In the first part of our series, Captain Bill Sheehan, the Hackensack Riverkeeper, discusses the interconnected history of Secaucus and the Meadowlands and gives a brief overview of the pollution issues and remediation efforts that have affected the Hackensack River and its surrounding wetlands during the latter half of the 20th Century. For more information about Captain Bill Sheehan and the Hackensack Riverkeeper organization, visit www.hackensackriverkeeper.org
.
This program is made possible by a grant from The New Jersey State Historical Commission, a Division of the Department of State, and administered by the Hudson County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs, Thomas A. DeGise, Hudson County County Executive and Hudson County Board of Chosen Freeholders. Special thanks to the Friends of the Secaucus Public Library for their support of this project.