June 17, 2021

National Park Service Comments on the Skinners Falls Bridge

This letter from the National Park Service, in support of the rehabilitation of the Skinners Falls Bridge, was part of the package submitted by Greenworks to PennDOT. We are highlighting it here because it is such a strong statement of

June 4, 2021

Greenworks Comprehensive Comments on the Skinners Falls Bridge

Greenworks is an environmental law firm representing DCS in the matter of PennDOT’s proposed Skinners Falls Bridge project. They submitted comprehensive comments to PennDOT on this matter, including supporting letters from the National Park Service, the Upper Delaware Council, the

May 6, 2021

Skinners Falls Bridge Comment Period Extended

From PennDOT (via email), regarding the Skinners Falls Bridge Project: “Please note that due to the significant public response to the public meeting and survey, the survey response deadline has been extended to June 1, 2021.” PennDOT also stated: “We …

April 26, 2021

Skinners Falls Bridge Comments Coming In – Have YOU Made Yours?

As the word gets out about PennDOT’s Skinners Falls Bridge project, people have been getting their comments in to PennDOT. Some sample comments are shown below.

The deadline for making comments is now June 1, 2021.
See PennDOT’s sign at

April 15, 2021

Ed Wesely’s Comment to PennDOT on the Skinners Falls Bridge

Ed Wesely lived in Damascus, PA for 30 years and has a deep reverence for the history and beauty of the Upper Delaware River Valley. You can feel his passion for preserving the Skinners Falls Bridge in the following comment

April 14, 2021

YOU Can Be a Consulting Party for the Skinners Falls Bridge Project

Click the Become Consulting Party button to apply to be a consulting party on the Skinners Falls Bridge project.

If you have any problems with your application email Heather Gerling MA (hgerling@pa.gov), the PennDOT Cultural Resources Professional who is

April 8, 2021

Hear Ed Wesely Speak About the Skinners Falls Bridge

Originally from Maryland, Ed Wesely lived in Damascus Pennsylvania for 30 years. Many folks in our community know Ed from his involvement with Barbara Yeaman and the Butterfly Barn, which was located on River Road in Milanville, PA. For …

April 5, 2021

UDC Endorses Rehabilitation of Skinners Falls Bridge

NARROWSBURG, NY — The Upper Delaware Council (UDC) voted to recommend rehabilitation of the historic 1902 Baltimore truss bridge at Skinners Falls.
By Linda Drollinger, The River Reporter, April 2, 2021

If you want to make a comment to PennDOT

March 19, 2021

How the Salvation of NYC Drinking Water Can Be a Model for Saving the Planet

Michael Heller and James Salzman on the Concept of “As-If” Ownership
By Michael Heller and James Salzman, Lit Hub, March 18, 2021

Al Appleton has worked with DCS almost from our start. His forward thinking and respect from the NYC

March 7, 2021

Fracking: The Stress of Being Surrounded

Jane Worthington moved her grandkids to protect them from oil and gas wells—but it didn’t work. In US fracking communities, the industry’s pervasiveness causes social strain and mental health problems
By Kristina Marusic, Environmental Health News, March 1, 2021

This

March 3, 2021

How Exxon Is Being Forced To Accept The Reality Of Bad Fossil Fuel Investments

DCS has been predicting the inevitable collapse of the fracking house of cards. You can’t go on forever losing money on each well, hoping to make it up in volume!
By Justin Mikulka, DeSmog, February 26, 2021

Last August, ExxonMobil

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