DEC Contact: Jomo Miller (518) 402-8000
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October 17, 2016

LOCAL STUDENTS TO BECOME SCIENTISTS FOR “DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE HUDSON RIVER ESTUARY”

Annual Hudson River Fact Finding Day Connects Students with River and New York Harbor

What: Approximately 4,700 students and teachers representing about 100 elementary, middle and high schools, and colleges from New York City to Troy will become “scientists for a day,” collecting and analyzing real data from the field during hands-on exploration of the Hudson River Estuary with environmental educators. 

When/Where: Thursday, October 20, 2016. Sites up and down the Hudson River Valley and New York Harbor. Most sites hold programs during school hours. For specific locations and times, refer to the schedule below.  

Why: The Day in the Life of the Hudson River Estuary event gives students the chance to experience the tidal Hudson River firsthand, conduct their own research about this ecosystem, and learn how scientists are working to protect the River. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) Hudson River Estuary Program helps prepare students to become stewards of the river, a vital natural resource. The Hudson River Estuary Program is funded by the Environmental Protection Fund.

A list of confirmed sites for October 20th is below. “RM” refers to River Miles up the Hudson as measured from the Battery at Manhattan. “NYH” refers to New York Harbor, “ER” is East River, “BR” is Bronx River, and “HRL” is Harlem River.

 

RM

River Site

Partner Organization

Contact

School

Time at Site

NYH  -11.2

Great Kills, Staten Island

 

Mary Lee

St. Clare’s School

9:30 AM-1:00 PM

NYH  -9.1

Steeplechase Pier, Coney Island

 

Deborah Sarria

Andries Huddle JHS

10:00 AM-

1:00 PM

NYH

-7

Canarsie Pier, Brooklyn

SCA

Karine Kelley

PS 230

10:30 AM-12:30 PM

NYH

-7

Canarsie Pier, Brooklyn

SCA

Ragini Singhal

Rober A. Van Wyck, JHS 217

10:00 AM- 1:00 PM

NYH

-5

Bay Ridge  Veterans Memorial Pier

 

Alicia Smith

International School Brooklyn

10:00 AM-2:00 PM

NYH

-5

Bay Ridge Veteran Memorial Pier

 

Katie McCarthy

Sunset Park High School

12:30 PM -3:00 PM

NYH

 -2

Valentino Pier, Red Hook, NYC

SCA

Barbara Taragan

The Brooklyn New School, PS 146

9:30 AM-1:30 PM

NYH 

-2

Valentino Pier, Red Hook, NYC

 

Alexa Sloan

JHS 233

3:00 PM- 5:30 PM

ER 1.7

South Street Seaport, NYC

South Street Seaport/Laura Norwitz

Heather Page

HS of Economics and Finance

2:30 PM – 4:00 PM

ER 1.7

South Street Seaport, NYC

South Street Seaport/Laura Norwitz

Jocelyn Benford & Michelle Philippin

Blue School

11:30 AM-1:30 PM

ER 1.9

Beach under Brooklyn Bridge WEST

Lower East Side Ecology Center

Scott Wassmuth

NYC Museum School

10:00 AM- 11:30 AM

 

ER 2.3

Fulton Ferry Landing, Brooklyn, NYC

Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy

Janet Villas

Brooklyn Friends School

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

ER 2.3

Brooklyn Bridge Park, NYC

 Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy

Kathleen Nolan

St. Francis Afterschool Group

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM

ER 5.6

Hunters Point

Baruch College Campus H.S – Uzma Shah

Corinne Keegan

Hunters Point Middle School

9:30 AM- 2:00 PM

ER 5.7

Gantry Plaza

SCA

Rebecca Raddock

PS/IS 78Q

9:00 AM – 1:00 PM

ER 8

World Fair Marina in Flushing Bay

 

Steven Pollack

IS 141

10:30 AM-12:30 PM

ER 8.7

Hallets Point

 

Betty Eck

Q300, the 30th Ave school

9:15-10:15 AM & 11:30 AM -12:30 PM

ER 11.5

Barreto Park, East River

DEC Region 2

Fatima Wilson

KIPP Academy Elementary School- Washington Heights

10:00 AM- 1:00 PM

BR 0.5

Soundview Park

Bronx River Alliance – Michelle Luebke

Zachary Itzkowitz

Pelham Prep Academy

10:00 AM- 1:00 PM

BR 1

Hunts Point Park

 

Sam Marquand

Rocking the Boat

4:30 PM – 6:00 PM

BR 1.5

Concrete Plant Park

Bronx River Alliance – Kathalene Lamboy

Patrick Callahan

Bronx Center for Science and Mathematics

10:00 AM- 3:00 PM

Lower HR -1

Governor’s Island

 

Cynthia Jimenez

Urban Assembly Harbor School

10:30 AM -1:30 PM

2.9

Pier 40, Hudson River Park Trust (HRPT), NYC

The River Project

Karen Johnson

Trevor Day School

10 AM – 12:00 PM

3.2

Pier 45, Hudson River Park Trust, NYC

NYC Soil &Water Conservation District

Shino Tanikawa

PS 3

9 AM-1:00 PM

3.2

Pier 45, HRP, NYC

 

Susan Price

NYC Lab HS for Collaborative Studies

10:30 AM-1:00 PM

4.3

Pier 63

 

Erin Lubick

PS 33, Chelsea Prep

9:00 AM- 2:00 PM

4.7

Pier 64

 

Stephany Arcentales

Avenues the World School

9:00 AM-12:00 PM

4 W

Hoboken

(tentative time)

Mira Septimus

Hoboken Charter Upper School

9:00 AM-2:30 PM

4 E

Pier 84, HRP NYC

Hudson River Park Trust

Lavonne Hunter

CASA

10:00 AM-12:30 PM

4 E

Pier 84, HRP NYC

Hudson River Park Trust

Vicky Karkazis

Gateway School

12:30 PM -2:00 PM

4.1

Pier 86, HRP, NYC

The Intrepid Museum

Nancy Sing-Bock

PS 51

10:30 AM- 12:00 PM

6.8

Pier i

 

Kimberly Schwab

Speyer Legacy School

10:00 AM- 2:30 PM

10

Pier at 125th Street, NYC

 

Diana Lennon

Columbia Secondary School

1:00- 2:15 PM

10

Pier at 125th Street, NYC

 

Ben Raikes

The School at Columbia

10:00 AM – 2:30 PM

HRL RM 1

Wards Island

 

Dinorah Hudson

High School for Math, Science and Engineering @ City College

10:00 AM-1:00 PM

11.5

Fort Washington Park, NYC

 

Katie White

Marymount School of NY

8:30 AM- 2:00 PM

13

Swindler Cover

NYRP - Nina Salzman

Ms. Feng

PS 5

12:00- 2:00  PM

14

Inwood Hill Park, NYC

DEC Fisheries

Diane Schwartz

Rochambeau Alternative High School

10:00 AM 1:00 PM

14

Inwood Hill Park, NYC

 

Carolina Castro

Riverdale Kingsbridge Academy 141

10:00 AM-1:00 PM

17

St. Vincent’s Point

 

Patricia Grove

College of Mount Saint Vincent

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

18.3

Habirshaw Park, Yonkers

CURB & Sarah Lawrence College

Vicky Garufi

St. Ann’s School, Brooklyn

9:30 AM 1:00 PM

19

Alpine Boat Basin

Palisades Interstate Park in NJ

Lisa Wolfe

Alpine School

9:00 AM 12:00 PM

19.5

JFK Marina

 

Danielle Doucette

Riverside High School

9:00 AM – 2:00 PM

22

Kinally Cove, MacEchron Park, Hastings

 

Melissa Shandroff

Hastings HS

8:15 -10: 45 AM & 12:15- 2:15 PM

23

Dobbs Ferry Waterfront

 

Stephen Fleming

EF Academy

9:00-11:30 AM & 1:00 -3:30 PM

25

Matthiessen Park, Irvington

Irvington HS – Joanne Morabito

Amy Panitz

Irvington MS

10:00 AM-1:30 PM

25.4

Piermont Pier, Piermont

Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory

Tom Mullane

Jen Mazza

Shawn Kapuskinsky, Julie West

Pearl River HS, Clarkstown South HS

Spring Valley HS

Oak Meadow HS

8:30 AM-2:00 PM

28

Memorial Park, Nyack

 

Kristen Kleinman

Nyack HS

8:30 AM-1:30 PM

30.4

Lower Nyack Beach at Hook Mountain, Nyack

Strawtown Studios

Lorraine Marden

Blue Rock School

10:00 AM-2:00 PM

30.5

Hook Mountain State Park Steps

Nyack College, Peter Park

Lisa Knowles

Nyack Middle School

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

30.5

Hook Mountain
Upper Beach

 

Jillian Decker,

Nancy Arias,

Peter Park


SUNY Rockland CC,
Nyack College

8:00 AM – 12:00 PM

32.5

Louis Engel Park, Ossining

 

Artie Carlucci &

Ossining HS

9:00 AM-1:30 PM

35

Croton Point Park

 

Donna Light Donovon

Croton- Harmon HS

9:00 AM-11:30 AM

37

Bowline Point Park

 

Chuck Barone

Nanuet HS

9:00 AM-1:00 PM

38

Haverstraw Bay County Park

 

Beth Michaluk

Albertus Magnus HS

9:30 AM – 1:00 PM

39

Stony Point Park

 

Jeanne McGuire

North Rockland HS

9:00 AM-1:00 PM

40

George’s Island

 

Alethea Lynch

Fox Meadow ES

10:00 AM-2:00 PM

41

Steamboat Dock, Verplanck

 

Bob Connick

Mahopac HS

10:30 AM -12:15 PM

43.5s

Riverfront Green, Peekskill

 

Michael Billy

Walter Panas HS

9:30 AM- 1:30 PM

51.5

Garrison Landing

Hudson Highlands Land Trust

Kevin Keegan

Garrison School

9:15 AM -1:00 PM

55

Little Stony Point, Cold Spring

Hudson Highland Land Trust – Pete Salmonsohn

 

Haldane MS/HS

9:00 AM-1:00 PM

57

Cornwall Landing

Bear Mountain Education Center – Chris O’Sullivan

Debbie Gilson

Willow Avenue ES

9:30 AM-2:00 PM

58

Kowawese Unique Area, New Windsor

Hudson Highlands Nature Museum

Rebecca Foster-Faith

Bishop Dunn Memorial School

8:45 AM-1:30 PM

58.1

Plum Point, New Windsor

Black Rock Forest, Jack Caldwell

Janet DeStefano

Vails Gate STEAM academy

9:00 AM-1:30 PM

60

Dennings Point, Beacon

 

Miriam Straus

Oakwood Friend’s School

9:30 AM-12:00 PM

61

Long Dock Park, Beacon

Heidi Gesson

Leah Horn

Haldane MS

9:00 AM-1:00 PM

60.2

Newburgh Rowing Club

 

Jennifer Reid

Gidney Ave ES

9:00 AM – 2:00 PM

61.2

Beacon Riverfront Park

 

Nancy Rypkema

Valley Central MS

9:00 AM-1:15 PM

65

Chelsea Boat Launch, Newburgh

 

Rosellen Hardt

Wappingers Jr. HS

9:00 AM – 1:00 PM

75.5

Waryas Park, Poughkeepsie

 

Sharon Ellis

Walkill HS

9:45 AM- 1:15 PM

76

Waryas Park, Poughkeepsie

 

Brent Boscarino

Poughkeepsie Day School

10:00 AM – 1:00 PM

76.4

Highland Landing Park

 

Kevin Rizzo

Highland Middle School

9:00 AM- 1:00 PM

78

Quiet Cove, Poughkeepsie

Cornell CEDC

Skip Hoover

G.W. Krieger ES

9:00 AM-1:15 PM

84.5

Norrie Point Env. Center, Staatsburg

Hudson River Research Reserve

Shannon Considine

 

Poughkeepsie HS

 

9:00 AM-1:30 PM

87

Esopus Meadows Ulster Park

Hudson Sloop Clearwater – Eli Schloss

 

Robert Graves ES

9:30 AM - 1:30 PM

92

Kingston Point Park

Kingston Parks, Julie Noble

Francine Wizner

Kingston High School

9:00 AM – 1:00 PM

94

Robert Post Park

 

Meg Maisch

Rondout Valley HS

9:30 AM -1:45 PM

97

Ulster Landing Park, Saugerties

 

Deanna Rizzo

Kingston High School

8:30 AM – 2:00 PM

97

Sojourner Truth, Ulster Landing Park, Saugerties

 

Stephen Hart

Mill Road ES

9:30 AM-1:00 PM

98

Tivoli Bay South, Annandale

Bard College

Deborah Beam

Red Hook HS

9:00 AM-1:30 PM

100.5

Falling Waters Glasco

 

Brian Robinson

Saugerties HS

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

102

Saugerties Lighthouse

 

Marie Daniels

Woodstock Day School

10:00 AM-1:00 PM

108.5

Lasher Memorial Park, Germantown

Columbia Land Conservancy, Jim Darby

Tom Crowell

Hudson HS

10:00 AM- 2:00 PM

115

Cohotate Preserve

Cornell Cooperative Extension, Liz LoGuidice

Tony Loughran

Coxsackie Athens HS

9:00 AM-  1:30 PM

117

Athens Waterfront Park

 

Elisa Futia

Edward J Arthur Elementary

 

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

117.5

Hudson Waterfront Park

Cary Institute

Sandy Fischer

Jenny Jeffrey

Chatham HS

Taconic HS

8:30 AM-1:00 PM

123

Coxsackie Riverfront Park

OPRHP

Jennifer Rasuch

Coxackie Athens ES

9:30 AM- 1:30 PM

124.5

Nutten Hook

Mud Creek ELC

Michelle Vededer Drew

TALC

12:00 PM – 2:30 PM

133.4

Schodack Island

 

Debrah Magadini

Berkshire Waldorf School

10:00 AM- 1:00 PM

138

Henry Hudson Park, Selkirk

The College of St. Rose, Mary Cosgrove

Sarah Loya

Albany Academy for Girls

9:30 AM
2:00 PM

140

Papscanee Preserve

 

Kate Perry 

Robert C. Parker School

9:00 AM – 1:30 PM

145.5

Corning Preserve

Department of Env. Conservation

Natalie Aiello

Montessori Magnet School

9:00 AM -1:45 PM

152

Hudson Shores Park, Watervliet

 

Amy Parks & Stacey Shepherd

North Colonie LEP

9:30 AM-1:00 PM

153

Green Island Park

CMOST, Dawn Baldwin

Thomas O’Brien

Academy of Science & Technology

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

154

Peebles Island, Waterford

NYS Parks, Ashley Drum

Rachel Zimmermann

Pine Hills ES

9:00 AM-1:00 PM

154

Peebles Island

 

Laura Murawski

Cohoes HS

9:00 AM- 2:00 PM

SCH 53

Schoharie Creek

 

Mollie Burgett

Middleburgh Central School

11:00 AM – 1:00 PM

RM

River Site

Partner Organization

 

School

Time at Site

 

 

 

 

 

 

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