The Delaware River Greenway Partnership, (DRGP), is a non-profit organization founded in 1998 that works to bring individuals, communities, businesses, recreational users, and all levels of government together to promote and protect a continuous corridor of natural and cultural resources along the Delaware River and its tributaries. In 2000, DRGP played a leading role in the successful campaign to include the Lower Delaware River in the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Save the Date: Saturday, August 28, 2021 The Annual NJ Clean Communities Delaware River Cleanup was selected as a 2021 National Scenic Byway Community Award Winner. Only 8 projects around the country received the honor! Join us in September to continue the event’s success. Thanks to 100 plus volunteers, and many nonprofit and governmental sponsors, the 2020 event resulted in 100 bags of garbage, 20 tires and larger pieces of debris collected. Thanks to Mike McCormick and all of you who tuned in to make our virtual lecture about hiking in South Jersey a success! The National Park Service/Wild & Scenic Rivers Newsletter featured the Wild & Scenic Lower Delaware in the November issue. Articles in the newsletter focused on: Care About PA's Tohickon Creek? We are tracking a potential Tohickon Creek water quality downgrade. Longtime Wild & Scenic Steering Committee Member Val Sigstedt writes, “It is wrong, arbitrary, sudden, and with no scientific reason, to lower the Tohickon’s purity designation.” Seventy-five years ago, the Delaware River was choked with sewage and industrial pollution. Wild & Scenic Partnership Video Workshop Winners will be announced at the end of April. Learn about the 2020 mini-grant funded projects here. These grantees shared $20,000 in funding. Water levels on the Delaware are constantly changing. The USGS provides online tools to monitor the flow of the Delaware River and its tributaries, helping us to safely enjoy our river.
Sponsors: DRGP, PA Delaware Canal Park, NJ D&R State Park
Thanks to a combination of federal and state safeguards and local innovation, the Delaware is a river reborn – and a model for other river restoration efforts across the country!
Educate yourself on what the Wild & Scenic Designation means and hear from leading experts in the region including Lower Delaware’s NPS Liaison, Sarah Bursky. Video courtesy of the Coalition for the Delaware River Watershed. (Runs 1.5 hours.)
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