Litter — some of it coronavirus-inspired face masks and gloves — mars miles of stream banks, forests, and green space. Hundreds of cleanups are on hold or canceled altogether because of pandemic precautions. | The Philadelphia Inquirer
New Jersey’s Department of Environmental Protection upgraded the designation of 600 miles of waterways to Category One, a level that seeks to limit pollution and development. | The Philadelphia Inquirer
It’s part of an effort to allow shad, eels and other fish to return to their ancestral spawning grounds again for the first time in two centuries. | Delaware Public Media
Locals worry that New York would influence how and when water is released into the river — essential to maintaining tourist-drawing recreation | The Philadelphia Inquirer
A crowd estimated at about 500 people packed a meeting on whether Francis E. Walter Dam on the Lehigh River can play a new role in combating drought | LehighValleyLive.com
On Thursday, Jan. 9, there will be a public meeting — really more of a brainstorming session –on a reevaluation study of the F.E. Walter Dam on the Lehigh River in Luzerne County in northeast Pennsylvania. | Delaware Currents
The waters that flow to and through the river are a resource shared by communities on both banks, and that’s why the members of the Coalition for the Delaware River Watershed come together every year, to do whatever it takes to keep the waters clean for all. | CivicStory