People and Places
The ‘Big Think’ with Michele Long
A series of conversations with people who have worked in and for the watershed, sharing their expertise and knowledge. Here's...
Battleship New Jersey is sent to dry dock with flourish and fanfare
Tugboats performed a balletic maneuver on the Delaware River in Camden, N.J., on Thursday to redirect the most decorated battleship...
Manayunk Canal reopening will improve water quality but prevent people’s access
In 2021, Ken Conly, director at large for the Philadelphia Canoe Club, was paddling a stretch of the Schuylkill River...
Non-profit makes strides to restore the Delaware Canal
A nonprofit group has taken steps toward its goal of restoring the Delaware Canal by securing a $75,000 grant and...
‘Very encouraging progress’ in talks between Catskills localities and New York City on reservoir land protection
A light at the end of the tunnel is coming into view in the negotiations between New York City and...
Pennsylvania DEP awards more than $500,000 in project funding to protect Delaware Estuary Coastal Zone
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has awarded more than $573,000 to 10 projects to protect and restore the Delaware...
Marist College students create a video about New York City’s reservoirs
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How the town of Cannonsville became the Cannonsville Reservoir
In the 1960s, the town of Cannonsville and four of its neighboring communities were razed. A total of 1,000 residents...
Chester LNG plant viewed as dead after Biden directive, opponents say
Opponents of a plan to site a liquified natural gas plant in Chester, Pa., applauded a White House directive that...
The quest to get the Lackawaxen federally designated as a Wild and Scenic River
If supporters of the Lackawaxen River, a jewel of the Upper Delaware River watershed, get their way, the river will...
$93M modernization project to protect Delaware Memorial Bridge from ship crashes
A $93 million project aims to update a system that protects the Delaware Memorial Bridge against ships crashing into one...
Rival Delaware River ports go to court over Port Wilmington expansion
The operators of the main container terminal at the Port of Philadelphia and two other cargo terminals on the Delaware...
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