Looking back at our greatest hits

Once again, a quick reminder that Delaware Currents is shutting down as of Dec. 31, AND a reminder that you should end any donations by then. If you don’t, I guess they will bounce back to you but I’d hate for any of you to lose hard-earned $$$ in the transaction.

I am still paying bills for Delaware Currents and doing some reporting. I’m certainly happy to receive any donations between now and the end of December, and, as always, I’m grateful for your support. But it is time to start cutting the cord.

Right now, I’m working on a piece about Atlantic shad in the Delaware, and I’ll make sure it’s linked in the next newsletter, likely next week.

In the meantime, looking back, here are some of the greatest hits from Delaware Currents to while away a November day:

A collection of critters:

May 2021: Lampreys: ugly? Maybe, but they play a big role in river health

May 2017: Horseshoe crabs: sorta icky and sorta wonderful 

And then we had many stories about that very ugly but important fish, the Atlantic sturgeon. How to pick from them all?

One of our Special Reports is about the sturgeon and all the twists and turns to get the waters of the urban Delaware into a hospitable, clean habitat for adult and juvenile sturgeon.

But let me take you back to August 2019, to the first in a series of stories to explain what this fish was, what it represented and the challenges to improving the river’s water quality: Clean water? Mind your pees and carbons!

I really loved working with the illustrator Celia Helfrich to make some cartoon-ish illustrations to bring people into that story.

Thanks for your support!

Meg