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Update on 2021 One Bug Weekend Friends of the Upper Delaware River have decided to cancel the One Bug Friday night banquet this year due to COVID safety concerns and restrictions.  The weekend fishing event is still happening on May 1 & 2.   A couple of open spots remain, if anyone is interested, email Sherri at sherri@fudr.org! The One Bug is the largest fundraiser of the year for FUDR and the plan is to still hold a virtual auction later in the season.  If you have something to donate, FUDR asks that you email Shell at shell@fudr.org!  

WHYY By Steve Schwartz uses skis to get around in the snow on his property right along the Delaware River in Equinunk, Pennsylvania. (Matt Smith/WHYY) WHYY asked five individuals to tell us about their visions for the Delaware River Watershed — what it is, and what it could be. Steven Schwartz has been involved in various conservation and environmental projects over the last 15 years. Currently, he is leading the Upper Delaware Knotweed landscape scale research and management project sponsored by Friends of the Upper Delaware River; wrapping up his involvement in helping to coordinate the P...

Winter is prime time for watching bald eagles—here’s how Recovered from near extinction, the U.S. national bird is now abundant and easy to see. ByRene Ebersole Two bald eagles lock talons, tumble, and twist against a gray sky. Hidden inside a small wooden structure designed to allow people to spy on the birds, we crane our necks to watch their aerial acrobatics. Suddenly, one eagle breaks away and swoops low over the Mongaup Falls Reservoir in New York, startling a flock of black ducks that darts into the shallows. “It’s going to perch!” Brad Orey says, positioning a telescope and ...

What you need to know about DEC’s proposed statewide catch-and-release trout fishing season Updated Jan 11, 2021; Posted Jan 07, 2021 In this file photo, Dana Reed, of Pt. Pleasant, N.J., caught and released this 18-inch brown trout on the Beaverkill near Junction Pool in Roscoe, N.Y. on opening day of the state trout fishing season. SYR Facebook Share (Editor’s note: Last summer, the state Department of Environmental Conservation released a new, 10-year State Trout Stream Management Plan. The multi-faceted plan covers a variety of issues. Today, we look at one of the components of the ...