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EPA Designates Gowanus Canal a Superfund Site

Wednesday, March 3, 2010 - 2:18pm

Bloomberg Administration Wanted to Avoid the Designation

Gowanus Canal illegal dumper

On March 2, the Environmental Protection Agency added the 1.8 mile Gowanus Canal to its Superfund National Priorities List. For 150 years, the Canal has been polluted by factories that line its shores, and more recently by combined sewer overflows and dirty stormwater run-off.

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Calendar of Events

Tides and Currents

Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 6:30pm

Location:

Website: http://www.northriversquadron.org/

North River Sail & Power Squadron invites you to their winter seminar series:

Presented by Donald Chesley
Research Engineer Davidson Labs at Stevens Institute
In this presentation you will see graphic images of:
• water level • surface and bottom temperature
• surface and bottom salinity • surface and bottom currents
• NOAA winds • coastal waves - height, period and direction
The forecasts and real-time observations are viewable using color-coded maps at http://www.stevens.edu/maritimeforecast/.

GO GREEN EXPO

Friday, March 19, 2010 - 12:30pm - Sunday, March 21, 2010 - 4:00pm

Location:

Website www.gogreenexpo.com

GO GREEN EXPO RETURNS TO NEW YORK WITH
CELEBRITY ACTIVISTS MARIEL HEMINGWAY, MATTHEW
MODINE, ED BEGLEY JR., AND MORE THAN 200
EXHIBITORS
CBS
Television Network and Gotham Magazine Join Forces with the
Third Annual GO GREEN EXPO on March 1921
WHERE AND WHEN:
Pier 92 - 12 Ave & West 55th St. On the Hudson River

Business to Business Expo: Friday March 19, 2010. 10AM-7PM

Open to Public:
Saturday March 20, 2010. 10AM-6PM
Sunday March 21, 2010 10AM-5PM

Free Seminar: The Archaeology of Environmental Change in the New York/New Jersey Harbor Estuary

Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 10:30am

Location:

Website: http://www.hudsonriver.org/download/TuesSemSpring10.pdf

Hudson River Foundation free Seminar:
'The Archaeology of Environmental Change in the New York/New Jersey Harbor Estuary.'

A seminar series on scientific issues related to the environmental quality & resource management of the Harbor Estuary

Rocking the Boat Ribbon Cutting Celebration

Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Location:

Website: http://www.rockingtheboat.org/ribboncutting/

Thursday, March 25, 5 - 7 p.m.
Refreshments, boatbuilding demonstrations, remarks.

Join them as they officially open their new 2,200 sq. ft. boatbuilding shop, environmental science classroom and kitchen, and see how far they have come on the lobby, student lounge, and library mezzanine.

Location: 812 Edgewater Road
Bronx, NY 10474
Tel: 718-466-5799

DIRECTIONS

Take #6 Train to Hunts Point Avenue.
Walk on Hunts Point Avenue and cross under Bruckner Expressway
Make third left on Lafayette Avenue

Paddlesport 2010

Friday, March 26, 2010 - 10:00am - Sunday, March 28, 2010 - 4:30pm

Location:

Website: http://jerseypaddler.com/ps-welcome/126.html

The New Jersey Paddlers Paddlesport Show.
The largest canoe & kayak show on the East Coast.
Show features manufacturers of kayaks, canoes, accessories, sportswear, padding clubs, professional instruction & expeditions, as well as lectures & video and slide shows of paddling trips, expeditions and paddling techniques.
Hosting over 100 vendors.

Location:
Garden State Exhibit Center
Somerset, New Jersey

Admission: $10.00 & free for children under 14.