http://blog.savetheriver.org Protecting the Upper St. Lawrence River through advocacy, education and research Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:30:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Save The River has received the test results from Week 9 (August 30) for the Beach Watch Monitoring program. One sample site, Wilson Beach in Cape Vincent, “failed” this week. All other beaches sampled “passed.” Week 9 Results (8-30-10) Wilson Beach: FAILED Potter’s Beach: PASS Frink Dock: PASS Round Island: PASS Lake of the Isles: PASS Scenic View Park: ... http://blog.savetheriver.org/?p=1600 Save The River has received the test results from Week 8 (August 23) for the Beach Watch Monitoring program. One sample site, Wilson Beach in Cape Vincent, “failed” this week. All other beaches sampled “passed.” Week 8 Results (8-23-10) Wilson Beach: FAIL Potter’s Beach: PASS Frink Dock: PASS Round Island: PASS Lake of the Isles: PASS Scenic View Park: PASS About ... http://blog.savetheriver.org/?p=1589 This week Save The River volunteers assisted in a cattail removal project in Chippewa Bay. The project was led by SUNY ESF's Thousand Islands Biological Station.  The project is an effort to reclaim important wetland habitat for fish spawning, particularly northern pike, by removing a large cattail mat that is blocking fish ... http://blog.savetheriver.org/?p=1580 Volunteers needed!!! The Thousand Islands Biological Station is working to reclaim wetland habitat between Blind and Chippewa Bay and we want you to help! Wednesday, August 25th at 9 a.m. volunteers should meet at the Chippewa Bay boat ramp, see directions below. Some background info: The State of New York College of Environmental ... http://blog.savetheriver.org/?p=1559 Save The River has received the test results from Week 6 (August 9) of the Beach Watch monitoring program.  Two sample sites, Wilson Beach in Cape Vincent and Potter’s Beach on Grindstone Island, “failed” this week.  All other beaches sampled “passed.” Week 7 Results (8-16-10) Wilson Beach: FAIL Potter’s Beach: FAIL Frink Dock: ... http://blog.savetheriver.org/?p=1567 This summer was a successful one for terns on the River, with numbers at an all time high on the River as a whole. Save The River volunteers worked very hard this season along with our conservation partners the Thousand Island Land Trust (TILT) to increase avaiable nesting habitat on the ... http://blog.savetheriver.org/?p=1534 The Thousand Islands Biological Station is working to reclaim wetland habitat between Blind and Chippewa Bay and we want you to help! Monday, August 23rd at 9 a.m. volunteers should meet at the Chippewa Bay boat ramp, see directions below. Some background info: The State of New York College of Environmental Science ... http://blog.savetheriver.org/?p=1516 Save The River has received the test results from Week 6 (August 9) of the Beach Watch monitoring program.  One of the beaches, Potter’s Beach on Grindstone Island, “failed” this week.  All other beaches sampled “passed.” Week 6 Results (8-9-10) Wilson Beach: PASS Potter’s Beach: FAIL Frink Dock: PASS Round Island: PASS Lake of the ... http://blog.savetheriver.org/?p=1503 Wellesley Island, NY (August 12, 2010) - Save The River today will honor two volunteers with the Volunteer of the Year Award at the organization’s annual volunteer picnic. The award is given to volunteers who have consistently gone above and beyond the call of duty in their volunteer efforts ... http://blog.savetheriver.org/?p=1498 Save The River has received the test results from Week 5 (August 2) of the Beach Watch monitoring program.  Wilson Beach, in Cape Vincent, "Failed."  All other sample sites "Passed." Week 5 Results (8-2-10) Wilson Beach: FAIL Potter’s Beach: PASS Frink Dock: PASS Round Island: PASS Lake of the Isles: PASS Scenic View Park: PASS Why did Wilson ... http://blog.savetheriver.org/?p=1481