NARROWSBURG, NY — The Upper Delaware Council, Inc. (UDC) approved $4,072 to support river and shoreline clean-up projects during its May 7 monthly meeting. The individual award amounts based on applications submitted by five of the UDC’s member municipalities are: Damascus Township, $1,000; Town of Tusten, $900; Town of Lumberland, $775; Lackawaxen Township, $736; Town of Highland, $661.

Clean-up projects must be completed by August 21 in order to be eligible for the one-time reimbursement payment.

This is the second year that the UDC non-profit organization has opted to designate a portion of its federal funding allocation as received through the National Park Service Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River budget to help subsidize litter removal from the bi-state river and its banks.

The goal is to encourage the coordination of local clean-ups to help maintain the pristine quality of 73.4 miles from the confluence of the East and West Branches of the Delaware below Hancock downstream to Railroad Bridge No. 2 near Sparrowbush, which was designated for protection under the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act in 1978.