Posts by Meg McGuire
Grants plant the seed for projects to grow in the watershed
Conservation fund aids on-the-ground improvements
The Musconetcong Watershed Association is building partnerships and projects with the help of the federally funded Delaware Watershed Conservation Fund.
Read MoreDRBC continues to be underfunded in demanding times
The Delaware River’s most significant regulatory agency, the Delaware River Basin Commission has, once again, only received about half of the money promised to it by the states and the federal government representative that created it in 1961.
Read MoreDelgado: I still support a Delaware River Congressional Caucus
Play Video The 8th Annual (Virtual) Delaware River Watershed Forum opened with a town hall-style meeting with U.S. Rep Antonio Delgado (NY-17). Friends of the Upper Delaware Executive Director Jeff Skelding hosted the meeting, and highlighted a question I’ve been asking for a while: What about a Delaware River Congressional Caucus?
Read MoreConference season is ZOOOMING upon us
Fall is conference season in the Delaware watershed and they provide lots of ways to stay up-to-date with current research and projects, with a twist: Covid is making them all virtual so there are likely some you could attend without having the expense of overnight accommodation!
Read MoreGroup dowsing for money to water the Delaware Canal
The Delaware Canal State Park is 60 miles long and 188 years old — two good reasons to work for its upkeep. A new organization — Delaware Canal 21 — is working at building partnerships and gathering ideas to set it on firm financial footing for the next 188 years.
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Bridging the divide: Milford, Pa., mayor shows us how
Here's something worth watching
Here’s a movie that will lift your spirits: How Sean Strub found supporters from all sides of our political differences to win his mayoral election.
Read MoreDelaware Watershed Leadership: Four voices for the river
Each year, the Coalition for the Delaware River Watershed appoints four “leads” — one for each of the river’s four border states — to amplify the needs of the Delaware River at the state and local level and join with the CDRW to meet with members of Congress to present the needs of the watershed as a whole.
Read MorePennEast Pipeline: Round 2 with the DRBC
The PennEast Pipeline is once again looking for the Delaware River Basin Commission to approve its project, though now in an amended version with Phase 1 just in Pennsylvania.
Read MoreDo you know where your watershed is?
Fourteen new signs will welcome travelers to the Delaware River Watershed in the New York counties of Broome, Delaware and Sullivan.
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Maybe it’s time to have a bake sale for the DRBC
Editorial report
Here we go again: Why does the DRBC get shortchanged when its work is important to four states and the federal government? And it’s the feds that are the real deadbeats, owing the DRBC more than $15,000,000 over 21 years.
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