Urgent Help Needed

Delaware Riverkeeper Network urgently needs your help and support on the following issues:

River Fill Moving Forward? Your Comments Important to Stop.

Pennsylvania and the Army Corps at it again -- abusing the public process in order to move forward a petproject, the Southport project. 

Southport is a new port development that requires filling in nearly 17 acres of the actual Delaware River and associated wetlands, filling in  with 3 to 4 feet of fill and undetermined amount of floodplain, dredging 35 acres of riverbed to 40 feet, and disturbing 116 acres of Riverside lands.  Pennsylvania and the Army Corps have not yet fulfilled the requirements of the National...  Learn More

Army Corps Abuse of the River and Public Must Stop

The Army Corps has issued a public notice calling for comments regarding the proposed Southport River Fill project.  But the Army Corps did it in a time and a way that is sure to prevent the opposition from getting a fair opportunity to speak and to be heard.

August 24, at the height of vacation season and right before the Labor Day holiday, the Army Corps issued a notice for public comment on the project.  Only 30 days to comment have been provided.  The timing of the public notice coupled with the short comment period deadline and a tremendous...  Learn More

Immediate Help Needed to Keep Drilling Moratorium!

The public has spoken here in the Delaware River Watershed and, as a result, a moratorium on natural gas production wells and “fracking” is in place.  But all of that is about to change, very soon.
 
The Delaware River Basin Commission instituted a partial moratorium on gas well development in May tied to the adoption of natural gas-specific regulations.  They also applied to the federal government for funds for a cumulative impact analysis to assess potential impacts on water resources in the Delaware River Watershed from...  Learn More