Sojourn Spotlight

Did you know that the Delaware River is the longest undammed river east of the Mississippi? Or that nearly 15 million people rely on it for drinking water, including residents of Philadelphia and New York?

The Delaware is known to many as a working class, urban river. It serves cities, supports industry, and acts as a transportation corridor trafficked by tankers, barges, and tugs. What many don't know is that the Delaware also supports a world-class trout fishery, provides nesting habitat for bald eagles, and has a 150-mile stretch designated as a National Wild and Scenic River.

Despite the fact that nearly ten percent of the U.S. population depends upon the Delaware for drinking or industrial use, the river is small. The 13,539 square mile watershed drained by the Delaware is only 0.4 percent of the land in the continental U.S.

Learn much more about the Delaware River in GreenTreks' On Location Delaware River feature.

Read the Delaware Journal Entry

Delaware River Sojourn Audio Journals
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Ruth Jones

Delaware River Sojourn Video Journals
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Watch The Scenic Delaware on Watershed.tv

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