Controversy on the Delaware: A Look Upstream at the Tocks Island Dam Project

Controversy on the Delaware: A Look Upstream at the Tocks Island Dam Project
Directed by	Ryan Balton
Produced by	Ryan Balton Brett Fuchs Nick Troiano
Written by	Ryan Balton Brett Fuchs Nick Troiano
Cinematography	Ryan Balton
Editing by	Ryan Balton
Running time	14 minutes
Country	United States

Controversy on the Delaware: A Look Upstream at the Tocks Island Dam Project is a video documentary that investigates the Tocks Island Dam Project, a plan proposed in 1965 for the United States Army Corps of Engineers to build a dam across the Delaware River six miles upstream from the Delaware Water Gap. The project fell through after the government had seized land from hundreds of residents, and the area is now preserved as the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.

The documentary was first premiered at the regional National History Day competition in March 2006 at Pennsylvania State University Scranton/Wilkes-Barre campus, where it received first place for a senior group documentary. It advanced to the state competition for National History Day in Pennsylvania in May 2006. The documentary was screened at the October 2006 Black Bear Film Festival in Milford. It was honored one of the top 25 "Save our History" documentaries in the nation by the History Channel. Controversy on the Delaware has been shown to many audiences across the region and has sold over 250 copies on DVD.

The video was produced, directed, and written by Ryan Balton, Brett Fuchs, and Nick Troiano, three graduates of Delaware Valley High School.

See also

• Eminent domain

External links

• Controversy on the Delaware: A Look Upstream at the Tocks Island Dam Project at the Internet Movie Database
• Black Bear Film Festival Envirofest
• Official Website- Purchase a DVD
• National History Day