To make a donation make checks payable to: SPARKILL CREEK RESTORATION INC. Please send to: 46 ROUNDTREE CIRCLE PIERMONT NEW YORK 10968
Sparkill Creek Restoration Inc. is a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit, all donations are tax deductible.
Project News& Updates
Fall 2010- Local environmental activist, artist and educator Laurie Seeman unites 20 years worth of concerned Sparkill Creek Shareholders.
April 2010 - The owner of the Exxon Mobil gas station in Northvale NJ meets to discuss the installation of a riparian buffer along the property.
March 2010 - Permission is granted to install vegetation adjacent to the Northvale Car Wash.
December 2009 - Rough end to the year. Grant funding fell through through the Environmental Facilities Corporation, we were denied access to to build our buffer zone on a private piece of property and the "Heron's Nest" a large wooded parcel along the Piermont Avenue side of the creek is likely to be developed. Despite this, it was still a great year! Thank you all.
June 10-12 2009 - Two members attend a stream biomonitoring workshop taught by Kelly Nolan, considered to be one of the top macroinvertebrate taxonomists in the region.
June 6, 2009 - A quarterly water chemistry monitoring program of the Sparkill Creek begins.
May 27, 2009 - A Diamondback Terrapin Management & Conservation Plan for the Piermont Marsh is begun.
May 11, 2009 - 100 shrubs and trees are planted along the creek which will double as a windbreak for sewage odors.
May 1, 2009 - The entire creek is inspected and assessed for erosion and siltation.
April 20, 2009 - The founder is given the award for Rockland County's Most Outstanding Environmental Volunteer. The award ceremony included County Executive Scott Vanderhoef, County Legislator Connie Coker, Orangetown Supervisor Thom Kleiner, Piermont Mayor Chris Sanders and many others.
April 18, 2009 - We hosted a Keep Rockland Beautiful cleanup of The Sparkill Creek.
April 15, 2009 - The founder meets with The Rockland County Drainage Agency, discusses watershed issues and obtains the 2007 Ferdon Mill Pond Sampling through the FOIL process.
April 8, 2009 - The Sparkill Creek Project is mentioned in Our Town newspaper.
April 2, 2009 - A meeting on the Ferdon Mill Pond is attended by many concerned local citizens, scientific professionals and politicians.
April 1, 2009 - Volunteer Herring Monitoring begins in The Sparkill Creek.
March 28, 2009 - The founder meets another local ecologist to consult with her on future work.
March 27, 2009 - The founder speaks with a NYSDEC Enforcement Officer and they talk about some illegal issues going on with The Sparkill Creek.
March 26 2009 - The founder meets with Dr. John Rosko a college ecology professor and obtains his past work on The Sparkill Creek. They go into the creek and collect fish.
March 11, 2009 - The founder begins collecting data on the The Ferdon Mill Pond.
March 7, 2009 - Volunteers begin the first of a series of clean ups.
March 5, 2009 - The founder speaks with the Mayor of Piermont on the Ferdon Mill Pond issue. The removal of silt would have to be financed by The Village of Piermont but due to the contaminantion, the cost of disposal puts the project out of reach. As a result, people close with the issue have explored options to keep the silt on-site. Their idea of doing so was approved by the NYSDEC. At this point, it appears various options will be explored which may or may not involve the Piermont DPW.
March 2008 - Volunteer recruitment begins and a contact list and listserv are put in place.
January 2008 - Stream restoration literature is obtained and a study begins for the purpose of designing a management plan.
November 2007 - Issues affecting the Sparkill Creek cause the founder to begin gathering data for the purpose of compiling a comprehensive study and rehabilitation plan.
September 2007 - The creek is assessed to see what recreational opportunities existed or may potentially exist in the future. It was determined that fishing an kayacking opportunities can potentially be created with the proper restoration techniques.
June 2007 - Website planning begins
May 2007 - Planning to obtain federal tax exempt status begins.
March 2007 - Online research reveals the potential for a grassroots environmental movement.
Bio of the Founder
In the third grade while learning about the rainforest, Alberto began to take an interest in environmental issues. In his fifth grade "Autograph Book" at Cottage Lane Elementary, he wrote that his future occupation would be an environmentalist. He went on to graduate from the College of Environmental Science & Forestry in Syracuse. After working in the environmental industry for several years he founded a non-profit environmental organization. Having lived in Piermont New York for over 25 years, he has spent a lot of time in and around The Hudson River, The Piermont Marsh and The Sparkill Creek.
