’s Day in the Life of the Hudson and Harbor.