Tag: <span>Hudson River National Etsuarine Research Reserve</span>

Tag: Hudson River National Etsuarine Research Reserve

CEP Students, Internships

Howdy, Partner: Celebrating the Human Connection of Conservation

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  My internship with New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) at the Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve (the Reserve, or HRNERR), partnered with Americorps and the Student Conservation Association (SCA), came to a close earlier this year.   It was a treat to further plug into the …

CEP Students, Internships

Searching and Researching Down By the Riverside

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There is a tendency for estuarine environments–where the river meets the sea–to hold a “nutrient trap” along the stark gradient between the estuary’s upper flow of freshwater and the lower, more dense “salt wedge” of seawater.  This middle portion of the water column tends to be the most ecologically productive–where …