Posts by Meg McGuire
Reporter’s notebook: What goes on at a DRBC meeting
“So, what is the DRBC all about?” Delaware Gov. John Carney asked in his welcoming address to this, the first in-person meeting of the Delaware River Basin Commission in more than two years, which happened at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Del., on June 8. He was recalling his first contact with the DRBC back…
Read MoreTeamwork saves a stream in the Upper Delaware – and more
There were several “stars” of the show on the banks of the Little Beaver Kill in Livingston Manor, N.Y., on June 17. One is the stream itself, famous for its trout fishing. The other is the teamwork that brought $300,000 into Upper Delaware for use as matching funds to benefit fish, of course, but importantly…
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$588 million to improve water in New Jersey
$83 million for projects in the Delaware River watershed
Hardly a day goes by when we don’t read of a host of problems with our water-supply system from lead pipes to aging water-treatment plants. Yep, this story is about money because it takes heaps of money to address those issues. New Jersey, home to lots of aging water infrastructure, has scored some significant help to…
Read MoreTa-DA! First big step in getting the Delaware River cleaner
Where are the fireworks? Marching bands? The scientific and engineering work that could well give us a significantly cleaner Delaware River — from Trenton, N.J., on south — has been completed. Those scientists and engineers have been building a model that could capture all the important processes in the estuary (that bit below Trenton) and…
Read MoreEarth Day around the Delaware River watershed
Ramps-U-Pick offer a taste of these fleeting spring greens
Forest farming for ramps
With the trees still bare, the spring sunlight catches patches of green among the brown leaf litter on the forest floor. “Let your eyes get accustomed to it and you’ll begin to see them,” says Steven Schwartz, a forest farmer who runs Delaware Valley Ramps on his 10-acre farm near the Delaware River in Equinunk.…
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Flooding concerns spill over at Upper Delaware Council meeting
Delaware Aqueduct shutdown
Rain is a fickle thing. The relentless thirst of New York City’s residents is not. When you live in the path of the water that spills from the reservoirs, and they’re looking the way they did last week when the above video was taken, you can see why any fiddling with that water system could…
Read MoreUpper Delaware gets $300K funding from New York State
The Upper Delaware River got a $300,000 shot in the arm late last week from New York Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature. The money is a line item in the New York State Environmental Protection Fund, and it gives the money “for the Friends of the Upper Delaware River to implement…
Read MoreHow to share a slice of heaven
Who wouldn’t want some part of this peace and beauty all to themselves? Such things are possible in the Upper Delaware by kayaking or tubing or camping or wading in the river or in either of its two branches, which snake vaguely southwest out of the New York City reservoirs toward Hancock, N.Y. Some find…
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NYC water tunnel shut down to repair Delaware Aqueduct
Flood concerns incorporated into plan
New York City’s Department of Environmental Protection is preparing for a high-wire act to balance the city’s need for water (lots of water); the need to repair a vital tunnel that fulfills that need and the concern of up river communities about the risk of flooding. Soon this 2.5 mile tunnel — part of the…
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