Experimental device to take aim at plastics in the Delaware
Smart Trash Boom, which is specially designed to work in the heavily trafficked river, is expected to be tested in 2023
A new weapon is set to be tested next year in the battle against plastics pollution that can accommodate the...
Delaware River is largest source of plastics pollution in North America, report says
The study is one of several efforts to call attention to the issue
Amid continuing efforts to curb plastics in the Delaware River, a study finds that the river, among all the waterways...
Looking for healthy bugs
DRBC’s biomonitoring team investigates the Upper Delaware
The Upper Delaware was looking every inch “special” recently when a team from the Delaware River Basin Commission investigated its...
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Turning kids into eager anglers for trout
FUDR Bill Canfield Fly Fishing School
The first sounds you hear as you get close to this idyllic spot on the famed Beaverkill River is hooting...
Microplastics prevalent in samples from the Delaware River
Fibers made up the majority of the tiny plastics collected, study finds
Microplastics, tiny plastic fragments about as big as a sesame seed that can be harmful to aquatic life, were found...
Cleanest streams in Northeastern Pennsylvania bring $3 billion in benefits, study finds
A report quantifies the ecological and economic value of specially protected streams, which are concentrated in the Poconos
Northeastern Pennsylvania’s “exceptional value” and “high quality” streams – the highest designations for the state’s most pristine waterways – are...
Where does your drinking water come from, Hemlock Farms?
Full disclosure, I live in Hemlock Farms, so I have a vested interest in finding out about my water! Delaware...
Art exhibit underscores mussels’ vital role in the Delaware River
“Freshwater,” at the Cherry Street Pier in Philadelphia, marries art and science
If you’re strolling through Cherry Street Pier in Philadelphia this summer, you’re bound to run into something you wouldn’t expect:...
$220M Clean Streams Fund stands to benefit Delaware River watershed
The program, adopted as part of Pennsylvania’s new budget, seeks to improve and protect water quality by helping farmers.
A newly created $220 million Pennsylvania state program largely aimed at improving and protecting water quality in the Chesapeake Bay...
Quarry drops plans that opponents viewed as threat to Delaware
Riverline wanted to create a construction yard to allow it to import recycled asphalt pavement
CARPENTERSVILLE – The Pohatcong Guardians appear to have emerged the victor in a push to keep Riverline Quarry’s operations in...
Future of horseshoe crabs in Delaware Bay in the cross-hairs, activists say
Fewer female crabs mean fewer eggs, which is bad news for red knot birds
Horseshoe crabs, those crawly creatures that look like they belong in an “Alien” movie, have survived for hundreds of millions...
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