Brianna Cayo Cotter joined us for a special Kingston Pride edition of Nature Nuggets! And we took a deep dive into eels and Hudson River lore with local legend Chris Bowser from the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation!
Chris Bowser is the education coordinator for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Hudson River Estuary Program and National Estuarine Research Reserve, in partnership with the Cornell Water Resource Institute. His professional experience includes serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Mauritania where he worked on dune stabilization and reforestation projects, serving as education director for the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, mapping river shorelines, conducting environmental education workshops in Haiti, and teaching at Marist College’s environmental science department and Bard College’s environmental and urban studies program.
