We have our work cut out for us. A recent report from the scientists at the Delaware River Basin Commission indicates there is a significant presence of toxic chemicals in the tributaries that feed ...

For Earth Day, Delaware Currents launches another one of its ambitious projects. This story kicks off a 10-part series to help you understand the health of the nine basins in Pennsylvania that are ...

But, if you’re interested in the health of the Delaware River, you should say “Yay!” Which is what Jessica Newbern, a biologist with the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River, would say, as ...

At the end of a sparsely traveled road in northern Delaware, one drinking water provider is tens of millions of dollars and years ahead of nationwide efforts to address toxic “forever chemicals” in ...

Most Pennsylvanians probably couldn’t point out Tobyhanna Township on a map. But parents of young children likely know Kalahari resorts, a popular indoor waterpark that draws visitors to this rural ...

I’m cruising around an affluent neighborhood in rural New Jersey. I look suspicious, like I’m casing out houses — which I actually am. I’m trying to find a particular property. An hour earlier, I’d ...

This article was originally published in South Jersey Climate News, a collaborative environmental reporting project of the Rowan University Journalism Department. Flowing from headwaters hundreds of ...

The 30 paddlers within hearing distance of the shout take their eyes off the river and look up and to the right. A bald eagle flies from its nest in a pine tree and soars above us. That happens at ...

All in all, it was a good week for the Delaware River. Two significant developments point toward possible improvements in water quality in the urban section of the river — approximately from ...

The Atlantic shad looks unremarkable, much like a kid’s drawing of a fish: shiny silver coat, fins, forked tail. But it is the source of many anglers’ fascination. To know that feeling, read John ...

An ongoing initiative to recognize the Paulins Kill, a 41-mile tributary of the Delaware River, as a National Wild and Scenic River gained the support of Warren County, N.J., which is home to a ...

Editor’s note: We sent a three-question survey to 20 experts in the watershed for their insights in light of the current moves by the Trump administration and how those actions might affect the ...