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Next Lower Delaware Wild & Scenic River Management Council Virtual Meeting
Thursday, March 25
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

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Wild & Scenic Mini-Grant Program

Learn about the projects completed with 2020 Lower Delaware Wild & Scenic River mini-grants. These grantees shared $20,000 in funding.

  • Bridgeton Township, PA for a Study: Bridgeton Township Steep Slope Protection.
  • Bucks County Audubon Society for Invasive Plant Management: Honey Hollow Creek - Riparian Buffer and Erosion Mitigation.
  • Delaware Riverkeeper Network for Advocacy: Protecting the Tohickon Creek on Historical Community Upgrade Petition.
  • NJ Conservation Foundation for a Study and Research: Protecting Water Quality in the Delaware River Watershed: eDNA Testing for the Highly Invasive Chinese Pond Mussel.
  • Trout Unlimited for a Survey: Evaluating Road-Stream Crossings for Aquatic Organism Passage in the Lower Delaware Wild & Scenic River Municipalities.

The 2021 mini-grant program will open in mid-January 2021. A link to the application will be posted here.

Devil's Tea Table

Devil's Tea Table

Rockface To Radically Change, Plans Unveiled by NJDOT:

Aesthetics are expected to change at Devil’s Tea Table in Hunterdon County, NJ as a result of NJDOT plans for rockfall mitigation to improve Rt. 29 roadway safety in Kingwood Twp.

Read December 2020 investigative stories about NJ rockfall projects here.

Recently mentioned in NJ.com.

Read More...

FE Walter Dam Meeting

Recent Public Comment Letters

The Lower Delaware recently submitted these comment letters:

  • Holland Township, NJ Proposed Cell Tower Along Delaware River
  • Springfield Twp, PA Letter On Quarry Proposal
  • Letter to DRBC on PennEast, November 2020
  • Comments: Bedminster, PA Proposed Ordinances
  • Letter to FERC on PennEast Environmental Assessment Process, September 2, 2020
  • Letter to FERC on PennEast, March 2020
  • FERC Motion to Intervene, PennEast
  • PennEast Application Extension (Council Letter to FERC)
  • Warehouse Development Proposal (Council Letter to White Twp, NJ)
  • Francis E. Walter Dam Revaluation Study (Letter from NPS to Army Corps of Engineers)
  • Expansion of Trenton-Mercer Airport (Council Letter to Mercer County, NJ Officials)
Tohickon Creek

Tohickon Creek

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.”

  • Read an article in the Tinicum Conservancy News.
  • Read the NPS comments here.
  • Read PA State Rep. Wendy Ullman’s relevant op-ed about the Bucks County tributary here.
  • Read the Delaware Riverkeeper Network's comments here.
  • Read the Bucks County Planning Commission's comments here.
  • Read the Lower Delaware Wild & Scenic Management Council's comments here.
  • Read more from The Intelligencer here.
  • Read the proposal and 900 public comments here.
  • Watch a video about the Tohickon Creek here. 
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Wild & Scenic Partnership Rivers News

The National Park Service/Wild & Scenic Rivers Newsletter featured the Wild & Scenic Lower Delaware in their November issue. 

Articles in the newsletter focused on:

  • Our Mini-Grant Program
  • The Delaware River Sojourn
  • Conservation Initiatives

Read the entire newsletter here.

3rd annual Delaware River Cleanup

3rd annual Delaware River Cleanup - Thank You!

Thanks to 100 plus volunteers, and many nonprofit and governmental sponsors, the 3rd Annual NJ Clean Communities Delaware River Cleanup was a success with over 100 bags of garbage, 20 tires and larger pieces of debris collected. We look forward to the 4th annual event tentatively on Sept. 18, 2021.

See photos here.

Delaware River named 2020 River of the Year

American Rivers Names Delaware 2020 River of the Year

Seventy-five years ago, the Delaware River was choked with sewage and industrial pollution.

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!

Read more here... 

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USGS Streamflow Gauges

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. 
Learn more here...

NPS River Currents Volume II

NPS Wild and Scenic Newsletter Volume II

Lower Delaware Wild & Scenic Outreach Map

Lower Delaware Wild & Scenic Outreach Map, April 2019

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Lehigh River Stocking Association

Partner Spotlight:

Checkout water monitoring by the Lehigh River Stocking Association, dedicated to the continuous improvement of this waterway and its tributaries. Their objectives are to ensure clean water, public access, and an abundant trout fishery for everyone to enjoy.

Delaware River Sojourn

Delaware Sojourn

2020 Event Cancelled
2021: June 19-26 “Focus on Fish”

2019 Sojourn in the news:

Sojourn promotes Delaware River history

Delaware River Sojourn Promotes Conservation, Nurtures Sense of Family 

https://lowerdelawarewildandscenic.org/index.php/resources/presentations/exploring-partnership-wild-and-scenic-river-designation-2020-delaware-river-watershed-forum

Wild & Scenic Partnership Video Workshop

Wild & Scenic Partnership Video Workshop

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.)

Watch Video Here... 

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Wild & Scenic Designation

The Lower Delaware was designated in 2000 as a Wild and Scenic River 

  • from river mile 193.8 to the northern border of the City of Easton;
  • from south of the Gilbert Generating Stations to north of the point Pleasant Pumping Station;
  • from South of the Point Pleasant Pumping Station to 1,000 feet north of the Route 202 Bridge;
  • from 1,750 feet south of the Route 202 bridge to Washington Crossing.

Additionally some of the tributaries in the Lower Delaware were also designated including Tinicum Creek, (headwaters of two upper branches to the Delaware River confluence), Tohickon Creek, (downstream of Lake Nockamixon to the Delaware River confluence), and Paunacussing Creek, (portions passing through Solebury Township to the Delaware River). The Musconetcong River, (3.5 mile stretch from Saxton Falls to Route 46 and the 20.7 mile stretch from King’s Highway Bridget to railroad tunnels at Musconetcong Gorge), was designated in 2006.

Read more about about the Lower Delaware's Wild and Scenic Designation.....

Save the Date: Pedal & Paddle 2020

Pedal & Paddle 2020 Cancelled!

Looking forward to our June 2021 event.
Sponsors: DRGP, PA Delaware Canal Park, NJ D&R State Park

Important Documents

Important Reference Documents

  • Management Plan
  • Action Plan
  • Stewardship Handbook
  • Aresenic Study

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