Ossining's Riverkeeper Expands Offices

Ossining's Riverkeeper is expanding. The environmental non-profit organization has just opened a new office in Kingston. The new part-time office will be housed inside the Hudson River Maritime Museum in Kingston's historic Rondout District.

The move will allow Riverkeeper to network and meet more easily with other area environmental groups. "It will… support our work in partnership with the Catskill Center for Conservation and Development and the Catskill Watershed Corporation in our efforts to protect NYC’s drinking water, 50% of which comes from the west of Hudson reservoir system, and on the issue of hydrofracking in the Catskills with the Catskill Mountainkeeper," said Riverkeeper Watershed Program Director Kate Hudson.

The Kingston office will serve as a "part-time" facility. Riverkeeper will use it as a base of operations for its meetings with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, which currently has a Kingston office. The new space will also help Riverkeeper hold meetings with the Lower Esopus Watershed Partnership.

For years Riverkeeper has docked its Hudson River sampling boat at Kingston's Maritime Museum. The new office is a continuation and expansion of the environmental group's relationship with the museum. “Kingston is a very important community to us. It allows us to be closer to the west of Hudson NYC watershed and the watershed communities which Riverkeeper is committed to protecting and supporting," said Riverkeeper Watershed Program Director Kate Hudson.