The Delaware River Story

Water Wars, Trout Tales, and a River Reborn

Lee Hartman

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Stackpole Books
01 November 2022

Fishing, angling

The Delaware River flows some 330 miles from its headwaters near Hancock, New York, to the mouth of the Delaware Bay. It is the longest free-flowing river east of the Mississippi and one of America’s most important rivers. Not only is it the primary water supply for New York City, but it provides clean drinking water to every home within a 150-mile radius. When the reservoirs were built on the East and West Branches, they disrupted the natural flows and turned nature upside down. The once-warm waterway now has cooler flows creating a self-sustaining wild trout population and establishing a modern-day fishing and boating industry to fuel the economy of the Upper Delaware River communities.

Protecting this important waterway—the clean drinking water, quality fishery, and recreational opportunities—has been a daunting task. There are many heroes, both living and dead, who have labored to keep its flows clean, healthy, and prosperous over the past four centuries. This book is about the individuals and organizations, who have, and are, sacrificing their time and effort to keep the Delaware River flowing free and clear without detriment to its flora and fauna.

Focusing on both the history and the author’s personal story in helping preserve the fishery, this book gives readers a colorful and unique perspective of what it’s like to fish the Delaware and how important it is to protect the cold-water fishery that is so valuable to the economy of the region.

By: Lee Hartman
Imprint: Stackpole Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 224mm, Width: 154mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 531g
ISBN: 9780811772259
ISBN 10: 081177225X
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 01 November 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Leo (Lee) Hartman lives along the Upper Delaware River in Equinunk, PA. He is a 45-year veteran on the Delaware system and former owner of Indian Springs Fly Fishing Camp in Lordville, New York. Lee continues to guide on the river and host anglers to great fly-fishing destinations throughout the world. Lee, a staunch conservationist, co-founded Friends of the Upper Delaware River (FUDR) and is currently co-chairman of the Delaware River Committee for the Pennsylvania Council of Trout Unlimited. Lee accepted a Community Service Award by the Upper Delaware Council in 2014 and also received U.S. Congressional recognition for outstanding and invaluable service to the community. He is the author of Trails in a Wild Frontier (self-published) about his fishing travels throughout Siberia and the Kola Peninsula from 1990 to 2013. Hartman was an agent for a Swedish company on the Kola Peninsula, routinely taking American clients for Atlantic salmon.

Reviews for The Delaware River Story: Water Wars, Trout Tales, and a River Reborn

A gripping story of the rescue of one of America's great rivers--from a choked and contaminated commercial waterway in the nineteenth century to today's thriving wild trout fishery.--Garth Hallberg, author of Boon Juster and The Piketty Problem From childhood fishing experiences in heavily polluted headwaters of the Pennsylvania anthracite coal region to eye-witness accounts of devastation, reparation and astonishing creation, Lee Hartman documents the history of and ongoing struggle to sustain what is commonly known as the Upper Delaware tailwater trout fishery.--Robert Bachman Hartman offers the full sweep of the Delaware's story, and makes the case for its protection as a historically and ecologically important river that just happens to host a wild trout fishery that's unparalleled east of the Mississippi.--David Kinney, Eastern Policy Director, Trout Unlimited This book chronicles the natural and unnatural history of the Delaware, one of America's most popular designated 'Wild and Scenic Rivers', that many believe is the best wild trout fishery east of the Mississippi. Hartman has been among the leaders in devoting his time and energy to any and all organizations working to protect and preserve the Delaware River and its fisheries.--Ed Van Put, author of The Beaverkill