September 10, 2024

DCS Receives Radio Catskill 2024 Community Award

Radio Catskill Awards Honor Outstanding Local Contributions to Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability


We are pleased to announce that DCS will receive a Radio Catskill 2024 Community Award. As per Radio Catskill: “Damascus Citizens for Sustainability (DCS) was created to preserve …

January 9, 2024

David Hess Reflects on His Career and the Rise of Fracking

As secretary of environmental protection, Hess flipped the switch on Pennsylvania’s first commercial wind farm and helped avert a catastrophe at Quecreek mine. Now, his blog is essential reading for lawmakers, executives and activists on either side of the state’s
June 30, 2023

Watch DCS Panel Discussion on Activism and the Skinners Falls Bridge

On June 25, DCS sponsored a panel discussion on the multi-media show ACTIVATED (Photographs from Peaceful Protests by Brandi Merolla), activism and the Skinners Falls Bridge. The participants were artist and activist Brandi Merolla, filmmaker Josh Fox, DCS Director Barbara

July 20, 2022

Riverfest 2022 – July 24 in Narrowsburg, NY

Come to Riverfest 2022, Sunday, July 24, in Narrowsburg, NY from 10 am to 4 pm.

Join DCS at Riverfest 2022 in Narrowsburg, NY on Sunday, July 24. We will have up to date information on the fight to keep

December 3, 2021

Fracking Banned in the DRB, but NOT a FULL Ban – More to Do in ’22!

Download the DCS 2021 Appeal Letter as a pdf.
Download the Appeal Letter Insert, on swing state PA, as a pdf.

YOUR donation today helps DCS do more in ’22!


DCS is working for the next generations!  – and

September 2, 2021

‘Insist on Being Heard’ Re: Skinners Falls Bridge

Confusion around the comment process for the Milanville-Skinners Falls Bridge
By Liam Mayo, The River Reporter, August 31, 2021

DCS feels strongly that all voices with an interest in PennDOT’s Skinners Falls project must be heard. That is why we

August 29, 2021

PennDOT Ignores Skinners Falls Bridge Public Comments – DCS Fights Back

The many citizens who care about the preservation of the Milanville-Skinners Falls Bridge and took the trouble to submit comments to the email addresses provided by PennDOT, but did not complete the online Survey Monkey survey, should know that PennDOT …

August 28, 2021

PennDOT’s Faulty Public Comment Process Re: Skinners Falls Bridge

DCS has written this letter expressing great concern regarding PennDOT’s continued failure to engage in a real public participation process for the Skinners Falls Bridge “Planning and Environmental Linkages” (“PEL”) Study.
By Lauren M. Williams, Esq., Greenworks Law and Consulting
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 15, 2021

Skinners Falls Bridge Does NOT Need More than a 10-Ton Limit

This analysis of traffic sources and needs near the Skinners Falls Bridge shows that a 10-ton limit is adequate to meet all needs.


Until June 1, 2021, PennDOT is conducting what it is terming a “traffic survey” of the general …

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