The ‘Big Think’ with Michele Long
A series of conversations with people who have worked in and for the watershed, sharing their expertise and knowledge. Here's...
Battleship New Jersey is sent to dry dock with flourish and fanfare
Tugboats performed a balletic maneuver on the Delaware River in Camden, N.J., on Thursday to redirect the most decorated battleship...
Manayunk Canal reopening will improve water quality but prevent people’s access
In 2021, Ken Conly, director at large for the Philadelphia Canoe Club, was paddling a stretch of the Schuylkill River...
EPA seeks to remove all lead water pipelines in 10 years
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected this fall to roll out new rules requiring the removal of lead water...
Tambini to retire as DRBC executive director
Steve Tambini, the executive director of the Delaware River Basin Commission, announced on Wednesday his intention to retire Dec. 1....
Proposed Poconos warehouse draws fire at public hearing over potential harm to waterways
A proposal to build a 702,000-square-foot warehouse in the Poconos in Pennsylvania came under scrutiny — and criticism — at...
Non-profit makes strides to restore the Delaware Canal
A nonprofit group has taken steps toward its goal of restoring the Delaware Canal by securing a $75,000 grant and...
‘Very encouraging progress’ in talks between Catskills localities and New York City on reservoir land protection
A light at the end of the tunnel is coming into view in the negotiations between New York City and...
Fish versus electricity: Could the Salem nuclear plant be shut down?
This story was produced by Spotlight Delaware, a community-powered, collaborative, nonprofit newsroom covering the First State. Learn more at spotlightdelaware.org...
The beneficiaries of removing mill dams in Delaware River watershed? ‘Fish, fish, fish’
On a spring day more than 300 years ago, the people of the Lenape tribe gathered in their homeland along...
Pennsylvania DEP awards more than $500,000 in project funding to protect Delaware Estuary Coastal Zone
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has awarded more than $573,000 to 10 projects to protect and restore the Delaware...
DRBC to study chemical from rubber tire particles as source of water contamination
Researchers in the Delaware River watershed are gearing up to study what they consider an emerging water pollutant of concern:...
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