NY River Voices is a place-based project that combines multi-media digital storytelling and Geographic Information Systems (GIS – Storymap) to highlight people’s deep connections to rivers and river communities of New York, including the St. Lawrence, Hudson and Raquette Rivers. Enter into an immersive Storymap experience to learn more about the unique history, geography, geology, ecology and human connections and interactions along the life-places of our rivers and shorelines. We believe that documenting and archiving the real experiences of ordinary voices is important in telling a collective story about our rivers, and plays a role in contributions to local [ecological] knowledge, advocacy, conservation and decision-making.

Clayton, Massena, and Waddington – First Three Communities Documented 

For the purposes of launching this research project, three communities were selected along the St. Lawrence as the initial research scoping area. With the completion of that project due Summer 2020, we will be including participants from these and other communities along the St. Lawrence, as well the Raquette and Hudson Rivers (Coming soon!)

If you are interested in participating in the project, and live in communities along one of these three NY Rivers, please feel free to contact us for an appointment. We will record your life narrative (an estimated 1-2-hour session), and with permission, will excerpt part of your written or recorded life narrative for inclusion on this site.