Water Resources Center presents at Delaware River Watershed Forum

​On Nov. 4, 2022, the Institute for Public Administration’s (IPA) Water Resources Center (UDWRC) participated in the 10th annual Delaware River Watershed Forum, held in Philadelphia and hosted by the Coalition for the Delaware River Watershed and the William Penn Foundation. At the forum, UDWRC’s Director Gerald Kauffman Jr., Andrew Homsey, associate policy scientist, and Liz Shields, IPA public administration fellow, led a presentation titled “N​ational Wild and Scenic Rivers: America’s Next Best Idea,” with co-panelists Alan Hunt, from the Musconetcong Watershed Association, and Paul Kenney, from the National Park Service. During this panel, they discussed the existing and potentially eligible national wild and scenic river systems in the 13,000-square-mile Delaware River watershed with a focus on the intergovernmental streams that cross state, county and local boundaries. Stakeholders who are working on national wild and scenic river efforts along the Delaware River and its tributaries in Delaware, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania also contributed to the discussion. The 2022 Forum commemorated a decade of collective success for the Delaware River Watershed while also looking ahead for the next 10 years of collaborating to ensure that all communities share equitably in the benefits of a healthy watershed. IPA is a research and public service center in the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration.​

​Article by Sophonie Milord. Originally posted in UDaily's For the Record.​​