Found this interactive map of the Hudson river. This June day perfect to get your boat out and play! Such a unique estuary, goal to preserve it in an environmentally changing atmosphere is challenging. You can stop commercial development but can you stop nature as sea rises? This excerpt is from the Scenic Hudson website:
“The Hudson River is an extension of the Atlantic Ocean, a 160-mile-long estuary that stretches from the Narrows in New York Harbor to the Federal Dam at Troy. Sea level along the entirely estuary is thus linked to any changes in water levels in the Atlantic and around the globe.
Over the past century, sea level on the Hudson has risen about a foot—more precisely about 3.2mm per year—a rate greater than the global average. The best data available indicates that we can expect the Hudson’s water levels to continue rising up to six feet by the end of this century, and perhaps that much again during the next century. Over 9,000 acres of riverfront lands lie within the expanding reach of daily high tides, threatening both the most critical river habitats and approximately 3,600 households and 6,900 people. Accompanying shifts of flood-prone areas will put another 6,400 households and 12,200 people at greater risk from damaging storm surges and floodwaters. At the same time, the most critical habitats of the Hudson River ecosystem—the 13,000 acres of tidal wetlands and shallow water vegetation beds—will be increasingly stressed by rising water levels.
As both a mission-driven organization and a stakeholder owning over 1,000 acres of protected lands along the river’s edge, Scenic Hudson is working to catalyze long-range planning for sea level rise along the estuary. Our goal is to work toward a future that balances and reduces risks to people, property and nature, and holds the promise of secure, thriving riverfront communities within a vibrant, healthy ecosystem.”
Check out the interactive map here:
Lake Levels 