Feeding time for our Northern Kingfish! #hudsonriverestuary #fish #kingfish #hudsonriver #dinner
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
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
Did you know? CURB staff is still busy collecting fish data even as we move into winter. While our public seining season runs from April - November, our team plans to continue seining this winter in order to track fish species throughout the year. #HudsonRiver #yonkers #fish #research #NYNJCommunityScience #NYNJCitizenScience
A nice view of the Palisades after this morning's light snowfall. #Yonkers #HudsonRiver #Palisades #snow #snowscape #sarahlawrence #curb
#tbt to the history of CURB/Beczak from it's days as the Habirshaw Cable & Wire social club to what it is today. #beczak #curb #sarahlawrence #yonkers #hudsonriver #history
The fall colors are finally starting to pop on the Palisades here in Yonkers. #fallfoliage #palisades #yonkers #westchester #newyork #HudsonRiver #fall
CURB participated in today's "Day in the Life of the Hudson and Harbor" event with the High School for Environmental Studies. The students rotated through three stations of activities including water testing, sediment sampling, and seining. Here is a 13cm winter flounder that was caught by the group. #HudsonRiverEstuary #yonkers #datacollection #science #environment
Seining before the storm. This morning we were joined by 5th graders from the Hostos School in Yonkers who battled high tide to catch 36 Atlantic silversides, 1 blue crab, 59 comb jellies, and 80 moon jellies. The salinity was measured at 14ppt, but should drop over the next couple of days with 2 - 3 inches of rain forecasted for tonight. We have just a few more weeks of seining programs left for the fall season. Our spring seining programs will kick off in April and we'll be seeking volunteers to help us out. More details are on our website. #HudsonRiver #seining #fall #weather #fishing #research #NYNJCommunityScience #NYNJCitizenScience