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THE HUDSON
THE HUDSON
An Illustrated Guide to the Living River
THIRD EDITION
STEPHEN P. STANNE, ROGER G. PANETTA, BRIAN E. FORIST,andMAIJA LIISA NIEMIST
A Project of Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY PRESS
New Brunswick, Camden, and Newark, New Jersey, and London
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Stanne, Stephen P., 1950- author. | Panetta, Roger G., 1939- author. | Forist, Brian E., 1956- author. | Niemist, Maija, 1982- author. | Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc., sponsoring body.
Title: The Hudson: an illustrated guide to the living river / Stephen P. Stanne, Roger G. Panetta, Brian E. Forist, Maija Liisa Niemist.
Description: Third edition. | New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 2021. | A Project of Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020019314 | ISBN 9781978814059 (paperback) | ISBN 9781978814066 (cloth) | ISBN 9781978814073 (epub) | ISBN 9781978814080 (mobi) | ISBN 9781978814097 (pdf)
Subjects: LCSH: Natural historyHudson River (N.Y. and N.J.) | Stream ecologyHudson River (N.Y. and N.J.) | Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.)History. | Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.)Environmental conditions.
Classification: LCC QH104.5.H83 S74 2020 | DDC 508.747/3dc23
LC record available at https:// lccn .loc .gov /2020019314
A British Cataloging-in-Publication record for this book is available from the British Library.
Copyright 2021 by Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.
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To Pete and Toshi Seeger, who set us to sailing on our golden river
CONTENTS
WHEN WORK BEGAN ON THE first edition of The Hudson: An Illustrated Guide to the Living Rivera quarter century ago, we intended to create an introduction to the river that combined environmental science and history in a manner useful to teachers and students, a mission reflected in the original working title: A Hudson River Primer. Over the years, we have found that this book fulfills a larger role, providing information to anyone inclined to be a student of the river, whether or not the inquiry takes place in a formal classroom.
Given the opportunity to reimagine those goals with this third edition, we were tempted to greatly expand its coverage. After all, the Hudson has become even more prominent in the public eye. Some of that recognition has been the result of newsworthy events: the Miracle on the Hudson, U.S. Airways Flight 1549s successful emergency landing in 2009, and the humpback whale that swam up to the George Washington Bridge in 2016. More attention has come to the Hudson as opportunities to enjoy the river have expanded, from the rebuilt piers at the Hudson River Park in Manhattan that bring 17 million people to the waterfront each year, to the Walkway Across the Hudson, attracting half a million visitors annually since its 2009 opening, and the growing number of small businesses offering kayak tours for more intimate experiences on the water.