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Conservation Crewmembers carrying a biolog
Welcome to our blog—or bio-log—about the Bronx River!
Every day, Alliance staff and partners are making progress in our work to restore and improve the Bronx River. These daily accomplishments and observations are logged here to share what's going on!

Also known as a bio-log: High density coir net stuffed with mattress fiber for soil stabilization, sediment retention and vegetation establishment, see photo.


 

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January 28, 2013
Changes in Climate

Changes in climate

January 25, 2013
Bronx River 1938

Interesting Bronx River Stories, 1938 1nd 1939.

March 01, 2012
City Year School Group Volunteers

On February 23rd, a group of volunteers from City Year School Group helped remove the invasive species, Japanese Knotweed, from Shoelace Park. The volunteers, 19 City Year employees and 70 middle school students, worked in conjunction with the Bronx River Eco Crew. With the combined effort of the two groups, we were able to remove a large amount of the Japanese Knotweed from Shoelace Park.



March 23, 2011
2011 Alewife Training and Monitoring

On Thursday, March 24th the Bronx River Alliance will collaborate for the third year with the Natural Resources Group at River Park for the Alewife training and monitoring. The training will begin at 10am.  This picture of Mildred Torres of the Bronx River Alliance Crew was taken last year after she successfully assisted in catching an Alewife.

February 10, 2011
Rainwater Harvesting Volunteer from Vermont


Our volunteer ,Carolyn Schroeder (right) is from The University of Vermont and was involved in our Rainwater Harvesting installation that was completed at a private residence. Carolyn is currently doing an internship with the Bronx River Alliance Crew twice a week.She is writing an article about invasive plants along the Bronx River. This project was documented by Yiting Sun (left) a journalist from Columbia University.

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