Named for founder Bob Boyle
Riverkeeper christened a new boat this month to honor the late Bob Boyle, who founded the environmental organization in 1966 as the Hudson River Fishermen’s Association. Riverkeeper purchased the 25-foot boat with a state grant and Emmanuel Morlet, a board member, paid for its scientific equipment.
Boyle, who died in 2017, was a journalist, outdoorsman, activist and author of The Hudson River: A Natural and Unnatural History. Riverkeeper monitors water quality at hundreds of sites on the Hudson and its tributaries.
