Photos by Tom Gettings.
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Delaware River
 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.
On Location Delaware River is dedicated to raising
awareness of the important role the Delaware River plays
in the environmental and economic health of the entire
Delaware Basin, from its tributaries in upstate New York
to where it meets the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the
Delaware Bay. We hope to educate residents about the watershed,
to inspire them, and to empower them to act to protect
and improve the environment they depend so heavily upon.
On Location Delaware River is funded in part
by:
Life on the Delaware, the
one-hour documentary, is available for broadcast now,
and we expect it to begin airing throughout the country
in spring 2004. You can help by asking your local television
station to put it in their line up. Or contact
us to learn how you can use it in your classroom,
for your local organization, or to inspire your own community
group.
Stay Informed! Sign up for our
e-news to keep up to date on when and where the documentary will
air and to get the scoop on the latest news,
multimedia features, and community events.
For more information about other episodes in the On Location series, click
here.
On Location Delaware River Contact Information:
phone: (215)-545-5880
fax: (215)-545-5811
email: talktous@greentreks.org
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