"NY/NJ Baykeeper's mission is to protect, preserve, and restore the ecological integrity and productivity of the Hudson-Raritan Estuary"

Protect

Protect

Baykeeper fights to protect the health of our local waterways through our advocacy campaigns, legal actions and boat programs. We shape and enforce water quality, land use, and coastal policies that impact the estuary and actively patrol the waterways to identify and stop polluters.

Preserve

Preserve

Baykeeper conserves open space in the NY-NJ Harbor Estuary through land acquisition and stewardship. Baykeeper and our partners have preserved over ten thousand acres of critical habitat in our watershed. The Raritan Riverkeeper program focuses specifically on preserving the health of the Raritan River.

Restore

Restore

Baykeeper’s restoration work focuses on repopulating the New York and New Jersey bays with oysters and creating sustainable habitat in order to monitor and improve the health of the estuary’s eco-system. Oysters are a keystone species that provide structure and habitat needed for many other species to survive.