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Hackensack River Gallery
Date: 8/26/2007 Album ID: 319506
Photos by The Record
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After centuries of development, dumping and damming, the river is turning the corner. Levels of contamination are decreasing and fish and birds can survive on the river again. But it still has a long way to go.
Tires dumped in the river can become lodged in the naturally occuring debris. (Chris Pedota / The Record)
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Garbage and other assorted debris is especially heavy in sections of the river north of River Edge. (Chris Pedota / The Record)
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A Great White Egrit perches on a branch in the Hackensack River. Richard Kirk Mills, a professor and artist who helped create Teaneck’s riverside greenway, said he has seen much of the bird population return to the area in recent years. (Beth Balbierz / The Record)
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A cormorant flys over the Hackensack River. Experts say the return of birds and fish to the river are a sign that the Hackensack is reviving. (Beth Balbierz / The Record)
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Over time, the river became a common place where companies would illegally dump construction debris. This debris can be found south of Laurel Hill. (Beth Balbierz / The Record)
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The U.S. Route 46 bridge crosses over the Hackensack River with Ridgefield Park on the right and Little Ferry on the left. (Beth Balbierz / The Record)
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The Empire State Building can be seen in the distance from the Hackensack River while looking through North Bergen. (Beth Balbierz / The Record)
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A dragonfly perches on a branch sticking up out of the Hackensack River between Van Buskirk Island and the dam north of the Oradell Reservoir. (Beth Balbierz / The Record)
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Turtles can often be seen basking in the sun on the branches of fallen trees sticking up out of the Hackensack River in Oradell. (Beth Balbierz / The Record)
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Assorted garbage, including used automobile tires, line the banks of the Oradell Reservoir on the Upper Hackensack River. (Beth Balbierz / The Record)
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A great blue heron flies over the Oradell Reservoir in the Upper Hackensack River. (Beth Balbierz / The Record)
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When looking south, the Hackensack River is lined with marsh areas in Carlstadt along the western bank. (Beth Balbierz / The Record)
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A coal burning power plant in Kearny can be seen adjacent to the Hackensack River near the Pulaski Skyway. (Beth Balbierz / The Record)
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Two men jet ski on the Hackensack River in Hackensack. (Beth Balbierz / The Record)
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