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| SUNY Stony Brook's R/V Seawolf serves as a living and learning platform for River Summer 2007
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The zodiac transports participants into Piermont for a session on geology. |
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| A sonar 'fish' used in mapping the bottom of the Hudson River is deployed over the side of the Seawolf.
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Frank Nitsche (Lamont-Doherty) interprets the instrument return from the sidescan sonar. |
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| An open marine trawl just north of the Hudson Canyon yields a net packed with skates and dogfish. |
A mud crab, deserving of its name(!) is caught up in the catch. |
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| A gravity core of bottom sediment is pulled onto the boat for capping and labeling. |
The group completes a plant transect study in the Piermont Marsh to assess the encroachment of Phragmites into the marsh interior. |
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| Roger Panetta (Fordham University) discusses the Manhattan history as part of the creation of a contemporary panorama of the NY City skyline. |
Steve Schimmrich (SUNY Ulster) leads an intrepid group of River Summer participants exploring to locate the Phillips mine, which was used to mine iron, copper and sulfur. |
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| Traveling under the Newburgh Beacon Bridge. |
The zodiac ferrying participants to Kowawese Beach in Cornwall for some historical/archeological assessment. |
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| Murals in Newburgh created as part of the revitalization of the waterfront. |
Participants gathered on Storm King Road. (L-R Jack Reilly (Mt. St. Mary College), Rik Scarce (Skidmore), Valerie Homes (Ossining HS), Jay Williams (Hamilton College), Geoffrey Brackett (Pace University), Ginny Johnson (Sleepy Hollow MS), Tim Kenna (Lamont-Doherty), Lucy Johnston (Vassar College), Margie Turrin (Lamont-Doherty). |
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| A Hudson River Blue Crab collected in the trawl in Newburgh Bay. |
A shortnose sturgeon being released after a quick ride in the trawl net. |
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| Lucy Johnson (Vassar College) provides some directions on looking for site designs for early Native settlements. |
Doc Baynes, Sterling Forest Environmental Educator, shows the group parts of the old iron mines and processing facilities in Sterling Forest. |
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| The kiln and storage and processing facility for the old iron mine in Sterling Forest. |
Howard Horowitz (Ramapo College) Tim Kenna (Lamont-Doherty), Geoffrey Brackett (face hidden - Pace University) and Stuart Belli (Vassar College) collect a marsh core in Foundry Cove. |
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| Abandoned housing from the old iron mining community in Sterling Forest. |
Valerie Holmes (Ossining HS) entering water quality data into the computer. |
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| The group visits the Building One of the Beacon Institute for Rivers & Estuaries, a green building design on Denning's Point. |
Brian Jensen (College of St. Rose) and John Mylod (Hudson River fisherman) talk about the fish of the Hudson River prior to leading a trawl. |
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| Olana, home of Frederic Church, described as a Persian masterpiece of architecture and landscaping, overlooking the Hudson River. |
L/R: Amanda Wilson (Manhattanville College), Carol Reitsma (SUNY New Paltz), Joanne Schultz (Staten Island College) graphing cadmium data from marsh cores. |
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| Lucy Johnson (Vassar College) leads the group in a archeology discussion on the early settlements of the Hudson River. |
The group continues with an archeology adventure, led by Lucy Johnson (Vassar College).. |
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| Elizabeth Hutchinson (Barnard College) leads a discussion on the Hudson River School of art. |
Looking out over North Lake in the Catskills. |
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| Seining in the Hudson at Poughkeepsie. |
Karen Johnson (Trevor School) does a phosphate sample run. |
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| Steve Schimmrich (SUNY Ulster) leads the group on a geology hike into the Catskills. |
Steve Schimmrich (SUNY Ulster) makes a roadside stop to point out an anticline formation along the roadway. |
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| A tour of the Troy Dam, where the estuary meets the freshwater section of the Hudson River. |
Overlooking the Hudson River in the Adirondacks. |
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| A visit to the new Adirondacks natural history museum in Tupper Lake, The Wild Center. |
Tim Kenna (LDEO) orienting the group with a topographic map and a compass on the Leave No Trace camping trip. |
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| The swinging bridge over the Hudson River. |
Backpacking into the camping site in the Adirondacks. |
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| The campsite at the base of Mount Adams. |
Margie Turrin (Lamont-Doherty) on a trip in the gondola to Little White Face Mountain. |
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| Tim Kenna (LDEO) and Margie Turrin (LDEO) use the YSI meter for a water sample in the Hudson River. |
Completing nutrient testing on water samples collected in the Arbutus watershed. L/R, Jerome Levkov (Iona College), Tom Sarro (Mt. St. Mary College), Tim Kenna (Lamont-Doherty) and Banny Ackermann (Radner MS). |
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| Relocation and protection of historic Hemmer Cottage by CAP 21 (Central Adirondack Partnership for the 21st Century) to a new waterfront location in the town of Webb. |
Remnants from the old McIntyre mining town in Tahawus. |
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| Getting ready for a float plane ride over the Adirondacks to assess the built versus the park land. |
Pictures from the air of the MacIntyre Mine - the upper and the lower works drain into these two catchments. Piles of tailings are still visible. |
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| Flying over the Adirondacks shows the vastness of the timber ranges and dottings of lakes. |
Sunset over Arbutus Lake behind Henderson Lodge. |
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