A drum roll please!!! 

We raised $10,845.84 in the months of November and December for NewsMatch!!

True, I didn’t reach the match cap of $12,500, but this is the most Delaware Currents has raised in this annual project, so I’m celebrating!

Thank you all for your generosity. Truth be told, we actually raised MORE than $12,500 but there are two limits — donations have to come from individuals and each person can only give $1,000. Some people, bless them, did give more!

I’ll be busy the next week or so getting all the details organized to submit to NewsMatch. It’s a headache but I just keep remembering your generosity and feel a smile on my face.

Here are some of the stories that we’ve been working on:

New York emerges from drought conditions while dry conditions persist in other watershed states

Delaware divers brave the cold for a cause

More than $17M in National Fish and Wildlife Foundation funding to benefit Delaware River watershed projects

Aging equipment plagues the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area

Delaware River watershed drought: Good for the birds, the trout – not so much

Skinners Falls Bridge is “actively failing” and needs to be demolished, potentially with explosives, officials say

New DRBC head promises a steady hand on the tiller

One more thing: These are likely to be unsettled times ahead and I’d like to recommend a website: Reasons to be cheerful.

Its latest story, “The Love in the Air is Thicker than the Smoke,” is a remarkable telling of a different story behind the scenes of those dreadful fires in Los Angeles.

Read it and rediscover that there is hope for us humans.

Happy New Year!!

Meg