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	Hudson River Sloop Clearwater
		Clearwater is home to the New Hudson River School, an internationally-renowned set of shipboard and on-land programs.
		Clearwater believes that the traditional values of grassroots advocacy, one person at a time, carry the power of a participatory democracy straight to the places where decisions are made.
		Clearwater is a story of people who have given of themselves as members, as supporters and as volunteers.
	www.clearwater.org (270 words)

	IRIS - Resource Inventory Program: Clearwater Sloop (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Hudson River Clearwater Sloop is a shipboard education program for children and their teachers, sailing out of ports from Albany to New York City and Long Island Sound.
		Clearwater staff received training in the use of aerial photographs and the submerged aquatic vegetation project in order to develop a learning station for use on board the Sloop.
		Clearwater's environmental educators have utilized the Hudson River's diversity as a theme for inter-disciplinary study since 1969 when the famous Sloop was launched.
	www.css.cornell.edu /iris/rip/hudson/clearwater.htm (213 words)

	Hudson River Sloops and Schooners
		The sloop was the forerunner in the establishment of the vast commerce on the Hudson which reached an extent that was exceeded by few, if any, rivers in the world.
		The sloop was the forerunner of the vast commerce on the Hudson and an important part in the development and growth of the State of New York.
		"The Sloops on the Hudson River," by Verplanck and Collyer was written in 1908 at the close of the sloop era on the Hudson.
	www.ulster.net /~hrmm/sail/age.html (1365 words)

	New York State Historic Preservation Office :: News
		The sloop Clearwater satisfies National Register Criterion A (association with historic events) and Criteria Consideration G (a property that is less than 50 years old) for her significance in the history of the American environmental movement.
		Modeled after a nineteenth century Hudson River sloop and launched in 1969, the Clearwater, as a symbol of the organization of the same name, was instrumental in dramatically raising public awareness over the consequences of polluted rivers and in inspiring successful citizens' initiatives to clean up the nation's rivers.
		The Clearwater and her supporters were highly effective in educating the public about environmental pollution and seeking legislative solutions to the problem.
	nysparks.state.ny.us /shpo/news.htm (263 words)

	Clearwater Festival Returns to Croton -- by the Half Moon Press (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Clearwater's "Great Hudson River Revival" this summer returns to Croton Point Park in Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y., the place were the festival was first held in 1966.
		The sloop Clearwater is used by the organization for educational programs that instruct 12,000 children each year.
		Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc., based in Poughkeepsie,conducts environmental education, advocacy programs and celebrations to protect the Hudson River, its tributaries and related bodies of water, and to create awareness of the estuary's complex relationship with the coastal zone.
	www.hudsonriver.com /halfmoonpress/stories/0399clea.htm (202 words)

	About Clearwater
		Clearwater conducts environmental education, advocacy programs and celebrations to protect the Hudson River, its tributaries and related water bodies, and to create awareness of the estuary's complex relationship with the coastal zone.
		Education: The centerpiece of Clearwater's public education program is the 106-foot wooden sailing sloop Clearwater, designed after the Dutch sailing sloops of the 18th and 19th centuries.
		Serving as a movable classroom, laboratory and stage, the sloop Clearwater is now in her twenty-sixth sailing season.
	www.rpi.edu /dept/environ/orgs/Clearwater/about.clearwater.html (560 words)

	Clearwater Ship Named to National Register -- by the Half Moon Press (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Hudson River Sloop Clearwater was added to the National Register of Historic Places for its national significance to the American environmental movement over the past three decades.
		The designation marks the 85th birthday of the Clearwater's primary founder, environmental activist and legendary folk/singer musician, Pete Seeger, who pledged in 1968 to "build a boat to save this river." It also marks the 35th anniversary of the boat's launch.
		"The sloop Clearwater is a majestic symbol of the Hudson River and underscores the progress we have made to help safeguard New York's waterways," said Governor George Pataki.
	www.hudsonriver.com /halfmoonpress/stories/0604clearwater-register.htm (373 words)

	How Can I Sail Aboard the Clearwater? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The special experience of sailing aboard the sloop Clearwater will be remembered for years, whether you join us as a passenger or crew.
		Clearwater members pay $8.00 per adult and $4.00 per senior or child age 12 and under.
		Two complete crews are hired during the course of the year; one to start in the spring and work through late July (the "spring crew"), and the other to start in late July and work through the end of the season (the "fall crew").
	www.rpi.edu /dept/environ/orgs/Clearwater/sail.on.the.sloop.html (564 words)

	Hudson River Sloops and Schooners (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The sloop was the forerunner in the establishment of the vast commerce on the Hudson which reached an extent that was exceeded by few, if any, rivers in the world.
		The sloops of the Hudson were about of the same size, say one hundred tons’ capacity and about 65 to 75 feet in length.
		The sloop was the forerunner of the vast commerce on the Hudson and an important part in the development and growth of the State of New York.
	www.hrmm.org /sail/age.html (1365 words)

	Pudding House-Clearwater Coffeehouse
		The first Clearwater Coffeehouse opened at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens Ohio on May 6, 2000 with featured poet/emcee Jennifer Bosveld, founder of the UU Poets Cooperative (1996)--the national organization of poets who happen to be UUs.
		Clearwater Coffeehouse is totally independent from the sloop Clearwater organization in New York and uses the word “clearwater”, which is merely a word and not solely copyrightable or a registered trademark, only to honor the work of that organization.
		Clearwater Coffeehouse managers are editors in a sense and should exercise “editorial rights” to not choose for display any work that is not in keeping with UU Principles and Purposes or that does harm to anyone.
	www.puddinghouse.com /clearwater.htm (2163 words)

	Vassar College Athletics
		The sloop Clearwater is the centerpiece of Clearwater’s public education programs.
		Clearwater is a 106-foot wooden sailing sloop designed after 18th and 19th century Dutch sailing sloops.
		Each year, Clearwater accommodates nearly 13,000 children and adults for education sails that teach history, biology, and environmental science and navigation along the Hudson River, New York Harbor and Long Island Sound.
	athletics.vassar.edu /index.php?action=fullnews&id=247 (292 words)

	Sloop Clearwater (Spring 2001) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sean Madden was a classroom teacher when he hopped aboard the sloop Clearwater for a sail on the Hudson River in New York.
		Clearly no ordinary boat, the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater sails the Hudson, awakening people’s interest in the river and the environment, mobilizing them into teams who work to protect the waters and the earth.
		With funds raised through folk concerts, the 106' sloop was built as a replica of the vessels that had worked the river for the past hundred years.
	www.drivesubaru.com /SloopClearwater.html (675 words)

	Tribal Jams Reviews-Hudson River Clearwater Festival 2004
		The Clearwater organization (www.clearwater.org) is committed to the health and safety of the Hudson River and its tributaries.
		The sloop was launched in 1969, and in 1970, he and the crew sailed the sloop to Washington, DC to bring some awareness and music to our environmentally challenged politicians.
		In 1975, Seeger and Clearwater broke the story to the New York Times about the PCBs that General Electric had been dumping onto the Hudson, which started the battle that led to the 2001 decision by the EPA that GE must pay to clean up the river.
	www.tribaljams.com /clearwater2004.htm (728 words)

	Summertimes 1997 \| Clearwater's Great Hudson River Revival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The sloop Clearwater was launched on May 17, 1969, and its infancy was anything but smooth sailing.
		The Clearwater has come a long way since it was crewed by a bunch of musicians who "didn't know port from starboard." Today, the 106-foot Hudson River Sloop Clearwater is a "floating classroom" with an experienced crew who teach children and adults how to protect the Hudson River and its tributaries from pollution.
		Clearwater's Great Hudson River Revival will take place Saturday, June 21 and Sunday, June 22 from 10 a.m until dusk at Westchester Community College in Valhalla, N.Y. Advance tickets are $20 for either day, $30 for both, and can be ordered at (800) 67-SLOOP.
	www.newmassmedia.com /summer97/clearwater.html (695 words)

	The EnviroLink Network - Clearwater Hudson River Sloop
		Clearwater is a pioneering environmental non-profit whose mission is to preserve and protect the Hudson River and related waterways through environmental advocacy, education and celebration.
		Clearwater sails in the tidewater reaches of the Hudson River estuary from Albany, NY to Long Island Sound.
		Clearwater's advocacy includes active participation in watchdog efforts to ensure the public and its elected officials are apprised of continuing environmental dangers, such as PCBs contamination, and their effects on the health and well-being of people and habitat alike.
	www.envirolink.org /resource.html?itemid=775&catid=5 (290 words)

	Walkabout Clearwater > Walkabout Home ( DNN 3.1.0 )
		Walkabout Clearwater Sloop, Inc. is an independent, not-for-profit outreach organization dedicated to the promotion of environmental awareness and social action through song, education, and other activities.
		As a chartered sloop club of the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc. (www.clearwater.org), we take our boat - a seven-foot-tall replica of the Clearwater - inland where the "big sloop" can't go.
		A portion of the proceeds from each season is sent directly to Clearwater.
	walkaboutclearwater.org (249 words)

	World Music Central - Saving the River, Musicians Announced for Clearwater Festival
		Festival organizers announced this week that the folk icon, whose music appeals to everyone from college students to their professors and parents, would appear at the festival both Saturday and Sunday, June 19 and 20.
		Clearwater’s 2004 Great Hudson River Revival is more than just a blend of exceptional music and fun for the entire family.
		A Green Living trade show/expo, storytellers, giant puppets, and a foot-stomping dance tend, combine with riverfront fun for adults and children, ethnic foods, a juried craft show and sale, and a chance to sail on the sloop Clearwater to make this a weekend to remember for visitors from around the world.
	www.worldmusiccentral.org /article.php/2004041819344272 (349 words)

	@BFS!
		The students had come here to study aboard the Sloop Clearwater, to learn more about the history, geography, biology and ecology of the Hudson River.
		The sloop, launched in 1969, is a centerpiece of the organization called the Hudson River Sloop.
		Clearwater Education Director Chris Bowser loves the young students’ reactions, “There’s a wonderful ‘gee-whiz’ amazement when they see all the life teeming in the trawl net.
	www.brooklynfriends.org /atbfs/0102/05.06.02-1.html (674 words)

	Company News On Call
		Clearwater is the centerpiece of a public environmental education program conceived in 1996 by Pete Seeger, Grammy-award winning folk musician.
		"Clearwater is the perfect vehicle for bringing to life the environmental research these students have been executing all year," said Michael O'Herlihy, chairperson, Science Department at the New York City High School for Environmental Studies.
		The Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc., celebrating its 30-year anniversary, conducts environmental education, advocacy programs and celebrations to protect the Hudson River, its tributaries and related bodies of water.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=105&STORY=/www/story/04-14-1998/0000631514 (674 words)

	State of the Hudson: Environmental Groups (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Contributions: The nonprofit environmental group, Clearwater, grew from the efforts in the 1960s of folk singer Pete Seeger and a small group of friends to bring the plight of one of America's most historic rivers to a national audience.
		Clearwater, named this year to the National Register of Historic Places, was instrumental in passing the Clean Water Act in 1972, and has introduced thousands of people to the Hudson River.
		The Sloop Clearwater was the first wooden sailing ship with a mission to protect the environment.
	www.poughkeepsiejournal.com /hudson/groups.shtml (1279 words)

	MaristScope
		For the first time, Clearwater's Great Hudson River Revival festival will be held in Dutchess County, returning to its namesake river after a decade inland.
		The Clearwater festival originated in October 1966 when Pete Seeger held a "Folk Picnic" in a meadow in Garrison, N.Y., to raise money for construction of the sloop Clearwater.
		Clearwater's Great Hudson River Revival is made possible this year, in part, with the support of American Airlines, Bell Atlantic and Ben & Jerry's, among others.
	www.marist.edu /maristscope/may98 (565 words)

	ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS - National Wildlife Federation Winner Project Profile 2005
		Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc. was established in 1966.
		Students leave the Clearwater with a new perspective on the Hudson River and New York Harbor and a sense of connection with their natural environment.
		In the future, Clearwater's Urban Outreach Internship Program will work to develop a "Ladder of Leadership" that will encourage urban youth to increase their involvement in the program.
	www.seaworld.org /conservation-matters/eea/2005/nwf.htm (405 words)

	A Concert to Benefit The Sloop Clearwater - New York Times
		LEAD: Since it was launched in 1969, the Clearwater, a replica of the 18th- and 19th-century sloops that plied the Hudson River, has done much to dramatize the effects of industrial pollution on the river.
		Since it was launched in 1969, the Clearwater, a replica of the 18th- and 19th-century sloops that plied the Hudson River, has done much to dramatize the effects of industrial pollution on the river.
		Thanks in part to the vessel's voyages, which are dedicated to environmental education, the river is cleaner and safer now than it has been in years.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE2D61330F933A05756C0A961948260 (195 words)

	Ships to Save the Waters Conference 2000
		For thirty years, sloop Clearwater, a 106 foot replica of the boats that sailed the Hudson during the last century, has sailed as a floating classroom.
		She was re-rigged as a schooner ten years later when the sloop rig lost favor, primarily for economic reasons: The large single sail took more crew members to handle than the smaller sails of the two-masted rig.
		Almost all American cargo sloops and schooners were wood, but because she was built in what was then this country's center of iron shipbuilding, Pioneer had a wrought iron hull.
	www.ernestina.org /StStW2000.html (3128 words)

	Seeger powers dream of a better river
		It is not lost on Seeger that the waters of the Hudson are clearer than ever, clearer certainly than in 1969 when he and his friends founded Hudson River Sloop Clearwater Inc., a Poughkeepsie-based organization dedicated to preserving and promoting environmental awareness of the Hudson and its resources.
		The group was named for the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, a 106-foot replica of the 18th-century Dutch sloops that sailed the Hudson.
		The sloop Clearwater sails up and down the Hudson, serving as a symbol and a classroom for thousands of children and adults.
	www.enjoyhv.com /fe/Heritage/stories/he_pete_seeger.asp (939 words)

	Sloop Clearwater on the Hudson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		While the Hudson River was dotted with sloops throughout the 1800s as a means to deliver cargo (livestock, hay, mail, etc.), the Clearwater's 21st-century purpose is to deliver an education to its passangers--mostly middle and high school students.
		We listened to the wind on the sails, the splash of the water, the hum of faraway motorboats, and the low roar of the cars on the West Side Highway.
		At the end of the tour, as the sloop's crew were tying up the sloop to the 79th St. pier, Justin showed us his room, hidden in the fore of the boat.
	www.piscesposters.com /russ/clearwater (710 words)

	Environmental Sloop, Clearwater, Carrying Ark to New York. :: Ark Of Hope :: The Ark of Hope was created for a ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sloop Clearwater Sails The Hudson, Its Cargo a Revolutionary Global Document.
		Clearwater Sloop sailing past West Point with the Ark of Hope aboard, flying only the jib because of high winds.
		Clearwater Sloop with the Ark against the Hudson shore.
	www.arkofhope.org /modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=7 (501 words)

	EPA Grant Supports Urban Estuary Training for City Teachers
		The Clearwater sail, clearly the highlight of the workshop, began with an overall orientation to the sloop and the harbor.
		At one point, as the sloop heeled over in a turn and water sloshed up on the deck, they only quickly glanced away from their stations, seemed assured the Clearwater would stay afloat and then just held on and re-focused on their learning station lessons.
		The sloop sailed north, just past the George Washington Bridge and never went further south than mid-town Manhattan; it was truly a day for urban estuary ecology.
	www.epa.gov /region2/grants/teachers_2004.htm (424 words)

	The book that inspired building the Hudson River sloop Clearwater (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sloops of the Hudson may not have been great literature, but it was (and is) a fine little book.
		At that meeting officers were elected to initiate the sloop project.
		Sloop members laid out a magnificent spread of homemade food.
	www.hrmm.org /diglib/verplanck/clearwater.html (714 words)

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