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Nov 6, 2024 · By Meg McGuire | November 11, 2024. Holding government agencies accountable takes a commitment of time and perseverance. Getting answers to how well those in public service have done their jobs protecting or regulating the Delaware River is not always easy — or fast. One of our missions at Delaware Currents is to engage in watchdog journalism ...
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Nov 6, 2024 · 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 its stakeholders and that no one person, organization or ...
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.
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:
Streams in the Delaware River watershed face a variety of threats
Apr 20, 2022 · The river’s basin – made up of parts of Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and Delaware — is also a natural habitat for a variety of plants, wildlife and aquatic life, including more than 400 bird species and more than 100 species of fish.And as the world’s largest freshwater port, the basin is the generator of billions of dollars’ worth of economic activity.
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.
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Apr 20, 2022 · Streams in the Delaware River watershed face a variety of threatsPa. water quality report should be a ‘call to arms,’ expert says By Chris Mele | April 20, 2022 For Earth Day, Delaware Currents launches another one of its ambitious projects. This story kicks off a 10-part series to help you understand the health of…
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Oct 30, 2024 · DRBC gets $715,000 in federal money through U.S. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman. By Meg McGuire | October 11, 2024. U.S. Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) once again used her muscle to bring home $715,000 to the Delaware River Basin... Read More about DRBC gets $715,000 in federal money through U.S. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman.
Delaware River drownings: Persistent and preventable
By Meg McGuire | July 29, 2021. Here’s a terrifying prediction about drownings in the two National Park units on the Delaware River: According to the data: Our next victim will be a 27-year-old male from NJ. He will drown while swimming in the river without a lifejacket on a Saturday afternoon in July or August. It will happen between 3 and 6 pm.