TRR photo by Fritz Mayer This stage house by the Barryville Bridge on the Shohola side of the Delaware River is scheduled to go offline in September. Instruments and a well beneath the structure are used to collect data that is used to forecast river conditions, to issue flood warnings and to help plan reservoir releases or water withdrawals.

Hinchey pushes to keep gages open

Stimulus money may be available

By FRITZ MAYER

REGION—The possibility that important river gages in the Upper Delaware River Basin may be closed down soon, some as early as June, has prompted politicians to take action. U.S. Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) has written to the head of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) urging a reversal of the policy.

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Recycling in Pike County is facing serious problems

Wayne’s situation is slightly better

By TOM KANE

PIKE AND WAYNE COUNTIES, PA - Recycling programs in Pike and Wayne counties are facing some trying times due to the downturn in business.

The reason why Wayne is in a better position than Pike may be the fact that Wayne has its own recycling center and is not as vulnerable to the fluctuating market in sales of recycling material, according to Randy Heller, Wayne County Recycling Department director.

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DEP crowds out conservation districts

‘Refining’ permitting process removes local oversight on gas drilling

By FRITZ MAYER

PENNSYLVANIA—With the sending of a memo, large amounts of responsibility for ensuring that environmental measures are taken at gas wells have been removed from the hands of local agencies and been shifted to the state.

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Other stories in this issue:

• Gas news at a glance
• County jail sticker shock
• Landsmen urge Damascus Township to sign a gas lease
• Maple sap is running
• Grocery store wine sales?

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