Once a Bucolic Pennsylvania River, the Tioga Is Now All but Dead

The Tioga River winds through the town of Blossburg, Pennsylvania. Photos by Matt Gunther for Capital & Main.

When the lingering sun of late May inches along to peer down on the Tioga River — its water glistening — it does so as birds chirp overhead, as a chipmunk darts through rustling riverbed brush, and as yellow butterflies dance into the gorge.