Membership
UDC 2024 BOARD
Gathered at the Upper Delaware Council’s February 1, 2023 meeting were, seated L-R: 2024 Vice-chairperson Jeffrey Dexter (Damascus), Chairperson Virginia Dudko (Deerpark), and Secretary-Treasurer Alan Henry (Berlin).
Standing from left to right were:Larry Richardson (Cochecton),Doug Case (Lackawaxen), Evan Padua (Tusten), Aaron Robinson (Shohola), Harold Roeder (Delaware), Jim Rodgers (Fremont), Bill Dudko (Deerpark), Nadia Rajsz (Lumberland), Christine Martin (Highland), and Carly Marshall (National Park Service)
Absent were: Fred Peckham (Hancock), Michael Barth (Westfall), Ryan Coulter (State of New York), Tim Dugan (Commonwealth of Pennsylvania) and Kristen Bowman Kavanagh (Delaware River Basin Commission).
New York | ||
Municipality | Representative | Alternate |
Town of Hancock | Fred J. Peckham | Timothy Newman |
Town of Fremont | Jim Rodgers | Jim Greier |
Town of Delaware | Harold G. Roeder, Jr. | Vacant |
Town of Cochecton | Larry H. Richardson | Sean Nearing |
Town of Tusten | Evan Padua | Susan Sullivan |
Town of Highland | Christine Martin | John Pizzolato |
Town of Lumberland | Nadia Rajsz | Frank Guzmán |
Town of Deerpark | Virginia S. Dudko | Bill Dudko |
Pennsylvania | ||
Municipality | Representative | Alternate |
Berlin Township | Alan Henry | Paul Henry |
Damascus Township | Jeffrey Dexter | Steve Adams, Supervisor Joseph Canfield, 2nd Alt. Scott Rutledge, 3rd Alt. |
Lackawaxen Township | Doug Case |
Vacant |
Shohola Township | Aaron Robinson | Roger Saumure, 1st Alt. Pat Jeffer, 2nd Alt. |
Westfall Township | Michael Barth | Vacant |
State of New York | ||
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation | ||
Representative | Alternate | |
Ryan Coulter Fisheries Manager, Region 3 |
Chris Van Maaren Fisheries Manager, Region 4 |
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | ||
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources | ||
Representative | Alternate | |
Timothy Dugan District Forester, DCNR |
Christine Dettore Regional Advisor, DCNR |
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Delaware River Basin Commission* | ||
Representative | Alternate | |
Steven Tambini, Executive Director |
Kristen Bowman Kavanaugh, Deputy Executive Director | |
National Park Service** | ||
Representative | Alternate | |
Gay Vietzke, Regional Director NPS - Northeast Region |
Lindsey Kurnath, Superintendent Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River Unit |
*Non-voting member
**Federal partner
The main stem of the Delaware River extends 330 miles from the confluence of its East and West Branches near Hancock, NY to the mouth of the Delaware Bay. While almost 7% of the nation’s population relies on the Delaware Basin’s waters for drinking and industrial use, the watershed drains only 0.4% of the continental U.S. land area. In all, the basin comprises 13,539 square miles, including portions of Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.