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Oct 29, 2024 · By Octavia Feliciano | October 11, 2024. Visitors to the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River spent $16.6 million in nearby communities, supporting a total of 157... Read More about National Park Service report details economic impact of tourism along the Delaware River.
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Oct 29, 2024 · About Us. Delaware Currents is a news project dedicated to telling the story of the Delaware River from its headwaters in the Catskill Mountains of New York to the Delaware Bay, where it meets the ocean. Delaware Currents seeks to host an intelligent conversation about the river's future, understanding that there is a natural tug-of-war among ...
The beneficiaries of removing mill dams in Delaware River …
Feb 19, 2024 · On a spring day more than 300 years ago, the people of the Lenape tribe gathered in their homeland along the Brandywine Creek in Delaware. Hundreds of fish had just begun to make their way from the Atlantic Ocean, up the Delaware River and into the Brandywine to spawn in the creek’s upstream headwaters in Pennsylvania.
Mussels: A powerful solution to pollution in the Delaware?
1 day ago · Mussel hatchery in the works. Over the next several years, a full-fledged mussel hatchery is set to be built at Bartram’s Garden, a historic public park nestled on the banks of the Schuylkill River just four miles downstream from the Water Works. Championed by the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, the facility will have two halves ...
What’s going to happen when the Delaware Aqueduct is shut down?
Mar 21, 2022 · The significant leak is where the aqueduct tunnels under the Hudson River on its way to New York City and the repair will take that tunnel (and those reservoirs) out of operation as a source for New York City’s drinking water for 5-8 months in 2022. The reservoirs will still feed the Delaware River. NYCDEP states in its fact sheet that:
A ‘sobering’ look at the effects of climate change on the Delaware ...
Jan 30, 2023 · Raymond Najjar is a professor of Oceanography in the Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science at Pennsylvania State University. A ‘sobering’ look at the effects of climate change on the Delaware Estuary. “The challenges we are facing are really immense,” a keynote speaker on Monday warned. By Chris Mele | January 30, 2023.
Report gives Delaware Estuary and Basin a ‘fair’ health rating
Apr 22, 2023 · The health of the Delaware Estuary and Basin remains unchanged since 2008, earning a “fair” rating based on a blend of worsening and improving trends, according to a report that assessed more than 50 environmental indicators. The findings in the document, the “Technical Report for the Delaware Estuary and Basin,” were decidedly mixed.
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Oct 6, 2024 · Full steam ahead for the Delaware Aqueduct shutdownThe public is invited to three New York City DEP presentations on its repair plans for the fall. By Meg McGuire | March 16, 2023 The temporary shutdown of the Delaware Aqueduct that was postponed last year is scheduled to happen on Oct. 1, and… Read More Restoring…
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Delaware River sojourners revel in nature and camaraderie
Jun 22, 2024 · Delaware River sojourners revel in nature and camaraderie. “Eagle, right!”. The 30 paddlers within hearing distance of the shout take their eyes off the river and look up and to the right. A bald eagle flies from its nest in a pine tree and soars above us. That happens at least five more times throughout the day as a flotilla of 89 paddlers ...