Fish and Wildlife
Invasive fish in Delaware River pose growing threat, officials warn
Officials warn that several species of invasive fish have appeared in growing numbers in the Lower Delaware River basin, posing...
Timber theft in Upper Delaware leaves owner bereft and forestland damaged
On Easter Sunday 2019, Helen Beichel traveled with a friend to visit forested land she owns in Sullivan County in...
85 acres added to New Jersey preserve in Delaware River watershed
An addition of 85 forested acres to the Menantico Creek Preserve in Cumberland County, N.J., in the Delaware River watershed...
An old-growth forest in the Poconos gains national recognition
More than a dozen acres of trees in the Poconos that have stood for well over a century last week...
Watergate wetlands are restored in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Animals and plants are expected to thrive after dams and ponds were removed and parts of Van Campens Brook restored
When the National Park Service studied visitation at the Watergate Recreation Site in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area...
EPA sides with environmental groups
It demands that the DRBC speed up the process to improve the water quality of the Delaware River.
The Environmental Protection Agency has handed a surprise victory to environmental groups that were arguing for faster action to raise...
Podostemum makes a comeback in the Delaware
The plant, which has not been seen south of the Lehigh since the 1800s, is reappearing in what is seen as a hopeful sign of improving water quality.
It’s a late August evening and Erik Silldorff is wearing a red swim shirt and blue trunks and an oversized...
One-year pause on harvesting female horseshoe crabs in Delaware Bay
Endangered red knots rely on the crabs’ eggs to fuel their migration
A regulatory agency last week issued a one-year reprieve on the harvesting of female horseshoe crabs in the Delaware Bay,...
Draft of DRBC’s plan to clean the Delaware is finally here
As with so many documents from the Delaware River Basin Commission, the title of the Draft Attainability Report released on...
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...
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...
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:...
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