Cherish America’s ‘other’ Grand Canyon

Last week, President Biden proposed making the Hudson Canyon the newest national marine sanctuary, giving Washington more power to protect the wildlife under the waves from oil, gas and mineral exploration and other development.

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June 20, 2022 - 4:16 PM

Last week, President Biden proposed making the Hudson Canyon in upstate New York the newest national marine sanctuary. Photo by (Dreamstime/TNS)

A reviewer shouldn’t recommend a movie without having seen it, but we’ll break the rule here to talk up a thing of beauty we’ve never laid our eyes on: The Hudson Canyon. A hundred miles to New York City’s southeast, seven Empire State Buildings deep in the Atlantic, is the largest submarine canyon on the East Coast, home to deep-sea corals that feed and shelter sharks, sea turtles, whales, tunas, swordfish and countless undiscovered mysteries.

The people of Gotham, who’ve done their share of shouting at the oceans of late as the sea levels rise and storms flood our…

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