CELEBRATING OUR 10th ANNIVERSARY

RESTORATION, CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND PUBLIC EDUCATION FOR THE NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE NY/NJ HARBOR ESTUARY

The Urban Divers Estuary Conservancy (UDEC, The Urban Divers ) is a 501c3 not for profit environmental & cultural organization committed to active participation in the restoration, revitalization, restoration, protection, as well as a commitment to public education for our coastal resources (rivers, oceans, marine wildlife, green open spaces); with a special focus on the urban estuary, its watershed and the community that lives, learns, works, play and worship in and along its shore.

The Urban Divers work with communities challenged with environmental issues that affect our local waterways and watershed. Through environmental education, recreation programs, clean water action events, stewardship opportunities, conservation support & scientific diving, UDEC helps to capture the public’s attention to the significance of our planet & our community’s most fragile natural resource. These UDEC programs allow investigation into current conditions and the cost of human impact on our natural resources. UDEC also sponsors an eco-cruise series, an annual art & environment festival, and the ever-popular and original annual multimedia presentation-with-audience-participation "Live! Beneath the Estuary" to help raise awareness of our natural resources.

The Urban Divers work with communities challenged with environmental issues that affect our local waterways and watershed. Through robust youth and adult environmental education through recreation programs, clean water action events, habitat restoration, community stewardship, conservation support & scientific diving, eco-cruise series, an annual art & environment festival, and it’s popular and original annual multimedia presentation with audience participation Live! Beneath the Estuary, and other maritime cultural enrichment programs. UDEC help capture the public’s imagination about the significance of our planet’s & our community’s most fragile natural resource, as well as to investigate current environmental health and the cost of human impact.

UDEC provides a tool, a resource, the basic science & cultural enrichment that empowers community members, teachers, students, public officials, civic leaders, local businesses, as well as the local press in becoming more informed active participants in the public policy decision making process that affects the environmental quality where we live, learn, work, play and worship. Through this work we foster greater community stewardship, community environmental literacy, & new leaders for the environment, for the preservation of environmentally sustainable & vital habitats for all living creatures of our community, our planet.

UDEC works in various locations along NY Harbor. It conceived and operates the HARLEM RIVER ECOLOGY CENTER & Hudson River North Marine Station upstream; and downstream, the GOWANUS /RED HOOK SOUTH BROOKLYN HARBOR MARINE FIELD STATION and The Urban Divers ENVIROMEDIA MOBILE- UDEC’s traveling maritime and nature museum on wheels. The mobile unit travels to schools, community centers, community fairs, host and or participates in local community events and regional festivals.

UDEC offers MEMBERSHIP, VOLUNTEER opportunities , as well as INTERNSHIP opportunities for local High School & College Students. DIVERS & NON- DIVERS are welcomed. VOLUNTEER or BECOME A MEMBER TODAY!... Get involved. Make a difference... Contribute...while learning something new & having fun. Contact UDEC Today!