Delaware Nature Society Program Guide and Newsletter March - July 2017 | Page 4

A Big Win for the Delaware River Watershed

Press event to celebrate the passage of the Delaware River Basin Conservation Act ( DRBCA )
Madeline Urbish , Project Director for the Coalition for the Delaware River Watershed , New Jersey Audubon ; Senator Chris Coons ; Collin O ’ Mara , President & CEO , National Wildlife Federation ; Governor John Carney ; Congressman Mike Castle
Senator Tom Carper ; Congressman Mike Castle ; Collin O ’ Mara , President & CEO , National Wildlife Federation ; Wendi Weber , Regional Director , U . S . FIsh & Wildlife Service
David Small , DNREC Secretary

More than 15 million people , including the City of Wilmington and much of New Castle County , rely on Delaware River waterways for clean drinking water .

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