Bronx River Clean-Up at NYBG With the Bronx River Alliance

Posted in Behind the Scenes on August 18 2011, by Rustin Dwyer

We have a really great video for you today about the ongoing efforts to keep the Bronx River clean and healthy.

The Bronx River–which runs through a dramatic gorge in the Garden–is New York City’s only freshwater river (the Hudson is a tidal estuary as far north as Troy, and the East River is a tidal strait). The river’s transformation from a dangerously polluted waterway in the mid-20th century to the healthy, clean home of New York City’s first beaver in 300 years is an ecological success story, with new chapters written daily.

So sit back and enjoy this trip down the Bronx River in a flotilla of canoes manned by volunteers from the Bronx River Alliance and a team of Garden horticulture interns.