Earthday cleanup paddle in the Hackensack river!

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Please attend this important event to give back to Mother Nature with a clean-up for 2025 Earthday. The official Riverkeeper Earthday is May 5th, but the Hackensack will be overgrown by then so we clean it up early. I will supply trash bags as we clean up this beautiful waterway. You may want to bring gloves to handle the trash. We will have to take the trash home with us after as their is no can at the launch.

Please be ready to be in the water at 11:45am. The Hackensack resembles a bayou more than a river and has been known to be teaming with large snapping turtles and fish mating this time of year.

All size kayaks over 10', canoes, SOT's, surfski's are welcome for this clean-up run and you may want to bring work gloves to pick up trash. This cleanup will be registered with Riverkeeper and American Rivers for Earth Day. We will take photos and enter them for consideration to be published.

Please DO NOT BLOCK THE LAUNCH SITE unload your boat quickly, and park in the street on both sides, then you can carry/organize your gear and change into your appropriate clothes - dry/wet suits. Dress for immersion not the air temps, pack a change of clothes in a dry bag, with a polar fleece jacket. Bring lunch, snacks, water and whatever you need to be comfortable for a day trip. PFD's MUST be worn at all times. You should know how to assist and/or self-rescue.

Please leave your pets at home.

Please only sign up if you are definitely attending. Those that don't show w/o canceling in advance will be put on a waitlist for future events.

You must sign a waiver if this is your 1st paddle of the year with us.
My cell if needed (845) 548-2198.

Weather update: Anticipated air temps 55 -56F, Wind NNW 6 - NW 4 mph, cloudy, chance of rain at the start 25% dropping down to 10%, water temp 46F. It will feel colder w/o the sun so please dress for immersion and pack a change of clothes in a dry bag with a polar fleece top in case of a swim. Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it. This is cold shock temps.