Our marsh cam capturing this evening's snow along the waterfront in Yonkers. #snow #firstsnow #yonkers #hudsonriver #fall2018 #novembersnow #weather
Welcome to the Center for the Urban River
Launched June 2013, the Center for the Urban River at Beczak (CURB) is an alliance of Sarah Lawrence College and the Hudson River Valley Environmental Education Institute.
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.
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After a long wait, the Palisades are finally showing near peak colors. Certainly a welcome sight on this gloomy day. #hudsonriver #yonkers #fallfoliage #fallcolors
Thanks to the volunteers from @regeneron for doing great work along our waterfront today! The group repaired our marsh erosion wall, secured fences, collected trash and driftwood, and pulled invasive mugwort as part of the Day for Doing Good. #regenerond4dg #regeneron #doingwellbydoinggood #volunteering #hudsonriver #yonkers
Always a great time when the @slcgryphons men's basketball team stops by CURB for a visit. The team worked on a park cleanup and driftwood removal from our shoreline, and then collected fish data during seining. #volunteering #sarahlawrence #basketball #curb #yonkers #teamwork
It's that time of the year again... Halloween! #boozak #halloween #decorations #spiders #ghosts
We had a great day with the High School for Environmental Studies for the @nysdec "Day in the Life of the Hudson and Harbor" program! #hudsonriver #yonkers #estuary #seining #fish #sarahlawrence #research #data @friendsofhses
Thanks to the @riverprojectnyc for giving our staff a tour of their Wetlab, letting us check their traps, and sending us home with a new resident oyster toadfish! #hudsonriver #nyc #theriverproject #curb #fieldtrip #fish #oystertoadfish #spidercrab
Here's a tiny naked goby hiding out in a shell in one of our tanks. The naked goby, usually measuring under 2 inches in length, is one of the smallest fish you will find in the Hudson River. It is "naked" due to its lack of scales. We typically catch around 15 per year during our 100 or so seining classes. Most are caught in our sheltered marsh, where they hide amongst the leaves and sediment of the marsh floor. #hudsonriver #nakedgoby #fishfacts #marinebiology #fish
With our fall school programs just days from getting started, we spent some time this morning practicing seining with our SLC Intensive Semester in Yonkers interns. They battled a high astronomical tide to catch and release a variety of moon jellies, Atlantic silversides, blue crabs, striped bass, and mummichogs. @slccommunitypartnerships #yonkers #hudsonriver #seining #environment #research #fish #jellies #sarahlawrence
Multiple rounds of thunderstorms this afternoon will clear the way for cooler air this weekend. #weather #rain #thunderstorms #clouds #sun #Yonkers #september #hudsonriver
Come check out our table at the SLC EXPO from 3:30 to 5:00 this afternoon! #sarahlawrence #internships #volunteering
Thanks to the students from Poly Prep Country Day School for joining us today for a park cleanup and seining! #hudsonriver #volunteer #parkcleanup #yonkers #seining