Join Drew Gamils for a talk on how fishermen, activists, and lawyers used landmark court cases to help rescue the Hudson River from decades of pollution and establish national precedents for clean water protection. Learn how Riverkeeper continues this work today by identifying polluters and partnering with citizen scientists and communities to restore a healthy Hudson River.
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AAUW - Saving the Hudson: Law, History, and the Fight for Clean Water In-Person / Online
- Date:
- Wednesday, April 8, 2026
- Time:
- 5:00pm - 6:30pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Multipurpose Room
- Audience:
- Adults Featured Programs and Events
- Categories:
- Civic Engagement Science & Nature (STEAM)
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Discover how fishermen, activists, and lawyers used the courts to help rescue the Hudson River from decades of pollution. Drew Gamils will highlight land-mark cases that transformed the river and set national precedents for clean water protection. Today, Riverkeeper continues its fight, seeking out polluters and teaming with citizen scientists and activists to reclaim the Hudson River.
Riverkeeper‘s vision is of a Hudson teeming with life, with engaged communities boating, fishing and swimming throughout its watershed.
Drew Gamils joined Riverkeeper in April 2023. She earned her J.D., cum laude, from the Elizabeth Haub School of Law at Pace
University in 2016, with a Certificate in Environmental Law. During law school, Drew held a clerkship with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency—Air Enforcement Division in Washington, D.C. She is also a graduate of the Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic.
Prior to law school, Drew received a B.S. in Environmental Studies: Policy, Planning and Law, magna cum laude, and a minor in Urban Environmental Science, from the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in 2013.