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« Return to album listEPA Press Event On Tuesday , December 2nd and EPA Press Conference was held to award Groundwork Hudson Valley’s Saw Mill River Coalition the prestigious EPA Targeted Watersheds Grant for $889,183.
Saunders High School students explain the extensive Saw Mill River Fish Study that they have been involved with to congresswoman Nita Lowey.
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City Council President Chuck Lesnick joins in the conversation.
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Jim Pinto, Yonkers Director of Downtown and Waterfront Development with Yonkers Mayor Phil Amicone and Ann-Marie Mitroff, director of Groundwork’s Saw Mill River Coalition.
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Executive Director of Groundwork Hudson Valley, Rick Magder.
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Rick Magder, Executive Director of Groundwork Hudson Valley.
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Ann-Marie Mitroff spoke and also introduced a range of distinguished speakers.
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Ann-Marie Mitroff, Director of the Saw Mill River Coalition.
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Alan J. Steinberg, EPA Region 2 Administrator addressed the group.
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Alan J. Steinberg, EPA Region 2 Administrator
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Congresswoman Nita Lowey whom has always been supportive of the Saw Mill River Coalition’s vision gave a speech.
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Congresswoman Nita Lowey
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Congressman Eliot Engel, who often works closely with Nita Lowey spoke about the many ways in which this project is important to the region.
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Willie Janeway, Director, Region 3 NY State Dept of Environmental Conservation.
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Yonkers Mayor Phil Amicone was very tied into this event, having given his support to the project and also worked for the EPA in the past.
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Yonkers Mayor Phil Amicone
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Irvington Mayor Nicola Coddington, Ann-Marie Mitroff, and Rick Magder
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Irvington Mayor Nicola Coddington
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Irvington Mayor Nicola Coddington
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The big check is presented! Groundwork Hudson Valley, The Saw Mill River Coalition and a group of supporters gratefully accept the prestigious EPA Targeted Watersheds Grant for $889,183.
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Saunders High School students and their teacher Harry Hall who have been an integral part of the Saw Mill River Fish Study since the outset.
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