Film Screening: The Keeper
Saturday, May 16, 2026 @ 7:00 pm
Directed by Jon Bowermaster
May 16th 2026 from 7-10pm
Defending America’s First River
Cantankerous, charismatic and passionately committed, this river keeper — John Lipscomb — reflects on his 25 years patrolling the Hudson River, traveling more than 80,000 miles, by wooden boat.
Like rivers around the world, the Hudson — America’s First River and the Birthplace of the American Environmental Movement — boomed as a growing human population used it for transportation, sustenance and for many years a dumping ground.
The river paid a price for all this use and abuse, struggling against its share of contamination. For the past nearly three decades the river’s poet laureate and literal “eyes on the river,” Captain John, has been at the forefront of each of those fights, taking on industrial and human pollution, suffering the losses and celebrating victories.
While he has had successes on the Hudson, committing a life to protecting a river is a never-ending fight. Today he is one of more than 300 “keepers” around the globe, looking out for their respective rivers.
Green Radio Hour with Jon Bowermaster
