Hudson RiverNet
News from the Hudson River Estuary Program

In This Issue:

• Hudson River Access, Education, and Planning Grants Now Available
• 2020 State of the Hudson Report

$750,000 in Grants Now Available for Hudson River Estuary Communities

$750,000 in new competitive grant funding is now available to help communities in the Hudson River Estuary watershed increase resiliency to flooding, protect water quality, fish and wildlife habitat, and improve recreational access and education for all people, including people with disabilities and in environmental justice communities.

This funding opportunity is offered through three separate Requests for Applications (RFAs): Local Stewardship Planning, River Access, and River Education. The grants are provided through New York’s Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) and are administered by DEC’s Hudson River Estuary program.

The deadline for all applications is June 2, 2021, at 3 p.m. These RFAs are available online through the NYS Grants Gateway The Grants Gateway is a web-based grant management system that streamlines the way grants are administered by the State of New York.

For more information about the grant opportunities, please visit DEC’s Grants Program and Funding Opportunities for the Hudson River Estuary. 

2020 State of the Hudson Report: Read It Online

DEC and the New York - New Jersey Harbor & Estuary Program have released the 2020 State of the Hudson. The report documents the status and trends of the Hudson River Estuary’s water quality, its natural communities and inhabitants, and the health of the landscape that nurtures the Hudson and its tributaries. This compilation of recent scientific data and historical information allows program managers, partner organizations, and interested members of the public to measure and communicate progress toward state and federal goals for conserving and restoring the estuary ecosystem. State of the Hudson also identifies environmental areas of need. Research for the report is compiled every five years. This is the third State of the Hudson report.

Each chapter in this report compiles the best available scientific data for a variety of indicators of environmental condition. Where the information is available, the report illuminates long and short-term trends. Historic environmental changes are also discussed to put more recent trends in the context of improvements resulting from the passage of the Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, and other laws of the 1970s and 1980s. Where there is not enough data to draw conclusions, the report sets a baseline for future considerations of progress.

The 2020 State of the Hudson was prepared for DEC’s Hudson River Estuary Program by the New York-New Jersey Harbor & Estuary Program with support from the NYS Environmental Protection Fund in partnership with NEIWPCC, a regional commission that helps the states of the Northeast preserve and advance water quality. The 2020 State of the Hudson report is available on the website of the NY-NJ Harbor & Estuary Program.