Environment DEC
From the November 2003 issue
Hudson River Projects Receive $1 Million in Grant Monies
The Hudson River Estuary Grants Program, which is funded under New York State's Environmental Protection Fund (EPF), contributes to the protection and revitalization of the river and its estuaries by providing opportunities for community agencies to work cooperatively with state and local governments on projects related to the Hudson River. Governor George E. Pataki has announced nearly $1 million in funding for 36 projects that will further protect and enhance the natural, cultural and historical resources of the Hudson River and its surrounding communities.
A riverside walkway in Yonkers
graces a stretch of the Hudson
River Estuary
The announcement represented the fifth annual awarding of estuary grants to municipalities and not-for-profit corporations located within the geographic boundaries of the Hudson River Estuary, which includes Bronx, New York, Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, Orange, Dutchess, Ulster, Columbia, Greene, Albany and Rensselaer counties.
Estuaries are important coastal habitats used as spawning grounds and nurseries for at least two-thirds of the nation's commercial fish and shellfish, while also providing people with popular recreational opportunities, such as swimming, boating and birdwatching. The Hudson River Estuary is a nursery for key migratory fish species of the Atlantic coast, including shad, sturgeon, striped bass and river herring.
