Established in 1988 upon the appointment of the Delaware Riverkeeper, the Delaware Riverkeeper Network (DRN) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) membership organization, an affiliate of the American Littoral Society. DRN’s professional staff and volunteers work throughout the entire Delaware River Watershed including portions of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and New York.

DRN’s staff and very active volunteers have a breadth of knowledge about the environment as well as expertise specific to rivers and watersheds. DRN provides effective environmental advocacy, volunteer monitoring programs, stream restoration projects and public education. In addition, DRN goes to court when necessary to ensure enforcement of environmental safety laws.

More and more, regulators charged with protecting the environment see environmental laws as simply hurdles to be overcome. Your tax-deductible donation helps the DRN:

  • Protect and defend the Delaware River through advocacy and enforcement;
  • Monitor the health of our waterways;
  • Restore damaged streams and ecosystems; and
  • Ensure that the voice of the River is heard.

DRN programs include:

  • Advocacy to protect water quality and habitat;
  • Awareness to Action to organize local communities into activists to protect local streams;
  • Litigation and other legal action to enforce environmental laws;
  • Monitoring by volunteers along the entire length of the River;
  • Restoration to provide communities the expertise, community training and organizing needed to restore damaged streams and waterway ecosystems.