Membership
2023 UDC Board: Gathered at the February 2, 2023 Upper Delaware Council meeting were, seated from left, Vice-Chairperson Virginia Dudko (Town of Deerpark), Chairperson Aaron I. Robinson (Shohola Township), and Secretary-Treasurer Alan F. Henry (Berlin Township). Standing from the left are Jeff Dexter (Damascus Township), Roger Saumure (Shohola Township), Lindsey Kurnath (National Park Service), Bill Dudko (Town of Deerpark), Tim Dugan (Commonwealth of Pennsylvania), Frank Guzman (Town of Lumberland), Michael Barth (Westfall Township), Larry Richardson (Town of Cochecton), Harold Roeder, Jr. (Town of Delaware), Doug Case (Lackawaxen Township), Jim Greier (Town of Fremont) and Andy Boyar (Town of Highland). Participating by Zoom were Ryan Coulter (State of New York), Kristin Bowman Kavanagh (Delaware River Basin Commission), Nadia Rajsz (Town of Lumberland), and Fred Peckham (Town of Hancock), while Evan Padua (Town of Tusten), was absent.
New York | ||
Municipality | Representative | Alternate |
Town of Hancock | Fred J. Peckham | Timothy Newman |
Town of Fremont | James A. Greier | Brian Brustman |
Town of Delaware | Harold G. Roeder, Jr. | Vacant |
Town of Cochecton | Larry H. Richardson | Sean Nearing |
Town of Tusten | Evan Padua | Susan Sullivan |
Town of Highland | Andy Boyar | Vacant |
Town of Lumberland | Nadia Rajsz | Frank Guzman |
Town of Deerpark | Virginia S. Dudko | Bill Dudko |
Pennsylvania | ||
Municipality | Representative | Alternate |
Berlin Township | Alan Henry | Paul Henry |
Damascus Township | Jeffrey Dexter | Steve Adams, Supervisor Joseph Canfield, 2nd Alt. Scott Rutledge, 3rd Alt. |
Lackawaxen Township | Doug Case |
Vacant |
Shohola Township | Aaron Robinson | Roger Saumure, 1st Alt. Pat Jeffer, 2nd Alt. |
Westfall Township | Michael Barth | Vacant |
State of New York | ||
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation | ||
Representative | Alternate | |
Ryan Coulter Fisheries Manager, Region 3 |
Vacant | |
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | ||
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources | ||
Representative | Alternate | |
Timothy Dugan District Forester, DCNR |
Christine Dettore Regional Advisor, DCNR |
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Delaware River Basin Commission* | ||
Representative | Alternate | |
Steven Tambini, Executive Director |
Kristen Bowman Kavanaugh, Deputy Executive Director | |
National Park Service** | ||
Representative | Alternate | |
Gay Vietzke, Regional Director NPS – Northeast Region |
Lindsey Kurnath, Superintendent Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River Unit |
*Non-voting member
**Federal partner
Archeologists have found remains of prehistoric human settlements on the Delaware River dating back 10,000 years or more. Lenni Lenape Native American tribes appeared some 4,000 years ago. The first lasting settlement on the Upper Delaware River was started at Cushetunk around 1750 by Connecticut residents in search of land ownership.