Hudson River Dredging
Dredging The Hudson River
For PCBs
Tens of thousands of years ago, glaciers carved out the Hudson River. It is an estuary, " An estuary is a semi-enclosed coastal body of water with a free connection to the open sea and within which sea water is diluted by fresh water"(life.bio.sunysb.edu).
The Hudson River begins in Lake Tear of the Clouds on the southwest side of Mount Marcy, the highest peak in New York, and is 315 miles long. At its deepest point, World 's End near West Point, it is 216 feet deep. At its widest point, Haverstraw, it is three and a half miles wide. "From Troy south to the river 's mouth in New York harbor, the Hudson takes on the properties of the ocean as well as a river. As the tide rises in the Atlantic, salt water …show more content…
Much of the evidence found in the area suggests that it might have served as hunting grounds during the inter-glacial periods. However, all the records and evidence is very sketchy. Recorded history of the area began in 1300 AD, many of the records are considered to be legends, but most of them contain consistent internal evidence. " According to the Walom Olum or Red Score of the Lenni-Lenape Indians, they first reached the Atlantic Seaboard only a few hundred years before the period of white discovery c1400 AD. According to Indian epic, the Lenni-Lenape or "Original People" had migrated from very cold Region in the North...in search of the river that flowed both ways, possibly the tidal Hudson."(Adams, …show more content…
Economically it couldn 't make more sense. By dredging the Hudson, many things would be made possible like fishing, recreational activities, and the possibility of a fresh drinking water supply. I personally enjoy many recreational activities in the northern part of the Hudson River and it would be great if those were possible all over the river. Another reason I believe the river should be dredged is that once it spreads out into the ocean it will be almost impossible to clean up. We should take care of it now while it is relatively well contained with-in the Hudson. I also believe that many of the negative opinions of dredging have been caused by the General Electric advertising campaign, which was aimed at keeping themselves from having to pay the huge price of cleaning up their own mess. With the new evidence that dredging won 't cause a problem environmentally, there is no excuse not to do
For PCBs
Tens of thousands of years ago, glaciers carved out the Hudson River. It is an estuary, " An estuary is a semi-enclosed coastal body of water with a free connection to the open sea and within which sea water is diluted by fresh water"(life.bio.sunysb.edu).
The Hudson River begins in Lake Tear of the Clouds on the southwest side of Mount Marcy, the highest peak in New York, and is 315 miles long. At its deepest point, World 's End near West Point, it is 216 feet deep. At its widest point, Haverstraw, it is three and a half miles wide. "From Troy south to the river 's mouth in New York harbor, the Hudson takes on the properties of the ocean as well as a river. As the tide rises in the Atlantic, salt water …show more content…
Much of the evidence found in the area suggests that it might have served as hunting grounds during the inter-glacial periods. However, all the records and evidence is very sketchy. Recorded history of the area began in 1300 AD, many of the records are considered to be legends, but most of them contain consistent internal evidence. " According to the Walom Olum or Red Score of the Lenni-Lenape Indians, they first reached the Atlantic Seaboard only a few hundred years before the period of white discovery c1400 AD. According to Indian epic, the Lenni-Lenape or "Original People" had migrated from very cold Region in the North...in search of the river that flowed both ways, possibly the tidal Hudson."(Adams, …show more content…
Economically it couldn 't make more sense. By dredging the Hudson, many things would be made possible like fishing, recreational activities, and the possibility of a fresh drinking water supply. I personally enjoy many recreational activities in the northern part of the Hudson River and it would be great if those were possible all over the river. Another reason I believe the river should be dredged is that once it spreads out into the ocean it will be almost impossible to clean up. We should take care of it now while it is relatively well contained with-in the Hudson. I also believe that many of the negative opinions of dredging have been caused by the General Electric advertising campaign, which was aimed at keeping themselves from having to pay the huge price of cleaning up their own mess. With the new evidence that dredging won 't cause a problem environmentally, there is no excuse not to do