Environment & Outdoors
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22 Local Green Projects OK’d by Delaware County Council Using $7M in Funds
Delaware County Council unanimously approved a second round of funding for its Green Ways Grant Program, providing more than $7 million of funding for municipalities to use for green initiatives like open space investments, trail and park development and maintenance, writes Kathleen E. Carey for the Daily Times. The Green Ways Program was created in…
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Does the Delco Bubble Exist? It’s a Matter of Perspective
There is, some say, a Delco Bubble, writes Kenny Cooper for WHYY. Urban Dictionary defines it as “a fictional bubble that some believe surrounds Delaware County and protects it from harsh weather and other hazards while [surrounding] counties get hit hard.” Lots of people from the Facebook group Citizens of Delco chimed in about it.…
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John Heinz Wildlife Refuge in Tinicum Gets $1.5M Restoration
For decades, 150 acres of the Henderson Marsh at the 1,200-acre John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge has been nothing but big piles of dirt, part of a dredging operation, writes Brooks Holton for Philly Voice. “Think of it as a giant natural bathtub. It was just there to contain this dredge material,” said Chris Sebastian…
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Chester Never Quite Recovered After Massive Flood in 1971
A flood worse than anything Hurricane Ida delivered devastated Eyre Park and parts of Chester 50 years ago, writes Anthony R. Wood for The Philadelphia Inquirer. A 16-foot tidal wave came out of Chester Creek back in 1971, killing 10 people and destroying the down town. Eyre Park, a tight, vibrant neighborhood, received the brunt…
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The Old Farmer’s Almanac Prediction for Winter 2022: Keep Those Parkas and Snow Shovels Handy
The Old Farmer’s Almanac is predicting a trying winter for the Philadelphia region. Its prognosticators see periods of frigid temperatures accompanied by above-average snowfall. Michael Tanenbaum buttoned up the details for Philly Voice. The 230-year-old publication released its 2021-22 winter predictions last week with a map that shows the anticipated seasonal conditions across the country.…
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Applications Extended to Sept. 17 for Delco Green Ways Grants
Delaware County’s popular Delco Green Ways Grant Program is now accepting applications for Grant Round 2 through Sept. 17. Municipalities are encouraged to apply for the grants, which are part of the county’s efforts to implement 2035 Open Space, Recreation, and Greenway goals. The Green Ways grants allow communities to get wish-list projects completed. “This…
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Local, State, and Federal Officials Continue Assessing Hurricane Ida Damage Throughout the Suburbs
Local officials are still assessing the damage Hurricane Ida left in its wake as it stomped through the region. Alfred Lubrano, Justine McDaniel, Laura McCrystal, and Ellie Rushing waded through the details for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Water quality is one of the main issues at this time. Aqua Pennsylvania — which serves nearly a million…
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Chadds Ford Recovering After Brandywine Creek Rises 20 Feet, Floods Area
While most of Delaware County was spared the harshest ravages of Ida Wednesday, Chadds Ford saw historic flooding as the Brandywine Creek rose 20 feet in a few hours, writes Pete Bannan for the Daily Times. There were two vehicle rescues and four residential rescues, said Phil Wenrich, Chadds Ford Township Emergency management coordinator. “Nobody…
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Hurricane Ida Confirms Delaware Riverkeeper Network’s Stance That the Waterway Is Both Risky and At-Risk
Even without the deluge caused by Hurricane Ida’s recent stomp across Bucks County, the Delaware River’s water levels have been rising. Keeping watch is the Delaware Riverkeeper Network (DRN), a Bristol nonprofit environmental advocacy group. Daelin Brown waded through its ongoing advocacy efforts for Inside Climate News. Owing to a variety of factors — some…
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Neumann University Deepens Commitment to Sustainability
Neumann University is expanding its efforts to create an environmentally sustainable campus and community by joining the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). AASHE is an association of more than 900 colleges, businesses, nonprofits and other organizations that are working to create an equitable and ecologically healthy world and a sustainable…
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Tract of Land in Pickering Creek Watershed Now Preserved Forever
French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust has forever preserved 15 acres in Charlestown Township in the Pickering Creek watershed through a conservation easement on property owned by Nancy Long and her brother Tom Baldwin. The Pickering Creek and its tributaries are designated as having High Quality Water by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. The…
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Chester Activists Continue to Fight for a Less Toxic City
There’s dedicated activists and developers working to save Chester from its toxic environment, writes J.F. Piro for Main Line Today. Chester has a higher than average number of polluting industries and waste facilities. It has 8 percent of Delaware County’s population, but 60 percent of its waste facilities. Life expectancy is 69. “It’s the densely…
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Washington Post: Extreme Climate Change Is Here. How’s Delaware County Doing?
Extreme climate change is already happening in America and Delaware County is among the counties that are feeling the effects of rising temperatures, write Steven Mufson, Chris Mooney, Juliet Eilperin, and John Muyskens for The Washington Post. In the last two decades, two degrees Celsius has emerged as a critical threshold for global warming. International…
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Now Pennsylvania Deer Are Testing Positive for Coronavirus
In a recent federal study, nearly half, or 44 percent, of Pennsylvania deer tested positive for coronavirus, writes Justin Heinze for patch.com. Researchers are puzzled how the deer showed up with the coronavirus antibodies. The deer came from central and southeastern Pennsylvania. The risk of deer spreading it to humans is low, according to the…
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Philadelphia One of Most Racially Segregated Metros in U.S., Data Shows
Philadelphia ranks as the 13th most racially segregated urban area out of the 100 largest metros in the country, write Chad Pradelli, Cheryl Mettendorf, and Maia Rosenfeld for 6abc. According to an ABC Owned Television Stations analysis of 2019 U.S. Census Bureau data, more than half the neighborhoods in the tristate area ranked as extremely…
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Philadelphia’s Ongoing, Long-Term Inferiority Complex: It’s Time to ‘Get Oudda Here Wit Dat’
Despite the deeply ingrained inferiority complex among Philadelphians, the City of Brotherly Love has begun attracting people from America’s most populated and popular cities. And they love it here, writes Jo Piazza for Philadelphia Magazine. Philadelphia has seen an influx of new residents during the pandemic, with an estimated 7,500 people moving here just from…
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Dead Songbirds in SE Pennsylvania Puzzling Scientists
Groups of songbirds have been turning up dead throughout the Delaware Valley recently but their cause of death remains a mystery to scientists and wildlife officials, writes Frank Kummer for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Similar deaths have been reported in other parts of Pennsylvania and across several more states, going back to April. The rash of…
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Conservationist Andrew L. Johnson, Brandywine River Museum Founder, Has Died
The Chadds Ford man who helped give us the Brandywine River Museum, and who led both the Natural Lands Trust and the North American Land Trust, has died, reports Chadds Ford Live. Andrew L.“Andy” Johnson was a prominent conservationist. He died June 19 at 83. Johnson was executive director of the Brandywine Conservancy from 1970…
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