Posts by Meg McGuire
Fracking ban approved
After years-long deliberation, the Delaware River Basin Commission today voted to ban fracking in the watershed. More study is set for the import to and export from the waters of the basin.
Read MoreDRBC fracking vote coming Feb.25
A long-awaited vote on fracking in the watershed is coming Feb. 25. You can attend virtually, see story.
Read MoreNew alliance seeks to amplify Upper Delaware River voices
Mostly because there aren’t that many people in the Upper Delaware River, it’s beautiful. But towns need help to keep it that way. Something’s afoot in New York to help some of those towns.
Read More1,4-dioxane found in Delaware, Lehigh Rivers
A manmade chemical called 1,4-dioxane “a likely human carcinogen,” has been found in the Delaware River in the more industrialized section of the river and in the Lehigh River and south — that part of the river designated by the Delaware River Basin Commission as Special Protection Waters. Here’s some mapping of the sites: www.drbc.maps.arcgis.com…
Read More27 miles to go: getting the last piece of the Delaware swimmable and fishable
Of the 330 miles of the main stem Delaware River, only 27 miles aren’t swimmable and fishable — the designations used by the Clean Water Act as the national goal for all waters. But there’s a plan afoot to find solutions.
Read MoreDRBC’s Climate Change Committee weighs risks in the near- and far-term.
A new DRBC climate change committee seeks to get the best-informed, most reliable data for the entire Delaware River watershed and work on local problems that sea-level rise is already creating, as well as discovering what the future holds.
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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!
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