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After announcing a funding gap in May that posed an existential threat to the environmental organization, Hudson River Sloop Clearwater raised $350,000 in a few weeks, allowing them to build a sustainable basis for ongoing operations.

BEACON, N.Y. — The Hudson River Sloop Clearwater announced Tuesday it has steered clear of a financial crisis that could have forced the docking of the famous sloop and the closure of the non-profit that operates it.The Beacon-based non-profit said it had raised $347,000 over the past four weeks surpassing its previously stated bridge funding […]

Stand together, flight path, new graduates, chief recognized, Clearwater buoyed

Hudson Valley Sloop Clearwater bid farewell to Manna Jo Greene after 22 years with the nonprofit. Greene’s ties to Clearwater extend well beyond her tenure as environmental action director. She was first introduced to the group at a Pete Seeger concert and went on to volunteer with Toshi Seeger as a “litter picker” at the […]

Each prison inmate in the program is responsible for shoeing and training four to six horses.

Clearwater proudly welcomes a new sloop Captain, one that the Clearwater community may recognize: Rory Kane. Kane got his start with Clearwater first as a winter volunteer in 2012, and […]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is beginning its third five-year review of General Electric’s Hudson River cleanup.

To mark Earth Day, three pioneering Hudson River environmental organizations are coming together to mark the 50th anniversary of the Clean Water Act.

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