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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 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 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

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 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 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

Lee Hartman has fished all over the world--Russia, Greenland, Cuba--but he's made his name on the Delaware River as a guide and conservationist. In The Delaware River Story: Water Wars, Trout Tales, and a River Reborn, 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 and author of The Big One: An Island, an Obsession, and the Furious Pursuit of a Great Fish From childhood fishing experiences in heavily polluted headwaters of the Pennsylvania anthracite coal region to eyewitness 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. You may ask if this is a book about fishing, conservation, economics politics, or history. My answer is all of the above, and more. From Supreme Court justices, far-thinking government officials, and conservationists to people simply trying to make a living, Lee recounts the battles for water rights of the Lenni Lenape Indians, early day colonists, and industrialists and the current demands and allocation of water in the Delaware River watershed. Ever hear of chemical factories and the causes of the demise of Pennsylvania's state tree, the hemlock? Read the book. Want to know more about the bewildering number of laws, rules, decrees, agreements, compacts, and advocates for the allocation of water captured and stored in the New York City reservoirs in the Catskill Mountains? Read the book. Want to know about the creation and management of cold-water ecosystems? Read the book. One could claim that the central focus of the book is trout. But trout serve merely as the framework of the relevance of fish such as the sorry decline of the river's shad fishery and the importance of such resources. One learns about the success and failure of introducing West Coast rainbow trout and the European-immigrant brown trout. And perhaps, above all, one can see what happens both good and bad as people unendingly change a natural resource as magnificent as the Delaware River.--Robert Bachman 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 The Delaware River Story: Water Wars, Trout Tales, and a River Reborn chronicles the natural and unnatural history of the Delaware, one of America's most popular designated Wild and Scenic Rivers, which many believe is the best wild trout fishery east of the Mississippi. Having been a disciple of its fisheries for nearly half a century, Lee Hartman is well qualified to author a book about this river. He has witnessed how the river's ecology, fish life, and recreational assets have been abused by mismanaged water releases from New York City reservoirs. Lee 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

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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.

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