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    Delaware Water Gap

    National Recreation Area NJ,PA

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Feature Pages on Animals

Beaver moving smoothly through water
Best paddle on the river: the American Beaver.
NPS Photo by Dan Mohr.
 

Most of these features were first published in the park's newsletter, Spanning the Gap, (STG). For related pages in this website, look up the feature by year under:
NEWS: Park Newspaper-Archive of Back Issues of STG, by year

 

Animals
Winter Survival (STG: Fall & Winter 1989 Vol. 11 No. 3) How animals survive the winter.

Amphibians
Cover Me! "Nights of Migrating Dangerously" end as the park closes River Road to protect amphibians (STG: Spring 2003 Vol. 25 No. 1) The closing of River Road during amphibian migration season.

Birds
Eagles Along the Delaware (STG: Winter 1983 Vol. 6 No. 3) A brief guide to eagle watching.
The Elusive Wild Turkey (STG: Spring 1984 Vol. 7 No. 1) Re-introducing and hunting the species..
Hawk Migration (STG: Fall 1988 Vol. 10 No. 3) Watching the migration in the park.
Watching T.V. (STG: Summer 1992 Vol. 14, No. 2) Turkey vultures in the recreation area.
Catch a Wave (STG: Spring 1994 Vol. 16, No. 1) The springtime migration of warblers in the recreation area.
Wintering Eagles at the Gap (STG: Spring 1999 Vol. 21, No. 4) Where to look for eagles..

Fish
Shad Run (STG Spring 1989 Vol. 11 No. 1) The comeback life of this Delaware River fish.
Eating the Fish (safety page)

Insects
The Gypsy Moths Are Here (STG: Spring 1990 Vol. 11, No. 4) On the arrival of gypsy moth infestation in the recreation area.
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid. (STG: Fall & Winter 1992 Vol. 14, No. 3) The arrival of HWA hemlock woolly adelgid in the recreation area.
What's in that Tree? (STG: Fall/Winter 1993/1994 Vol. 15, No. 3) Fall webworms and their effect on the recreation area.
Mosquitoes | Ticks (safety pages)

Mammals
The Black Bear (STG: Spring, Summer and Fall 1993 Vol. 15, Nos. 1, 2 and 3) A three-part account of the black bear's activities through the seasons.
50 Years of Fire Prevention (STG: Spring 1994 Vol. 16, No. 1) A look at Smokey Bear on the 50th anniversary of his creation.
Black Bears/Los Osos Negros (safety page)

Reptiles
Snakes and Sense (safety page)

 

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Did You Know?

Sketch of a dam with forests on the river banks.

... that the reservoir of the proposed Tocks Island Dam would have inundated 30 miles of the Delaware River and 30,000 acres of its river valley (now part of Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.) The defeat of the dam was an early victory of the environmental movement in this country. More...