More than 15 million people -- including millions from New York State -- depend on the Delaware River for clean, reliable water. The Upper Delaware River Watershed in New York is the source of 60% of New York City's water supply and supports a world-renowned wild trout fishery in Delaware and Sullivan Counties that is worth more than $400 million annually. However, the Delaware is threatened by flooding, stream erosion and sediment pollution -- and if these problems don't get addressed, water quality and river habitats will continue to be at risk.

We can protect the Delaware River for the families, businesses, and wildlife that call the river and the surrounding creeks and streams home. But it's going to take all four governors of the Delaware River Basin states (New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware) coming together to create a new vision and commit to a plan to keep the Delaware healthy and clean.

Please sign this petition asking Governor Cuomo to stand with our neighboring states to protect and restore the Delaware River Basin so that the families, communities, businesses, and wildlife that depend on it can thrive. There will be a first-of-its-kind summit early in 2019 with the governors of the other basin states, and our governor needs to be there.

Dear Governor Cuomo,

One of our state's most important water resources, the Delaware River Watershed, is threatened by flooding, stream erosion, and sediment pollution. The Upper Delaware River Watershed is the source of 60% of New York City's water supply and supports a world-renowned wild trout fishery in Delaware and Sullivan Counties that is worth more than $400 million annually. The river needs greater attention if we're going to keep this waterway safe and healthy for all the families, communities, and wildlife that depend on it. Protecting the Delaware River is important to me, as I hope it is to you. Please meet with your fellow governors from across the watershed in the first-of-its-kind summit early in 2019 to create a new vision and plan to protect the Delaware River and its surrounding waterways for generations to come. The Delaware River headwaters are in New York, and we need you to be at the summit.

Organized by:
Friends of the Upper Delaware River
New York League of Conservation Voters
Citizens Campaign for the Environment
Delaware Highlands Conservancy