15th Annual Riverkeeper Sweep

Join Riverkeeper and clean your local shoreline at 100 locations along the Hudson River from New York City to the Adirondacks with several projects in Columbia County! Each year on the first Saturday in May, more than 2,000 volunteers come together across hundreds of miles of shoreline in New York City and the Hudson Valley for Riverkeeper Sweep, a day of service for the Hudson River. Volunteers clean up tons of trash, plant trees, and remove invasive plant species. Over 14 years, Sweep volunteers have completed 1,463 projects and removed 396 tons of debris, including 2,352 tires, and planted or maintained thousands of trees and shrubs. Once-neglected areas have gained year-round stewards, and rivers and creeks are better for it. Read more about this event and find volunteer sites by visiting Riverkeeper.org/sweep. Volunteers must register in advance here: https://www.riverkeeper.org/news-and-events/events/riverkeeper-sweep-2026. For more information, reach out to sweep@riverkeeper.org. Columbia County project locations include: Germantown: Germantown 29th Annual River Sweep -https://engage.riverkeeper.org/component/events/event/37 Hudson: Henry Hudson Waterfront Park Cleanup - https://engage.riverkeeper.org/component/events/event/68 Stockport: Stockport Creek Cleanup and Tree Planting - https://engage.riverkeeper.org/component/events/event/59 Stuyvesant: Nutten Hook Cleanup - https://engage.riverkeeper.org/component/events/event/63 Stuyvesant: Stuyvesant Falls Sandbar Park Cleanup - https://engage.riverkeeper.org/component/events/event/64 Stuyvesant: Stuyvesant Landing Cleanup - https://engage.riverkeeper.org/component/events/event/61 Stuyvesant: Swyer Preserve Cleanup - https://engage.riverkeeper.org/component/events/event/62 Have fun and help take care of the river!