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Hudson River Estuary
'A Day in the Life of the Hudson River' is looking forward to our next event October 10th, 2013!
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Registration for the 2013 event is underway. Please complete and return the form (pdf or word) to register your group for the Thursday 10/10/13 event, and for the workhops available for teachers and educators. Note 2013 registration deadline is Friday Septmber 20th!
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We have a decade of students - undergraduates to elementary school - joining together one special day a year to sample, learn and engage with the Hudson River! In the last 10 years we have engaged over 20,000 participants in our Day in the Life events, bringing students, teachers and educators to the Hudson River for sampling, learning and fun! Check our 2012 webpage for results as they are posted, and for activity sheets from the event!
'DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE HUDSON RIVER' INFORMATION
The event is designed to celebrate the Hudson River Estuary and educate participants on the uniqueness of our estuary as part of the annual recognition of "National Estuaries Week". The event is coordinated by The Hudson River Estuary Program of New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. Each fall, environmental education centers are encouraged to team with school classes along the Hudson River to create a day-in-the-life picture of the river from the Troy Dam to New York Harbor.
The event began in 2003 with a modest 300 plus student participants and has grown until in our most recent event, October 2012, we involved over 3765 students and individual participants almost 70 sites from the New York Bight up to Lock 5 in the Hudson River, and into the Mohawk watershed, a major Hudson River tributary. Each site gathers data on the Hudson and shares their results, gaining a better understanding of this historic and vital estuary system. Data, Lesson Plans, Resources...lots of resource materials are provided here for your use in joining us on a virtual exploration of the river...and plan to join us on in 2013 for your own dip in the Hudson River as part of our Day in the Life on the Hudson River!
How can you get involved? Register and/or Contact Margie Turrin of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Rebecca Houser, Chris Bowser, or Steve Stanne of The Hudson River Estuary Program to learn more about this event.