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Revitalizing the Monarch Butterfly

NARROWSBURG – Monarch butterflies are in trouble. In the last 20 years, their population has dwindled from more than a billion to just 150 million, a nearly 82% decline that has been observed with alarm along the Delaware River which…

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River Communities Wrap Up Technical Grants

UDC Awards $35,000 for Fiscal Year 2016 NARROWSBURG – The Upper Delaware Council (UDC) approved payments for the final series of 10 projects accomplished under its 2016 Technical Assistance Grant (TAG) program which awarded $35,000 to member municipalities. From its…

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UDC Helps Fund River Clean-ups

Photo: Members of the Calkins Ag 4-H Club pitched in on July 18 to fulfill Damascus Township’s river clean-up project sponsored by the Upper Delaware Council. NARROWSBURG – The Upper Delaware Council, Inc. (UDC) successfully completed a third year of…

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UDC Raft Trip Attracts 115

Caption: The Matusewicz family from Hackettstown, NJ launches their rafts under the 1901 Skinners Falls, NY-Milanville, PA Bridge. NARROWSBURG – The Upper Delaware Council’s (UDC) 28th Annual Family Raft Trip drew 115 individuals to the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational…

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Lumberland, Shohola Complete Historic Projects

Under 2016 Technical Assistance Grant Program NARROWSBURG – The Upper Delaware Council (UDC) approved the successful completion of two historic projects by the Town of Lumberland and Shohola Township funded through its 2016 Technical Assistance Grant (TAG) program. Town of…

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The National Park Service’s 100th Birthday Extravaganza!

August 13th come celebrate the National Park Service’s 100th Birthday!  For more info click the following link: NPS 100th Birthday

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UDC Rallies Support for Reservoir Emergency Public Warning System

Caption: This Cannonsville Dam aerial view shows the light-colored turbid discharge that seeped into the Delaware River’s West Branch from July 8 to August 1, 2015 due to a drilling accident before relief wells stopped it. (Photo by NYC DEP)…

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Interstate Bridges Work Updated

Click here for bridge timeline NY-PA Interstate Bridges July 13, 2016 Meeting Report Held at Tusten Town Hall Community Meeting Room, Narrowsburg 3:30-5 for Municipal Officials; 6:30-8 for General Public Panel: David MacEwan, NYS DOT Region 9 Local Projects Liaison…

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UDC Holds Family Raft Trip Aug. 7

Reservations Needed by July 29 Discounted Rates for Public SKINNERS FALLS – The 28th Annual Family Raft Trip sponsored by the Upper Delaware Council, Inc. will take place on Sunday, August 7. Public reservations are due by Friday, July 29….

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New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo in raft

Gov. Cuomo Rafts Upper Delaware River

ENJOYS PADDLE: New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo, pictured at the center front of the Lander’s River Trips raft at right, paddled the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River from Roebling’s Delaware Aqueduct to Lander’s Minisink Base on June 30…

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