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Monday, January 28, 2013

DEP Secretary Provides Update on Susquehanna River, Waterways | The Susquehanna is not impaired | WPMT FOX43

"Our final report is firmly grounded in sound science, and we expect that EPA will agree with it based on the science presented," DEP Secretary Mike Krancer said. "Based on the science and law, we do not believe that the main stem of Susquehanna River should be proposed as impaired under the Clean Water Act. While we recognize that the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission and others had requested that DEP propose to impair a 98-mile stretch of the Susquehanna River, as we have pointed out on many occasions before, that view is based on very limited, piecemeal data and is not supported by the existing data or the law. But DEP takes the concerns expressed about the Susquehanna very seriously and we are doing something about it. We will be taking, separately, a comprehensive and strategic approach to ensure that the Susquehanna River is protected."
http://fox43.com/2013/01/28/dep-secretary-provides-update-on-susquehanna-river-waterways/

Go HERE for a previous article on the health of the Susquehanna.

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Walking on thin ice

Today around noon, I noticed footprints on the ice down by the old bridge. The ice was only about an inch thick along shore, but someone had to try walking on it anyway.
I've heard tales of how, during some severe winters in the 1950s, guys would drive cars - on the ice - across to Wrightsville.
No thanks.

Saturday, January 26, 2013

Emergency personnel kept busy due to snow

Emergency personnel were kept busy yesterday due to the snowfall. Here is a screenshot from LCWC at about 7:24 p.m.