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    Delaware Water Gap

    National Recreation Area NJ,PA

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Features: Forming & Managing the Park

Most of these features were first published in the park's newsletters, Spanning the Gap (STG) (1983-2007) or Guide to the Gap (GTG) (2011- ), or in the Cultural Resource Management magazine, CRM. STG, GTG, and CRM features are pdf files.
For related pages in this website, and for links to other websites for each feature,
look up the feature under:
• NEWS: Park Newspaper-Features from Back Issues, by year (STG features) or under:
• NEWS: Park Newspaper-CRM Magazine, by topic (CRM features)

Native American People | Colonial and historic archeology  (under Collections)

Park Management Topics
Water Quality | Fire Regime | Accessibility 

 

THE FORMATION OF THE PARK

Major Floods (under Stories)

The Tocks Island Dam Controversy (under Stories)

A History Timeline of the Park ( under Park Management)

From "Wreck-reation" to Recreation Area: A Superintendent's Perspective CRM Magazine: Saved from the Dam Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Issue (Vol. 25 No.3 2002) By park superintendent Bill Laitner.

 

MANAGING RECREATION IN THE PARK SINCE 1967

A Plan for Park Trails (STG: Fall 1999 Vol. 21, No. 3) The process for drafting and accepting the Draft Trails Plan for the recreation area in 1999. By assistant superintendent Bob Kirby.

Saving a Few, Before Losing Them All CRM Magazine: Saved from the Dam Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Issue (Vol. 25 No.3 2002) By landscape architect Zehra Osman.

Shall We Dance? Partnering with the National Park Service CRM Magazine: Saved from the Dam Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Issue (Vol. 25 No.3 2002) By former mayor of Pahaquarry Township NJ Jean Zipser. 

Peters Valley Crafts Education Center: Managing a Contemporary Crafts Center in a Historic District CRM Magazine: Saved from the Dam  Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Issue (Vol. 25 No.3 2002) By former executive director of Peters Valley Kenn Jones.

Using Cell Phones Means Needing Cell Towers (under People: Recreating)

River Road Rehab: an Update (under Places: Cultural Landscapes)

Dingmans Campground: Welcome (back) ! (STG: Summer/Fall 2005 Vol. 27 No. 1) The concession campground within the recreation area reopens after a three-year hiatus. By Ranger Activities Assistant Michele Kuna.

Update on Park Projects (STG: Summer/Fall 2006 Vol. 28 No. 1) Childs Park PA, Valley View Group Campground, NJ Swim Beach and road imporvements. A report from the park's civil engineer. By Bill Leonard, P.E.

Electric Transmission Lines (STG: Summer 2007 Vol. 29 No. 1) A look at proposed NIETC's and their potential impact on the park. By Natural Resources Specialist Kara Deutsch and GIS Specialist Leslie Morlock.

New Kittatinny Point Visitor Center is Open (STG: Summer 2007 Vol. 29 No. 1) New structure replaces 50-year-old facility damaged by floods.

New Jersey Swim Beach (STG: Summer 2007 Vol. 29 No. 1) A report on the planned facility by the park's civil engineer. By Bill Leonard, P.E.

National Parks In Depth on the Web (STG: Summer 2007 Vol. 29 No. 1) Notice of the NPS transfer to the new web system and tips for researching a park topic on the web.

Childs Park - Renewing a Woodland Paradise (GTG: Summer 2011 Vol. 1 No. 1) History of the park site and its planned rehabilitation. BY Supervisory Park Ranger Deb Nordeen.

 

Did You Know?

A young man in colonial uniform, with a musket

... that in the 1750s, the northwest border of New Jersey (now Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area) was a frontier of the English colonies. In the French & Indian (Seven Years) War, a string of forts protected these settlements. The sites of seven of these outposts are in the park. More...