Pictured: 2024 UDC Chairperson Virginia Dudko NARROWSBURG – The Upper Delaware Council, Inc. (UDC) board elected Town of Deerpark Representative Virginia Dudko to serve as its 2024 chairperson at the non-profit organization’s annual meeting held Jan. 4th. UDC Representatives Jeffrey R. Dexter, Damascus Township, PA, and Alan F. Henry, Berlin Township, PA, were elected vice-chairperson…

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NARROWSBURG — The Upper Delaware Council (UDC) will host a presentation on “Save Orange County’s Last Remaining Wilderness” by Orange County Land Trust (OCLT) Director of Conservation Kyle Sanduski on Thursday, January 4. The virtual presentation will take place at the 7 p.m. meeting to be held at the UDC office, 211 Bridge St., Narrowsburg,…

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Photo: Town of Delaware UDC Representative presented his town board with a map depicting the town boundaries within the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River corridor at a Dec. 14, 2022 meeting. NARROWSBURG – The Upper Delaware Council (UDC) announces the availability of the annual Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational Corridor Code Enforcement Activities Report…

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Photo: Sullivan Broadband Local Development Corporation Chairman and Legislator Michael Brooks, standing, last updated the Upper Delaware Council on broadband expansion at the August 4, 2022 meeting. NARROWSBURG — The Upper Delaware Council (UDC) will hear an “Update on the Sullivan County Wireless Broadband Network” by current Sullivan County Legislator and Sullivan Broadband Local Development…

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Upper Delaware River t-shirts

NARROWSBURG – T-shirts featuring a map of the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River Valley in New York & Pennsylvania and the Upper Delaware Council’s (UDC) Land-Water-People partnership logo offer an attractive, affordable gift for river enthusiasts during the holiday season. The 50/50 heavyweight cotton blend shirts are royal blue with white screen-printing. They are…

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Photo: The new Eugene and Mary Van Scott Pavilion was dedicated on Sept. 28, located at the highest point of the 144-acre Van Scott Nature Reserve in Beach Lake. The pavilion was donated by Stephen and David Van Scott in honor of their parents. It will be used for outdoor programs and as a shady…

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  NARROWSBURG – The Upper Delaware Council (UDC) approved $12,822 in Fiscal Year 2024 Technical Assistance Grants (TAG), bringing the cumulative amount awarded since 1988 to $943,096 to fund 264 municipal projects in the Upper Delaware River Valley. The Council granted $10,000 to the Town of Tusten to develop an Open Space and Recreation Plan…

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UDC State Funding Letter To Governors NARROWSBURG – The Upper Delaware Council is appealing to the Governors of New York and Pennsylvania to fulfill the 20% state funding shares anticipated in the 1986 River Management Plan as a “last chance” to sustain the UDC as a functional organization. UDC Solicitor Jason R. Ohliger directed letters…

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NARROWSBURG – The Towns of Deerpark and Lumberland have completed their projects under the Upper Delaware Council’s 2023 River & Shoreline Clean-up Grants program. The UDC’s Operations Committee on Sept. 26 approved reimbursement of the towns’ actual expenses totaling $7,040.13. Since initiating the grant program in 2014, the UDC has awarded $48,403.13 to participating member…

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Photo: Jennifer Garigliano from the NYC DEP most recently addressed the UDC on May 4, 2023. NARROWSBURG — The Upper Delaware Council (UDC) will host a presentation on the “Fall 2023 Dewatering Exercise for the 2024 Delaware Aqueduct Repairs Shutdown” by Jennifer Garigliano, director of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Bureau…

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