April 16, 2025

DCS Statement Re: Injunction Halting Demolition of SFB Denied

April 16, 2025

The denial of the injunction halting demolition of Skinners Falls Bridge by federal court does not negate the validity of the valiant advocacy by Damascus Citizens for Sustainability and countless people in our region and beyond who …

April 16, 2025

Skinners Falls Bridge Injunction Denied

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April 16, 2025
Contact:
Rose Biondi – rosebiondi2@gmail.com
DCS Director B. Arrindell – Director@DamascusCitizens.org

SKINNERS FALLS BRIDGE
Preliminary Injunction Denied

(Scranton, PA) At 8:34 PM on Tuesday, April 15, 2025 a ruling was announced denying the preliminary injunction …

April 15, 2025

Skinners Falls Bridge Goes to Federal Court

For immediate release
Contact: rosebiondi2@gmail.com

SKINNERS FALLS BRIDGE GOES TO FEDERAL COURT

(Scranton, PA) On Friday, April 10, 2025 the future of historic Skinners Falls Bridge was the matter brought before Judge J. Mehalchick at the U.S. District Court for …

April 8, 2025

DCS Seeks Injunction Against the Demolition of the Skinners Falls Bridge

DCS and Milanville, PA resident Cynthia Nash have filed suit in U.S. District Court seeking an injunction against the destruction of the historic Skinners Falls Bridge.

DCS brings this action to challenge the decision of Defendants (PennDOT, etc.) to reject

February 2, 2025

Support DCS Efforts to Save the Skinners Falls Bridge

The Zane Grey Gallery has generously offered to donate all proceeds from its sales of Skinners Falls Reflections, by Craig Snedeker, to DCS’s legal efforts to save the Skinners Falls Bridge. Use the QR Code below or go to

January 2, 2025

DCS Opposes Destruction of Historic Skinners Falls Bridge

DCS is actively and strongly defending the Skinners Falls Milanville Bridge from destruction by PennDOT, using their own data.

As detailed in our 1/2/2025 comment letter, PennDOT’s claims of rapid deterioration are not supported by the data available to …

November 23, 2024

Current DCS Legal Actions to Save the Skinners Falls Bridge

November 22, 2024 letter from DCS attorney Lauren Williams to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation:

Good afternoon,

On behalf of Damascus Citizens for Sustainability, I am forwarding the email below and associated attachments to the Advisory Council on Historic

September 16, 2024

DCS Supports RGGI with a Powerful Amicus

RGGI (Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, pronounced Reggie) strives to use a regional approach to both control greenhouse gases (GHG) and minimize greenhouse gas emissions.  It is a multistate (10) arrangement that is a Cap and Trade, and invest, structure.  In …

October 21, 2023

Politics and the PA Supreme Court: VOTE Nov. 7!

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Check out the DCS voter registration guide for DE, NJ, NY and PA.


It’s election season in Pennsylvania. One of two candidates for the open Pennsylvania Supreme Court seat will be chosen on …

October 19, 2023

What’s Going On With PA’s Green Amendment?

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Download the Green Amendments of Pennsylvania, New York and Montana as a pdf.


Pennsylvania has a Green Amendment. It is very similar to Montana’s Green Amendment. So why haven’t we seen a similar …

September 5, 2023

Big Win for the Environment in Montana

Pennsylvania has its own Environmental Rights Amendment, passed unanimously over 50 years ago. It says, in part: “The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic, and esthetic values

January 11, 2023

DCS Requests Court to Void DRBC Wastewater Exemptions

UPDATED April 23: The DRBC filed a motion to dismiss the DCS complaint (see below), which DCS has voluntarily accepted. Why has DCS accepted? Because the DRBC has conceded 90% of what we were asking for, without us having to

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