It was a great spring-like day for installing our fyke net! Katie and Jay hit the marsh to get the net anchored down for the eel migration season. Our first day of sampling is tomorrow, and the season will continue through May. #hudsonriverestuary #CURB #Americaneel #migration #research
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
Fish handling training with our Bronx Collaborative High School interns Natasha and Stacy! #CURB #internship #handsonlearning #training #fish
The Palisades are just starting to peek through the thick layer of fog that has been blanketing the river this morning. #hudsonriver #palisades #yonkers #fog #rain #winter #wheresthesnow
CURB staff is gearing up for this year's American Eel Migration Project which is coordinated by the @nysdec. This will be our 7th year of sampling the Hudson River for migrating glass eels. Volunteers are needed to assist staff with checking a fyke net that is stationed in our tidal marsh. This includes wading out to the net in waders, counting and weighing the eels, and recording weather and water quality data. Sampling takes about an hour and volunteers must be ages 14+. The project will be getting started on February 25th and continues through May. Sampling hours are Tuesdays - Thursdays from 3:30 - 4:30pm and Fridays from 2:00 - 3:00pm. For more details please see the flyer or contact Jason Muller at jmuller@sarahlawrence.edu. #sarahlawrencecollege #research #yonkers #hudsonriver #eels #volunteer
Last Friday our staff hit the river for some winter seining. We dragged the net through our marsh 6 times, but came up empty-handed in this attempt. That being said, we did see some success earlier on in the season. In 4 other tries (between 11/21 - 1/3), we caught a total of 53 animals including 17 shrimp, 10 Atlantic silverside, 9 mummichog, 6 striped bass, 4 moon jelly, 3 comb jelly, 2 blue crab, 1 amphipod, 1 red-eared slider. Complete data may be found at https://www.centerfortheurbanriver.org/research/seining.html. #hudsonriverestuary #yonkers #research #winter #seining
Since American eels are nocturnal, much of their time in our tanks is spent buried in the sand. That is until we feed them, at which point they will poke through the sand in search of food. #Americaneel #hudsonriver #fish #CURB
Feeding time for our Northern Kingfish! #hudsonriverestuary #fish #kingfish #hudsonriver #dinner
Preparing our new 120 gallon tank donated by Sandy Rooney to house estuarine animals. Stay tuned to find out whose home it will be after the New Year! Happy Holidays from all the humans and animals at CURB.
More pictures from around the park of the ice storm in progress in Yonkers. #ice #freezingrain #weather #yonkers #westchester
#Repost @sarahlawrencecollege (@get_repost) ・・・ Yesterday @news12 interviewed @slccurb director Ryan Palmer about a grant the Center has received from the Westchester Community Foundation to study water quality in the Saw Mill River, which will help the State make management and policy decisions focused on improving the watershed. The new program, in partnership with @riverkeeper, will also include a citizen science initiative where interested members of the community can learn to take samples and share the information with CURB. . . . #science #sawmillriver #hudsonriver #hudsonvalley #thatssosarahlawrence #sarahlawrencecollege #sarahlawrence #citizenscience #water #habitat #liberalarts #yonkers #westchester #nyc #newyork
It's an icy morning here in Yonkers after a night of freezing rain. Freezing rain occurs when rain droplets fall into a layer of sub-freezing air and freeze on contact. This happens when warm air aloft rides over colder air trapped at the surface. Temperatures in Yonkers should go above freezing shortly, allowing the ice to melt. However areas to the north and west will hover around freezing all day allowing additional icing. #weather #yonkers #westchester #freezingrain #icestorm
Congrats to CURB interns Evelyn and Ryland on their Intensive Semester in Yonkers (ISY) program presentations! #sarahlawrence #interns #CURB #ISY