A LIVING RIVER
THE HUDSON HAS ENDURED DECADES OF DAMAGE AND NEGLECT. DESPITE THE MYTH OF A DEAD ECOSYSTEM, THE RIVER LIVES.
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Despite its polluted reputation, the Hudson River is teeming with life. From the tiny Glass Eels to the massive 14 foot long Atlantic Sturgeon, a vital web of life defies decades of oppression. Organizations like Riverkeeper and New Yorks Department of Environmental Conservation use lessons learned from its past as a bustling commercial fishery to its present as a ecosystem in recovery in order to protect its future.
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