Isabella Darcy

Once an industrial hub, Petty’s Island is on a path to environmental renewal

In the Delaware River, between Camden, New Jersey’s Beideman neighborhood and the eastern side of Philadelphia, is Petty’s Island. The...
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Philadelphia Water Department celebrates Manayunk Canal’s restoration and reopening

Philadelphia’s Manayunk Canal was a stagnant water body that suffered from low dissolved oxygen, frequent algal blooms and sedimentation for...
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Annual spring horseshoe crab migration celebrated at ‘Sunset on the Bay’

Horseshoe crabs travel onto mid-Atlantic coasts every spring to spawn during what is believed to be the world's oldest and...
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Philadelphia names newest spokesdog to fight ‘poo-llution’

Willow, a friendly one-year-old pup from Brewerytown, Pa., was named Philadelphia’s newest “spokesdog” on Sunday. Over the next year, Willow...
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Delaware to update Wildlife Action Plan to address growing threats to at-risk species

Certain species of wildlife, their habitats and plants, such as the Atlantic sturgeon, that are in the greatest need of...
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