May 26, 2020

Author: Tucker Birmingham, Upstream Alliance

It is 450 million years ago, the end of the Ordovician Period. Planet Earth is unrecognizable. There are no trees, algae is the most…

October 11, 2019

Author: Dave Brown

I told myself I wouldn’t bring anything back from Mockhorn Island. It was part of my new commitment to deaccessioning that…

October 1, 2019

Author: Judy Olson

As people from around the nation flocked to Washington, DC, urging action on climate change we quietly slipped five…

June 14, 2019

Author: Erica Baugh

On May 3 & 4, 2019, UA co-hosted two paddles promoting clean water and public access to the Delaware River and its…

June 10, 2019

Author: Alexis Weaver

Nature can be such a delightful curiosity, and the role we play as humans is ever more intriguing after spending the …

November 7, 2018

Author: Nick Carter, Retired Biologist

Don wrote that this was to be an expedition to promote environmental education by fishing for striped bass…

October 31, 2018

Author: Doug O’Malley, Environment New Jersey

We sat motionless for what felt like minutes. Fifteen kayaks waited on the flat muddy waters of the undammed Cooper …

October 11, 2018

Author: Nathan Boon, William Penn Foundation

The Delaware River watershed encompasses an amazing network of 25,000 miles of flowing rivers and streams…

October 10, 2018

Author: Jason M Fehrer

The isolation and solitude of living in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay on Smith or Tangier Islands always intrigued …

June 1, 2018

Author: Eileen Canzian, Journalist for the Baltimore Sun

I’ve done enough Upstream Alliance excursions that I’ve come to expect impressive beauty. As we paddled down the…