During today's seining we were surprised to find a northern kingfish in the net. Kingfish are a fairly rare catch for us with a total of just 9 in the last 15 years. This is now our second caught in a little over a month. Prior to this season, our last sighting of a kingfish was back in 2013. They are common in the Atlantic, especially from the Chesapeake Bay to NY and can grow to 18 inches long. #HudsonRiverEstuary #Yonkers #seining #kingfish #marinebiology
The Center and Sarah Lawrence College
Launched June 2013, the Center for the Urban River at Beczak (CURB) is an alliance of Sarah Lawrence College and the Beczak Environmental Education Center. The mission of CURB is to advance environmental knowledge and stewardship by providing high quality K-12 environmental education for the local community, establishing a regional hub for research and monitoring focused on Hudson River estuary and urban watershed issues, and serving as a welcoming open community space for a variety of civic and cultural activities.
The Center occupies the former Beczak Environmental Education Center, a well-loved river exploration and interpretative center that has been offering programs for adults and children for over twenty years. Its name honors Joe Beczak, one of the Hudson River enthusiasts who taught children about the Hudson in the 1970s.Instagram slccurb
We had a nice catch seining this morning with the Sarah Lawrence Intensive Semester in Yonkers program. Here we are measuring a summer flounder, which was caught during one of our seven hauls. In all we caught a total of 133 critters including 11 different species. #seining #HudsonRiver #flounder #fish #research #yonkers
CURB was happy to participate in this afternoon's Pelham Bay Nature Day sponsored by NYC Wildflower Week! Various community organizations presented nature-themed activities for the local families. At CURB'S table we made flower pots from compostable materials and looked at Hudson River artifacts. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was also on hand to present free backpacks to the children. #artsandcrafts #pelhambaypark #bronx #sarahlawrence #CURB #nature #environmentaleducation
Lots of tomatoes and peppers from the garden! #gardening #yonkers #vegetables #urbanfarming
Did you see it? This morning the Royal Air Force Red Arrows, U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, F-35 Lightning II Demo Team and F-22 Raptor Demo Team did a flyover of the Hudson River and Statue of Liberty. #Yonkers #HudsonRiver #newyork #airforce #royalairforce #nyairshow
Congratulations to our Blue Team students for successfully completing their summer internship at CURB! @yonkerspublicschools #sarahlawrence #interns #yonkers #science #research
Thanks to the @hudsonriverriders for a great afternoon on the Hudson with our Blue Team and SYEP interns! #kayaking #YPRC #Yonkers #sarahlawrence #HudsonRiver
You never know what we'll catch in the seine net. This was especially true on Wednesday when for the first time in 15 years we caught an Elysia chlorotica (emerald green sea slug). These sea slugs are especially cool because of their ability to photosynthesize food. They feed on algae and suck out the cell contents, keeping the chloroplasts from it's food, alive and functioning in it's own body. #HudsonRiver #seaslug #seining #marinebiology #Yonkers #nudibranch
It's been a busy summer for our Blue Team of interns from Saunders and Lincoln High Schools. Under the guidance of #sarahlawrencecollege CURB Fellows George and Delphine, the students have been monitoring the water quality of our shoreline. @yonkersschools #NYNJCommunityScience #NYNJCitizenScience #yonkers #hudsonriver #science #waterquality #environment
#Repost @sarahlawrencecollege (@get_repost) ・・・ Exciting news! @slccurb, a regional hub for research and education focused on the #HudsonRiver estuary and urban watersheds, has launched a new community partnership program to help bring science to life for @yonkerspublicschools students. The Hudson River Heroes program will facilitate sponsorship partnerships with businesses and members of the community to support and enhance CURB’s operations and fund field trips for students. Last year, more than 4,000 K-12 students participated in programs like eel count surveys, marsh exploration, and studying how animals have adapted to live in the Hudson River environment. @dominosugar in Yonkers, a longtime supporter of the Center, has pledged to be the first “Hudson River Hero” and selected to sponsor Eugenio Maria de Hostos MicroSociety School. #sarahlawrencecollege #sarahlawrence #thatssosarahlawrence #ecology #environment
Congrats to the "Lil' Planters" aka the environmental group for being judged the top project at this morning's @yonkerspartners Summer Scholars Symposium! Their proposal focused on building a community garden in a vacant lot in downtown Yonkers. Jason from CURB acted as one of the group mentors, meeting with the students and discussing their plans for the garden. A big congratulations goes out to all of the groups for their hard work in developing plans to tackle various challenges in the community. #yonkers #communitybuilding #summerscholars #education