wow answers to prayer. i have been praying for the health of the rivers for
so long, without any money and not having a science degree i feel like there
is not much personally i could do so i relied on the power of prayer.i
believe the almighty will move and oneday i might be in a position to help
directly
this is a grand christmas present to see that rivers are recovering
mary
florida
-----Original Message-----
From: Sarah Watson <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 22 December 1998 13:39
Subject: Oysters Return to Hudson River
 
 
>A little bit of good news from the environmentalists standpoint as well as
the
>malacologists.
>Sarah Watson
>
>
>Oysters Return to Hudson River
>
> YONKERS, N.Y. (AP) -- Oysters have been found in the Hudson River for the
>first time in decades, although they won't be showing up on menus anytime
>soon.
>
>``Finding these oysters, to me, is an exclamation point,'' said Bob
Walters,
>director of the Beczak Environmental Education Center in Yonkers.
>
>The oysters -- four as big as 3 inches across and six about the size of a
dime
>-- were pulled from the river last week at the Palisade Boat Club in
Yonkers.
>
>Oysters have been found in New York Harbor, where the Hudson meets the
>Atlantic Ocean, but none north of the city. Environmentalists see the
>discovery as evidence that the Hudson, which once had vast beds of oysters,
is
>getting cleaner.
>
>However, the mollusks would not be fit to eat because of remaining river
>pollutants, officials said.
>
>Among the reasons cited for the oysters' mid-century disappearance are
>pollution, changes in the river's salinity and the silting of beds from
>shipping and construction.
>
>Buddy Long, the boater who found them, said he is used to finding things
that
>do not belong in the water. In the past he has pulled up outboard motors,
auto
>parts and a 15-foot albino python.