Action Alert: Tell the EPA to enforce the Stream Buffer Zone

Speaking of buffer zones...

I drove up NY 17, which is slowly being transitioned to I-86, and runs from the NY Thruway at Harriman (near Bear Mountain Bridge, for an AT reference point) out along the border between NY and PA towards the west, to get to Watkins Glen yesterday.

As a longtime resident of Maryland, I've always been very concerned with the health of the Chesapeake Bay, and via proxy, the Delaware Bay, which suffers from similar problems. I was incensed to discover that the right-of-way for the road runs directly parallel to both the Susquehanna (major source of Chesapeak) and Delaware Rivers, and their respective tributaries. Now, I understand that the roads probably had to take this route for topographical reasons, but in many cases, the runoff runs directly into the rivers with no buffer, because of the proximity to the road. It is no wonder that despite gains by Maryland and Virginia in reducing pollution, the bay continues to languish. New York and Pennsylvania have zero incentive to protect the bays, and appear to be acting as such.

Thanks for the tip, Flem.