Happy July! HarborLAB will be offering open paddle programs at Randalls Island Park, Idlewild Park and Gantry Plaza State park this season, as well as conservation education and stewardship activities and tours. Check our calendar and email notices for additional programs. As usual, our programs are free and accomplished with community partners.

Please save these dates:

July 13, 11am-2pm: Randall’s Island Park
Provided in partnership with Randall’s Island Park Alliance.

July 27, 11am-2pm: Idlewild Park
Provided in partnership with Eastern Queens Alliance.

August 24, 11am-2pm: Idlewild Park
Provided in partnership with Eastern Queens Alliance.

September 1, 11am-11pm: Harlem River
Student Circumnavigation.

We regret that all Saturday programming at Gantry Plaza State Park and Idlewild Park must be cancelled for logistical reasons beyond the control of our volunteers, most notably the likely dangerous water quality that will follow today’s flooding. To learn more about Combined Sewer Overflows, please read:

https://www.riverkeeper.org/campaigns/stop-polluters/sewage-contamination/cso/

Aggravating this infrastructure problem is the projected — and already experienced — increasing frequency and severity of flooding and storm surges due to the unfolding climate crisis. Please read more about those concerns here:

https://www.dec.ny.gov/energy/94702.html

We are closing our season, rather than extending until October for events such as our annual South Brother Island cleanup, to save money and volunteer energies for environmental education programs ashore (classrooms and community events) during the off season (October through April).

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

Introduce New Yorkers to the fun of paddling and the wonders of their estuary alongside the green gem the rests between Manhattan, the Bronx and Queens! To learn more about volunteer roles and other details, check out our registration page here: https://forms.gle/cY447XQQNHgAPX4eA

Facebook event listing: https://fb.me/e/4GLj7O6mB