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    Delaware Water Gap

    National Recreation Area NJ,PA

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Park Newsletter: Spanning the Gap (STG)

Spanning the Gap (1983-2007)

Spanning the Gap was a multi-page park newsletter produced and distributed through the Division of Visitor Services, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. The goal of Spanning the Gap was to educate visitors and neighbors about the recreation area's resources, events, and issues.

Spanning the Gap was published continuously from 1983 through 2007. From 1993 through 1995, it was printed in black-and-white folded newspaper format, with 4 to 8 pages and as many as a half-dozen features, some long and some very brief. From 1996 through 2007 it was printed in a two-color 8 1/2-by-11 newsletter format, with 8 to 12 pages, one in-depth feature article, and one to four briefer articles.

Spanning the Gap Features from 1983 to 2004 inclusive have been converted to pdf files and placed on line. During conversion, these features were updated and amplified with additional and color images that were not included with the original printed version of the text. Spanning the Gap Features from 2005 to the present appear on-line as pdf files created directly from the two-color print copy. Additional material for these features may contain color images.

 

Ways to find a feature story from past issues of Spanning the Gap

• Use the on-line search engine at the top right of the web page
• Search by topic under History & Culture or Nature & Science, or the Quick Index
• If you know the approximate date of a feature, you can browse the Quick Index, or
search by year under Features from Back Issues.

Did You Know?

Sketch of a shiny, silvery, oval shaped fish with smallish fins

... that shad have made a comeback in the Delaware River, due to pollution control. This member of the herring family lives its adult life in the ocean, but travels up rivers and streams to spawn. Each spring, anglers follow the "shad run" up the Delaware River to catch these hard-fighting fish. More...