The Beginning
No roaring rapids or soaring mountains in this one. When we were kids, we would pile into a few canoes and float/paddle/dawdle our way down the Black River. Moving through...
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Shark River (NJ) in the 1940’s
I will be 80 in July and when I was a young girl, would go to Shark River to swim and clam and catch crabs. I would enter the water...
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Protecting trout species in our rivers
I started loved Indian Mill Creek when I started conducting research in the creek. The creek is impaired due to its degraded trout community and my research focused on finding...
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Opening up the Rivers
After doing dam removals for 15 years the the results have been amazing! Better fishing, canoeing and cleaner water flowing again. I have heard so many horror stories of people...
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For 17 years we lived in an apartment on the bank of the Brandywine River in downtown Wilmington. From our balcony it was about a 30′ drop to the water.
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Monongahela River Rats
There were four of us, teenage sisters having the time of our lives swimming in the Monongahela River in the early 1980’s. One peer beneath the Belle Vernon/Speers bridge was...
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Love on the River
Exactly five years ago I met a women from Connecticut when we were both hired to work at a rafting company for the summer. Our “river crush” quickly turned into...
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Long Live the St. Croix River
I LOVE the St. Croix! I live within walking distance, and as an avid hiker and paddler (kayaking!), I spend a lot of time on and near our local National...
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