Posts by Dorene Warner

NARROWSBURG – The Upper Delaware Council, Inc. (UDC) reached out to welcome Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf shortly after he took office on Jan. 20 as the Commonwealth’s 47th chief executive. The non-profit organization tasked with protecting and conserving the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River that forms the northeastern Pennsylvania border with New York State…

NARROWSBURG – The Upper Delaware Council, Inc. (UDC) board elected Berlin Township, PA Representative Alan F. Henry to serve as its 2015 chairperson at the non-profit organization’s annual meeting held Jan. 8. UDC Representatives Susan Sullivan, Town of Tusten, NY, and Jeffrey R. Dexter, Damascus Township, PA, were elected vice-chairperson and secretary-treasurer, respectively. All three…

NARROWSBURG – Sullivan Renaissance awarded a 2014 Environmental Initiatives Grant of $300 to the Upper Delaware Council, Inc. (UDC) to enable the non-profit organization to print copies of its recently updated “Design Handbook for the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River”. The UDC sought assistance on Nov. 12 to close a budget shortfall that existed…

NARROWSBURG –The Upper Delaware Council, Inc. (UDC) announces the availability of its Fiscal Year 2014 Annual Report. The 13-page report covers the federal fiscal year period of October 1, 2013 to September 30, 2014. It includes a description of the UDC’s mission and management structure, provides the membership roster and staffing as of Sept. 30,…

NARROWSBURG – The Upper Delaware Council, Inc. (UDC) announces that its “Design Handbook for the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River” has been graphically updated and is now available on-line. First produced in 1990, the Design Handbook provides guidance to undertake construction of building and development projects along the Upper Delaware River in ways that…

NARROWSBURG – The Upper Delaware Council, Inc. (UDC) announces the release of the Fall/Winter 2014 issue of its newsletter, “The Upper Delaware.” Featured articles include: “UDC Bestows Annual Awards”, “Siting Communication Towers in the Scenic River Valley”, “Upper Delaware BioBlitz Finds 884 Unique Species”, “Studies Show Economic Impact of Tourism”, a profile of NPS Upper…

NARROWSBURG – The Upper Delaware Council (UDC) voted on Oct. 2 to award $28,928 in Fiscal Year 2015 Technical Assistance Grants for 11 projects that help fulfill goals of the River Management Plan for the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River. The latest grant round brings the cumulative amount to $774,322 that the UDC has…

NARROWSBURG – The final four projects completed under the Upper Delaware Council’s (UDC) Fiscal Year 2014 Technical Assistance Grants program funded two economic impact studies, an emergencymanagement plan, and production of a township historic documentary. In all for the 2014 round, the UDC awarded nine projects totaling $25,000 at the Oct. 3, 2013  meeting. The…

NARROWSBURG – The Upper Delaware Council (UDC) awarded funds to the Pennsylvania townships of Damascus and Lackawaxen and the New York State Towns of Highland and Lumberland to assist with river and shoreline clean-ups this summer. National Park Service Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River Acting Superintendent Malcolm Wilbur allocated a new budget line of…