Historic Takings in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Historic Takings in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area

Author: David Fazzino

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2022-06-27

Total Pages: 253

ISBN-13: 1793627401

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The Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area (DEWA) is among the busiest National Park Service (NPS) units with millions of annual visitors. In this book, David Fazzino uses oral history and archival work to consider the ramifications of government land takings, done half a century ago to uproot families and communities across 70,000 acres in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Fazzino situates these land takings in historical context to explain the ways places have been taken, both physically and ideologically, in the name of progress, development, wilderness, and recreation. The author contrasts legal valuations, measured along utilitarian and material lines, with lived valuations which account for place as experiential, intimate, personal, and relational. Fazzino also considers the ruins of what was and the remains of past lives in the valley to suggest inclusive possibilities of future management regimes in DEWA and federal public lands more broadly.

Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area

Author: Laura Obiso

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2008-04-28

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 1439620059

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Europeans first settled in what was to become the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area (DWGNRA) in the 17th century. By the late 1800s, the Delaware Water Gap had become a popular vacation spot, attracting thousands to the palatial resorts in the mountains. Rural communities thrived in the valley until the 1960s. The DWGNRA was created in 1965 to oversee activities centered around a reservoir that was to be the result of a dam to be built on the Delaware River at Tocks Island. In anticipation of the dam, the government removed residents by purchasing or condemning property. An environmental and political war raged, and the dam was ultimately defeated. Although several historical sites were lost, many survived and a few have been restored. Today the DWGNRA is one of the countrys most popular parks. Within its boundaries are rugged and beautiful wilderness, historic landmarks, and the wild and scenic Delaware River.

Fruitful Legacy
Fruitful Legacy

Author: Susan Dolan

Publisher: National Park Service Division of Publications

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13:

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Eastern Pennsylvania All-Outdoors Atlas & Field Guide
Eastern Pennsylvania All-Outdoors Atlas & Field Guide

Author: Sportsman's Connection

Publisher: Sportsman's Connection

Published: 2013-09-01

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 1885010761

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Sportsman's Connection's Eastern Pennsylvania All-Outdoors Atlas & Field Guide contains maps created at twice the scale of other road atlases, which means double the detail. And while the maps are sure to be the finest quality you have ever used, the thing that makes this book unique is all the additional information. Your favorite outdoor activities including fishing lakes and streams, hunting, camping, hiking and biking,snowmobiling and off-roading, paddeling, skiing, golfing and wildlife viewing are covered in great depth with helpful editorial and extensive tables, which are all cross-referenced and indexed to the map pages in a way that's fun and easy to use.

Complete National Parks of the United States
Complete National Parks of the United States

Author: Mel White

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 550

ISBN-13: 1426216920

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From New England to Alaska, this 544 page resource is filled with helpful advice, historical background, and practical facts on how to reach scores of park system properties, when to go, and what to do there.