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  • New York State Water Resources Institute
  • Environment
The Hudson River Eel Project – which has netted, counted and released roughly 2 million juvenile eels since its inception in 2008 – owes its success to a cadre of nearly 1,000 high school, college and adult citizen scientists donating time and effort each spring along the Hudson River.

The Hudson River Eel Project – which has netted, counted and released roughly 2 million juvenile eels since its inception in 2008 – owes its success to a cadre of nearly 1,000 high school, college and adult citizen scientists donating time and effort each spring along the Hudson River.

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The finding gives New York state another tool to locate and understand the behavior of the endangered Atlantic sturgeon, an iconic species decimated by overfishing.

  • New York State Water Resources Institute
  • Ashley School of Global Development and the Environment
  • Water
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From donating excess dining hall food to surveying their peers' leftovers, students reduce waste and make campus more sustainable.

  • Ashley School of Global Development and the Environment
  • Environment
  • Food