Meg McGuire

1 week ago | delawarecurrents.org | Meg McGuire

Right now, the Delaware River watershed is mired in a fog, and it’s not meteorological. It’s born of the anxiety hundreds of thousands of people are feeling from a variety of causes but all emanating from the new administration in Washington.

1 week ago | delawarecurrents.org | Meg McGuire

Editor’s note: We sent a three-question survey to 20 experts in the watershed for their insights in light of the current moves by the Trump administration and how those actions might affect the watershed. Of the 20, four responded. Here are their answers in full:He is a former manager of water and watershed management in New Jersey state government and a Fellow of the American Institute of Certified Planners.

2 weeks ago | delawarecurrents.org | Meg McGuire

One can suppose that the commission meeting room for the Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority is rarely the host for lively chatter and some good-natured teasing, as it was on Tuesday. “Hey Scott, the suit is a different look!” says one man. “I’d prefer my sweatshirt,” responds Scott, aka Scott Schreiber, executive director of the CCMUA.

3 weeks ago | delawarecurrents.org | Meg McGuire

A series of conversations with people who have worked in and for the watershed, sharing their expertise and knowledge. I was once on a conference panel during my time with DRBC when someone asked me a similar question. They wanted to know what “water security” meant for the Delaware River Basin — not in the post-9/11 sense of security, but in terms of ensuring a sustainable water future for our watersheds, regions, states and communities.

1 month ago | njspotlightnews.org | Meg McGuire |Delaware Currents

This story was originally published by Delaware Currents, a news project dedicated to telling the story of the Delaware River. Sign up for their newsletter here. Delaware Currents and NJ Spotlight News are part of a collaborative of news organizations working together to provide comprehensive climate change coverage for New Jersey. That drought we experienced in the autumn? It’s not over yet, at least for much of the four-state watershed. New York returned to normal status on Jan. 1.