Advocacy Success

The morning of February 20, 2018, the Delaware Riverkeeper Network learned of a new, major threat to Atlantic Sturgeon posed by the U.S. Army Corps of… Read More »Atlantic Sturgeon Unique Habitat Saved

For over 10 years, the Delaware Riverkeeper Network has been calling for the cleanup and regulation of perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs), highly toxic compounds that have… Read More »Perfluorinated Compounds: PFOA, PFNA, and more

In 2005, the Delaware Riverkeeper Network led the creation and submission of a petition to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to list the… Read More »Horseshoe Crabs and Red Knot Protections

Key player in constructing and maintaining a biofilter wetland and riparian buffer corridor throughout Camden County’s park system (NJ) that is improving water quality and… Read More »Biofilter Wetland and Riparian Buffer Corridor

Defeated construction of Chubb Run Dam in Middletown Township, Bucks County, PA.

Defeated construction of proposed Rock Run Dam – a 9-foot high 600-foot long flood control dam that would have been built by PADEP across Rock… Read More »Defeated Construction of Proposed Rock Run Dam

Helped community organize and defeat proposed Conectiv gas fired power plant in Bordentown, NJ.

Delaware Riverkeeper Network led an effort that defeated the construction of an artificial turf field at the Radnor Middle School – construction of the artificial… Read More »Defeated the Construction of an Artificial Turf Field

Helped the community defend the South Branch Pennsauken Creek from a 308-unit residential development project.

1968 Appeals Board Promotes Agency Transparency by Compelling PennDOT to Explain its Actions Appeals Board Promotes Agency Transparency by Compelling PennDOT to Explain its Actions… Read More »Delaware Riverkeeper Network v. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, OOR Dkt AP 2012