Letter From The Executive Director: A Fisherman’s Tale
By: Marc Yaggi
There At The Founding
The unlikely story of how a band of aggrieved, determined Hudson River fishermen started an environmental movement that is now at the forefront on six...
There At The Founding
By: Waterkeeper Alliance
There At The Founding
In this roundtable discussion, which took place about 18 months ago at a Waterkeeper Alliance annual conference, five of the earliest Waterkeepers –...
Waterkeeper Movement Milestones
By: Waterkeeper Alliance
There At The Founding
1966 Hudson River Fishermen’s Association is formed (now Hudson Riverkeeper) by Bob Boyle (right) and commercial and recreational fishermen in response...
Waterkeepers Around the World Battle Climate Change
By: Waterkeeper Alliance
There At The Founding
The recent reports that the level of carbon dioxide in the earth’s atmosphere has passed 400 parts per million, the highest in more than 300 million...
Terry Backer | 1954 -2015 | A Legend’s First Legacy
By: Waterkeeper Alliance
There At The Founding
June 2015 – Terry Backer, Long Island Soundkeeper and a Connecticut state representative, successfully leads Connecticut legislature’s passage...