TRR photo by Sandy Long National Park Service (NPS) Northeast Region regional director Dennis Reidenbach, left, NPS assistant superintendent Sandy Schultz and newly appointed NPS Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River superintendent Sean McGuinness attended the Upper Delaware Council’s monthly meeting on February 4 in Narrowsburg, NY.

UDC sees NPS changeups

Greets new super; thanks retiring assistant super

By SANDY LONG

NARROWSBURG, NY—Sean McGuinness spent the first day of his new job as superintendent of the National Park Service Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River (NPS UDSRR) getting acquainted with the broad range of issues and interests currently swirling through the river corridor.

“Normally, you show up at a park, get a drive around the place and get excited about all the things you’re going to be managing,” McGuinness told members of the Upper Delaware Council (UDC) at their meeting on February 4. “Here, I started out with two very lengthy meetings with a lot of folks and a lot of issues. It’s a whole different ballgame and I’m really looking forward to it.”

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Sullivan County foodshed considered

Columbia students take on farming

By FRITZ MAYER

FERNDALE, NY—The students from Columbia University’s Urban Design Program came from all over the globe, from such countries as China, Bulgaria, India, Pakistan, Peru and the United States, to hear about small-scale farming in Sullivan County.

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Labor org cites rising DEC concerns

SGEIS and enforcement capabilities questioned

By SANDY LONG

ALBANY, NY—The labor organization representing 2,000 Public Employees Federation members working in the professional, scientific and technical jobs for the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), has called for an extension to the agency’s draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (SGEIS) comment period and a “one-year moratorium of expansion of gas well hydro-fracking.”

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Other stories in this issue:

• Officials urge residents to complete census
• U.S. climate service proposed
• Future of Duggan school discussed again
• Gas at a Glance
• Commissioners lay down final library position
• New septic rules causing concern
• Committee offers assistance to vets, families
• Wayne Library Alliance celebrates 10 years

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