Two-way radios need signal repeaters to work well in most national parks. Protecting repeater sites is part of providing for effective communication during wildland fires and other emergencies. Contractors completed such a project on Mount Minsi in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area in July 2009. TNA Construction, LLC of Bloomfield, Indiana thinned vegetation along the road up to the repeater site, then around the site itself, for a total of five acres.
In November 2006, about eight acres near the park’s Crater Lake repeater site was protected through similar work by Utilities Forestry Services, Inc. of Clearfield, Pennsylvania. The installation is critical infrastructure for the National Park Service and several New Jersey state agencies. The need to better protect the site was identified during a tabletop inter-agency emergency preparedness exercise.
Delaware Water Gap NRA preserves relatively unspoiled land on both the New Jersey and Pennsylvania sides of the Middle Delaware National Scenic River. The river segment flows through the famous gap in the Appalachian Mountains. The park is bordered by extensive wildland intermix development.
Contact: Cliff Lively, Fire Management Officer
Phone: (570) 588-1845
Contact: Tomas Liogys, Prescribed Fire and Fuels Technician
Phone: (570) 429-2429
Contact: Deb Nordeen, Park Ranger/Public Affairs
Phone: (570) 426-2447
*This story supports the National Fire Plan |
