Most Pennsylvanians probably couldn’t point out Tobyhanna Township on a map. But parents of young children likely know Kalahari resorts, a popular indoor waterpark that draws visitors to this rural ...

For Earth Day, Delaware Currents launches another one of its ambitious projects. This story kicks off a 10-part series to help you understand the health of the nine basins in Pennsylvania that are ...

But, if you’re interested in the health of the Delaware River, you should say “Yay!” Which is what Jessica Newbern, a biologist with the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River, would say, as ...

Editor’s note: We sent a three-question survey to 20 experts in the watershed for their insights in light of the current moves by the Trump administration and how those actions might affect the ...

I’m cruising around an affluent neighborhood in rural New Jersey. I look suspicious, like I’m casing out houses — which I actually am. I’m trying to find a particular property. An hour earlier, I’d ...

We have our work cut out for us. A recent report from the scientists at the Delaware River Basin Commission indicates there is a significant presence of toxic chemicals in the tributaries that feed ...

On a spring day more than 300 years ago, the people of the Lenape tribe gathered in their homeland along the Brandywine Creek in Delaware. Hundreds of fish had just begun to make their way from the ...

At the end of a sparsely traveled road in northern Delaware, one drinking water provider is tens of millions of dollars and years ahead of nationwide efforts to address toxic “forever chemicals” in ...

Road salt, while good when roads are icy, can be bad for water systems and the critters that inhabit them. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has given $319,382 to the University of Delaware to ...

A class of “forever chemicals” known as PFAS that have been identified as a health hazard are more commonly found in the lower reaches of the Delaware River where industrial uses are more heavily ...

The 30 paddlers within hearing distance of the shout take their eyes off the river and look up and to the right. A bald eagle flies from its nest in a pine tree and soars above us. That happens at ...

When residents of Princeton or New Brunswick think of the Delaware River, they may imagine a remote place. After all, this river is less a waterway for central New Jerseyans than a boundary-definer.