Long-Term Monitoring on the Lower Esopus Creek

Join a team from the Lower Esopus Creek community, Manhattan University, and Hudsonia Ltd in developing a long-term stream monitoring program for the Lower Esopus. Begun in 2026, sampling will continue into 2027. Help provide data on the health of the stream to inform restoration and protection of the Lower Esopus Creek and watershed!

Sign-up at the button above to get involved.

Other questions? Reach out to Kristi at kmacdonald@bard.edu

Learn more from the Lower Esopus Watershed here.

A recording of the introductory information session and the  biological monitoring training are available to watch.

This project is part of a two-year grant to set up Stream Monitoring Plan on the Lower Esopus Creek. Funding for this grant became available as a result of the Order on Consent No. D007-0001-11 – Lower Esopus Stream Management. The consent is an agreement between New York City and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation concerning management of turbidity and environmental impacts in the Lower Esopus Creek watershed associated with releases from the Ashokan Reservoir. The order established requirements for developing and implementing the Lower Esopus Stream Management Plan, funding environmental benefit projects, and coordinating long-term water quality, habitat, and flood management efforts. The Hudson River Foundation is the order of consent administrator.