Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Program
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Pennsylvania
Lardner’s Point is located along the Delaware River in the Tacony neighborhood of Philadelphia, PA. The 4.5 acre site was used as a ferry terminal that provided service between Tacony and Palmyra, NJ until the opening of the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge in 1929. After the ferry service ceased operations, the land remained vacant under the ownership of the city. By the 2000s, all that remained were a dete. . . read more!
Darby Creek is a 26-mile long tributary of the Delaware River in southeastern Pennsylvania. As with many other rivers and streams in the Northeast, Darby Creek was dammed to provide power to mills. These barriers disrupted the flow of the creek, decreased water quality, altered the surrounding ecosystems, and blocked anadromous fish passage to upstream spawning grounds. Over time, the dams had bec. . . read more!
The John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum was established in 1972 to preserve Tinicum Marsh. Located near the mouth of Darby Creek, Tinicum Marsh once comprised over 5,000 acres of freshwater tidal wetlands before human activities reduced its acreage. The marsh was used as a disposal site for dredge materials from the Delaware River until the mid-1960s. During the 1960s, two landfills wer. . . read more!
Little Tinicum Island is a three-mile-long island located in the Delaware River off Tinicum Township, PA. At approximately 200 acres, the island is a designated Natural Area managed by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources' (PA DCNR) Bureau of Forestry. An estimated 3,500 to 4,000 people access Little Tinicum Island each year but there were no maintained trails on the i. . . read more!