From clean water to education, river access, recreation and inspiration, all of the six key benefits that the Hudson Estuary Program revolves around are very optimistic and ambitious. As stated in the article, nothing lasts forever, it is time for a change with an advancement of infrastructure of the valley. As increased levels of pollution and potentially hazardous and unwanted species and chemicals spill into our waters, the old technology that is implemented can not keep up with it. There is always going to be something that with be more advanced than something created in the past and that is why this program is vital for the benefit of our ecosystem.
One thing about this article that I liked was the idea of teamwork with government and its people. Like most things, collaboration to get something done effectively is the best way. Governmental intervention is without a doubt the strongest force in our country, but without citizen cooperation and collaboration or ideas, the laws and regulations placed by the government simply isn’t enough. The idea in the article that this program “builds community stewardship by engaging, informing and empowering the people who live, work near and care about the river and its communities to bring about real progress for the river.” Is a great idea because targeting people who will actually positively benefit from the program, or negatively be effected without the program, is the easiest way to spread awareness of the importance of the cause.
I think that if people who live near the Hudson would like to enjoy the cleanliness of the water to drink from then we need to take part in ending the contamination that it has today. Without the people who truly make or break change, the people, this program will be very slow moving and we may not be alive to see it prevail.
