DRBC staff recently participated in the 2025 Upper Delaware River Rendezvous, held October 15-16, 2025, in Callicoon, N.Y. The Rendezvous brought together experts, community leaders and interested stakeholders for two days of learning, networking and educational field trips.

On October 15, DRBC Sr. Water Resource Scientist Elaine Panuccio and Sr. Chemist/Toxicologist Dr. Jeremy Conkle participated in the conference's opening plenary session: Science and Data Collection in the UDR Watershed, sharing updates about DRBC monitoring programs. Dr. Conkle then presented on the emerging contaminant 6-PPDq and its presence in Delaware River Basin Waters, while Water Resource Engineer Dr. Joey Fogarty and Community Engagement Specialist Avery Lentini led a public input session on DRBC's Water Resources Resilience Plan (WRRP). On the following day, Panuccio and Lentini discussed Salt Trends in Special Protection Waters.

Staff Presentations

• It's Everywhere, but is it Toxic? A Basin-Wide Survey of 6-PPDq in Brook Trout Waters of the Delaware River Basin (pdf)

• DRBC's Water Resources Resilience Plan (pdf)

• Special Protection Waters Salt Trends (pdf)

The Rendezvous was hosted by the Upper Delaware River Network, a collaboration of multiple partners and stakeholders with the shared goal of protecting the Upper Delaware River Watershed. DRBC is a Network member, and others include the Upper Delaware Council, Friends of the Upper Delaware River and Trout Unlimited, as well as regional federal, state and local agencies.

Learn more about the Network and the Rendezvous (opens in new window)

DRBC staff at the Upper Delaware River Rendezvous. Photo by the DRBC.	DRBC's Avery Lentini (L) & Trout Unlimited's Maddie Feaster grab a photo by the DRBC's Basin Map. The dots on the map are from recent WRRP sessions, incl. the Rendezvous, & show where people are from. Photo by the DRBC.