DELAWARE CURRENTS ON WJFF-FM
Meg McGuire is a regular guest on WJFF's program "Making Waves." The show is on every Monday at 8 p.m., Meg is on every third Monday to talk about current issues on the Delaware.
PennEast pipeline proposal arrives at the Delaware River Basin Commission
The PennEast Pipeline proposal has landed at the Delaware River Basin Commission, one of the many regulatory bodies whose approval is needed before the 114-mile natural-gas pipeline project can go forward.Steve Tambini, executive director of the DRBC, said the commission will examine the proposal’s effects “not just on the Delaware, but on every stream in…
Breathing life into the Delaware River
“YEARS AGO, WHEN I was 8 or 10 years old, when I went over the Ben Franklin Bridge I would smell something awful — it was the river. Of course, I blamed New Jersey. Now there are fish in that river.” That’s how David Wolanski, in one short sentence, described the immense progress that’s been…
Delaware River summer fun
Editor: Here’s a foretaste of summer in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area: hiking, blueberries and cool clean water! Brought to you by Scott Mariani, 9 1/2.
Gov. Cuomo, Mayor Di Blasio: Time to find the right flow for the Delaware
WHEN YOU VISIT THE DELAWARE RIVER, or any river, you hardly notice that it moves. In fact you’d notice it a lot more if it wasn’t moving. The sweet flowing waters of rivers gives them their distinctive music. That’s true of the Delaware of course, but there’s some hidden cacophony in its flow. Years ago,…
Help NPS figure out what to do with historic properties emptied by the Tocks Island Dam project
IF YOU LIVE NEAR the Delaware River, you’ll know about one of the most contentious projects ever planned for the river: the Tocks Island Dam, which would have been the largest dam east of the Mississippi. The nascent environmental movement and strong local opposition put an end to the plans, but not before hundreds of properties…
19th-century bridge’s wooden planks carry 21st-century commuters
THE RUMBLE OF THE WOODEN PLANKS of the Dingmans Bridge is the audible welcome mat that Pennsylvania lays down for the city slickers of New York and New Jersey, driving west over the Delaware River. It’s a skinny bridge, so going slowly — as the sign suggests — is a really good idea! And the price…
How best to use the DWG park? Your input requested
HOW DO YOU WANT to use the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area?How many people can one park hold is an important question for any park. A park like Central Park in New York City will have a different answer than a park like the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.Finding the right answer to…
National Geographic to promote geotourism along the Delaware
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC wants to help build geotourism around the Delaware River. It’s starting a conversation with people from communities that touch the river’s two national parks: the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River, which stretches from Hancock, N.Y. to Port Jervis, N.Y., and the Delaware Water Gap National Recreational Area, which stretches from just below Milford,…
How healthy is the Upper Lehigh River? Ask a fish
Located in northeastern Pennsylvania, the Lehigh River originates in a series of glacial bogs and marshes in the area of Pocono Peak Lake in the Gouldsboro area about 15 miles southeast of Scranton. The elevation at the Lehigh River headwaters is approximately 2,200 feet above sea level, and drops nearly 1,000 feet during its 103-mile…
Kids in the Brandywine
OF COURSE, YOU JUST knew they were going to splash each other — just a little. Then a lot, because they had clear-bottom buckets they were supposed to use to spy into the waters of the Brandywine Creek to find freshwater mussels. People got wet, sure, but they were having a good time. The people…
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