The D&L Blog Trails

By Miranda Alvarez, Community Engagement Manager  Making the big move  As picturesque, historic, and altogether charming as the D&L Heritage Corridor’s Jim Thorpe might be, it’s an unlikely destination for someone leaving a life behind…

Where: Forks of the Delaware Trailhead in Easton, PA When: Saturday Sept. 19th 9:00AM – 12:30PM What: Join the D&L Trail Tenders as we help give back to the D&L Trail.  Volunteers will pick-up trash…

In our second interactive town hall, part of our “Closing the Gaps” series, we gathered community leaders and trail users alike to discuss our critical Lehigh Valley Gap. This seven mile gap presents unique challenges,…

Guest blog post by Bernie O’Hare, Lehigh Valley Ramblings Many people complain, and with a great deal of justification, about how ugly things have become in Northeastern Pennsylvania, especially in the Lehigh Valley. Farmland diminishes…

By Emily Dings, D&L Assistant What does 165 miles look like? Sometimes we hear that 165 feels like an intimidating number of miles for a Tail on the Trail challenge. After all, isn’t that about…

By Lauren Golden, Trails and Stewardship Manager With a background in preservation, I often talk about the D&L Trail as one big adaptive reuse project. In layman’s terms, we are not building “new trail” but…

By Brian Greene, Director of Trails and Conservation and Data Scientist  When going out on the D&L Trail recently you might have had a common thought: “Wow, there are a lot of people out on…

By Miranda Alvarez, Community Engagement Manager As the United States confronts visceral issues of inequity and racial injustice, organizations and industries hasten to look at their own operations to secure their spot on the right…

By Patrick Hunt, Trail Coordinator The Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor (D&L) is excited to announce the 2020 Lehigh Valley Greenways (LVG) Mini Grant recipients. This year, LVG proudly awards 11 mini grants. LVG…

Like our colleagues across America, we at the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor have been challenged and chastened by the events of the past few months. In online team meetings, we’ve asked ourselves how…

Blog post by: Emily Dings, D&L Assistant The Earth could be forgiven for wondering where the party was this year. On the first Earth Day, April 22, 1970, millions of Americans mobilized on behalf of…

By Emily Dings, D&L Assistant If you signed up for an organized run or walk taking place between March and May, you’ve likely already received some disappointing news: due to the COVID-19 outbreak, it’s no…