HRF’s history as a trusted resource for actionable science provides us with a unique opportunity to help inform and enable dialog essential to addressing the complex challenges facing the River, estuary, and watershed and the communities that live here.

The Foundation has recently completed a new Strategic Plan that will guide our work and help us achieve our vision of a healthy and resilient Hudson River, Estuary and Watershed for nature and people.

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New York-New Jersey Harbor & Estuary Program (HEP) was established in 1987 under the Clean Water Act as an ongoing effort to develop and implement a consensus driven plan to protect, conserve and restore the Harbor Estuary, one of the Nation’s 28 Estuaries of National Significance. HEP provides a forum to develop and implement actions that improve the health of the Estuary by convening interested stakeholders from across familiar divides of geography and expertise, producing and disseminating science and data to illuminate the issues, and collaborating with others to identify and address management challenges and opportunities in a way that is environmentally and economically responsible.

The Hudson River Foundation has been a partner with HEP for the past 30 years, helping lead partnerships and advance the science needed to address critical management questions. The Foundation assumed overall responsibility for managing HEP in 2014.

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