A sailboat is seen from the eastern shore of the Hudson River at the Norrie Point Environmental Center in Staatsburg, N.Y. Photo: Bill Leukhardt
The Hudson River Estuary directly drains 5,300 square miles of the Hudson River’s 13,390-square-mile watershed. The watershed is mostly in New York State, but also bits of New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts. These and many other interesting facts about the river can be learned at the Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve, described in the article in the Fall-Winter 2019-2020 issue of Wrack Lines.
Following are some additional photos of the Hudson River NERR.
Volunteers use a seine net to collect river creatures for a survey of river life. Photo: Chris Bowser
Seine nets used by Poughkeepsie High School students on a mid-September field trip dry in the sun at the Norrie Point center. Photo: Bill Leukhardt
Collection day at the Hudson River NERR yielded these glass eels for the Eel Project. Photo: Chris Bowser
A public fishing event drew these and other students to the Norrie Point center. Photo: Chris Bowser
Students from Poughkeepsie High School are equipped with waders, nets and buckets for a day of collection as part of the Eel Project. Photo: Chris Bowser
This worksheet is used by high school teacher Lee Magadini with classes she brings to the Hudson River NERR.
Two pairs of waders dry in the sun outside the Norrie Point center. Photo: Bill Leukhardt
This three-limbed turtle named Hiccup was rescued from High Bar Harbor in New Jersey. The turtle is on display at the Norrie Point Center. Photo: Bill Leukhardt
