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Canal Corporation Responds To Dredging Report

From Waterford near Albany north to Whitehall and Lake Champlain, the Champlain Canal is often actually a channel within the banks of the Hudson River itself. So why is the canal not part of the dredging project? Comments from the … Continue reading

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Hudson Falls Village Board Supports Navigational Dredging of Champlain Canal

Well, here we go… Again. Persuade General Electric to do more than it has to? We shall see. – Hudson The (Hudson Falls Village) board approved a resolution to support navigational dredging of the Hudson River / Champlain Canal. The … Continue reading

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August on the Hudson River

Courtesy of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation We think of August as a fairly uniform time of languid days, warm sun, gentle breezes, and singing cicadas and katydids. However, compared year-to-year, August is a month of contrasts. … Continue reading

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PCBs Clogging Canal Have Got To Go

I’ve been mountain biking along the Feeder Canal adjacent to the Hudson River for the past few weeks or so. If you like to bike, it’s a really beautiful run. Yup, very beautiful and serene. Plus you get to see … Continue reading

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EPA Still Firm: Dredging Will Continue With Or Without General Electric

Well, no doubt the hand puppets are extremely busy trying to keep all the new plates spinning high in the air. Wow, what a job – creating reality for clients every day – and with potential lawsuits to consider as … Continue reading

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Phase 2 Dredging: Champlain Canal Requires Navigational Dredging

Will General Electric be able to be counted on to do the right thing when it comes to dredging the Champlain Canal? Well, with GE’s track record to date that’s certainly a difficult call. And what will the fur-lined hand … Continue reading

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Dredging the River, But What About the Champlain Canal?

By FRED LEBRUN in The Albany Times Union Spring waters are gushing down the Hudson, so a curious man’s fancy turns naturally to thoughts of PCBs. As expected, levels coming over the federal dam in Troy are spiking. Monitors set … Continue reading

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