Eel news
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- April
- 15
Furnace Brook in Cortlandt was especially productive this week for the Ossining High School students conducting American eel research on the Hudson River tributary. 
Students Laura Hellmich and Dara Illowsky “found 302 glass eels in the net (on Monday)—a new record!,” wrote Chris Bowser, a science educator with the state Department of Environmental Conservation’s Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve.
Chris wrote that in two years of conducting the eel study on Furnace Brook, Fall Kill, Crum Elbow, Indian Kill and Constitution Marsh, 302 glass eels was the single, largest haul he’s seen.
A quick refresher: Glass eels refer to the tiny, transparent young eels born more than 1,000 miles away in the Atlantic Ocean. They’re now migrating into coastal rivers, where they will spend most of their lives.
Previously on TNOT: Eels, eels everywhere.
Chris’ photo shows the two students conducting their fieldwork.
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Journal News staff writer Greg Clary writes Earth Watch, reporting on environmental issues in the lower Hudson region. Clary has been a reporter, editor and columnist at the Journal News since 1988 and has covered police and courts, transportation, municipal government, development and the environment in the Lower Hudson Valley, among other topics. 
Laura Incalcaterra covers the environment, open space and zoning and planning issues for The Journal News. A Boston College graduate, Laura grew up in Rockland, attended East Ramapo schools and has worked for The Journal News since 1993. Laura has written features and covered North Rockland, crime, government and a host of other issues.
Mike Risinit covers Patterson and Kent in Putnam County, as well as environmental topics touching on the Hudson River and the Great Swamp. Risinit has been a reporter at The Journal News since 1998.
