Guest Blog

The DRBC: Making Connections to the Delaware River for 60 Years

By Kate Schmidt, Communications Specialist for the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC)

We’re all in this together.

While this phrase certainly has taken on new meaning recently, I wonder if President Kennedy was thinking something similar 60 years ago when he hosted the four Basin state governors and others in the White House for a ceremonial signing of the Delaware River Basin Compact on November 2, 1961. The Compact, which created the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC), granted broad basin management authorities to the Commission, including the establishment of water quality standards and regulation of discharges.

Hiking Tips in our COVID World

By: Cendy Moliere

Getting outside and on the trails has served as a much-needed haven for so many during the long year we’ve all had. With more folks working from home or staying at home than ever, hiking has surged in popularity. That means in order to hike safely this summer, we must hike mindfully. While the future is certainly brighter than it was back in March 2020, COVID-19 isn’t in the rear-view mirror just yet.

Watching the Waters, a Video Introduction to a New Water Quality Monitoring Program

By: Alex Scilla, Founder/Director, NYenvironcom

NYenvironcom is a New York non-profit organization with a committed mission to help create, build, and strengthen thoughtful land use policies and practices that encompass environmental, community, and economic values. NYenvironcom believes that it is important for all segments of communities (residents, project applicants, municipal boards, officials, and business members) to have a practical understanding of local ecology, and sufficient data to make informed land use decisions.

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Jersey WaterCheck: Connecting Communities with Water & Promoting Policy Change

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Water infrastructure is essential to the health and well-being of our communities. Wastewater and stormwater infrastructure, in particular, critically impact watershed health, which subsequently affects the physical and mental health of communities that depend on and interact with that watershed. To track progress on improvements to such infrastructure, maintaining robust data and displaying it in a meaningful way is crucial. Jersey WaterCheck, a Jersey Water Works initiative, was created to highlight New Jersey’s water infrastructure needs and promote investment in related priorities. Members of the Coalition for the Delaware River Watershed may find this new tool useful in their protection of the Delaware River Basin and their advancement of policies that will bring the Coalition’s mission to fruition.

MWA Meets with Congressman Malinowski on Removal of Largest Dam on Musconetcong River

In late March 2021, the Musconetcong Watershed Association (MWA), joined by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), and property owner International Process Plants (IPP), met with Congressman Malinowski (NJ-07) to discuss a feasibility study and plans to remove the largest dam on the Musconetcong River in Holland Township, Hunterdon County and Pohatcong Township, Warren County.

AMC Launches Protect the View Campaign

In partnership with trail organizations and agencies, Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) held an online event in mid-December to launch the Protect the View campaign at ProtecttheView.com. Protect the View is a science-based campaign and call to action resulting from rigorous conservation and land development analyses. The launch event covered a review of the underlying visual assessment research, a virtual tour of the Protect the View website including the ten selected trails focus areas and the corresponding interactive maps, photos and videos, a discussion of the need for a partner-based approach to trail view and land protection advocacy, and an introduction to the social media toolkit.

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