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NARROWSBURG – The Upper Delaware Council (UDC) announces the opening of its Fiscal Year 2026 Technical Assistance Grants (TAG) program. Applications from the UDC’s member municipalities will be accepted until 4:30 p.m. on Friday, August 22. Since 1988, the UDC has awarded $959,463 competitive grants for 267 projects related to the implementation of the Final…

NARROWSBURG – The Upper Delaware Council (UDC) joins the National Park Service Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River in promoting a safe summer recreational season by sponsoring a public river safety campaign. Three billboards were installed by Adams Outdoor Advertising on May 19 to encourage the use of life jackets while swimming, boating, fishing, or…

NARROWSBURG – The Upper Delaware Council (UDC) will host a public presentation, “Delaware River Sojourn 30th Anniversary and 2025 Pennsylvania River of the Year” on Thursday, June 5, at 7 p.m. at its 211 Bridge St., Narrowsburg, NY office and virtually. Delaware River Sojourn Steering Committee members Kate Schmidt and Kerry Engelhardt will discuss how…

Caption: The NY span of the 1902 Skinners Falls-Milanville Bridge was mechanically demolished on April 17, as seen from the Pennsylvania shore. The PA span was dropped into the river on April 21. (UDC Photo by Kerry Engelhardt) By Laurie Ramie, Upper Delaware Council RIVER VALLEY – Following the recent demolition of the 123-year-old Skinners…

NARROWSBURG – The Upper Delaware Council (UDC) voted on May 1 to award a combined $5,676.45 to the Towns of Deerpark and Lumberland through its 2025 River and Shoreline Clean-up Grants. Since initiating the grant program in 2014, the UDC has awarded $57,600.17 to participating member municipalities as an investment of the Council’s operating funds…

NARROWSBURG – Berlin Township recently completed its project under the Upper Delaware Council’s Fiscal Year 2025 Technical Assistance Grants (TAG) program. The UDC awarded $260 for the township to commission a new set of 52 tax maps from the Wayne County Assessment Office that show land parcel boundaries. The maps have been added to a…

Jessica Weinman, Facility Manager Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River NARROWSBURG – The Upper Delaware Council (UDC) will host a presentation, “Public Accesses on the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River” on Thursday, May 1, at 7 p.m. in person at the 211 Bridge St., Narrowsburg, NY office and virtually by Zoom. Jessica Weinman, facility…

Photo: One notable item pulled from the river since Kittatinny Canoes began its On and Under the Delaware River Clean-ups in 1990 was 18 sticks of dynamite, which Ruth Jones displays in this undated photo. The UDC’s land-based 5th Annual Upper Delaware Litter Sweep in April 2025 is dedicated to her memory. NARROWSBURG – A…