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Proposal Opposition

NJ Congressmen Josh Gottheimer & Tom Kean
Assemblywoman Dawn Fantasia
Assemblyman Mike Inganamort
NJ State Senator Parker Space
NJ State Senator Steinhardt
Former Assemblyman Wirths
Former PA Congressman Cartwright
PA State Senator Lisa Baker
PA State Rep Jeff Olsommer
Former PA State Rep Joe Adams
PA State Rep Tara Probst
PA State Rep Maureen Madden
PA Senator Rosemary Brown
Turtle Clan of Ramapough Lenape
Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania
Delaware Riverkeepers Network
NJ Outdoor Alliance
PA Federation of Sportsmen
NJ Federation of Sportsmen
Orange County Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs
Bergen County Federation of Sportsmens Club

Proposal Opposition

Pennsylvania Farm Bureau
Delaware River Shad Fishermens Association
Lehigh Valley Chapter of Safari Club International
Hercules Rod & Gun Club
Backroads Motorcycle Touring Magazine
Pike County Planning Comm.
Aquashicola-Pohopoco Watershed Conservancy
Overlook Fish & Game Assoc.
Sand Hill Band of Lenape and Cherokee Indians (NY, NJ, PA)

Attend Your Local Meetings

Opposition to the Delaware River National Park and Lenape Preserve Alliance didn’t fall out of the sky. We attended local meetings, spoke our legislators and provided accurate information. We gained the support of sporting, environmental and civic groups. WE are a team and each of us has a voice. We urge you to speak up and speak out.
NO NATIONAL PARK!

NJ Opposing Resolutions

Sussex & Warren County, NJ
Montague Township, NJ
Andover Borough, NJ
Andover Township, NJ
Fredon Township, NJ
Sandyston Township, NJ
Hampton Township, NJ
Lafayette Township, NJ
Stillwater Township, NJ
Frankford Township, NJ
Franklin Borough, NJ
Sussex Borough, NJ
Green Township, NJ
Sparta Township, NJ
Byram Township, NJ
Frelinghuysen Township, NJ
Liberty Township, NJ
Mansfield Township, NJ
Boards of Education—Kittatinny, Hampton, Montague, Sandyston Schools

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PA Opposing Resolutions

Shohola Township, PA
Porter Township, PA
Delaware Township, PA
Lehman Township, PA
Dingmans Township, PA
Milford Township, PA
Pocono Mount. Lake Est., PA
Conashaugh Lake Assoc., PA
Blooming Grove Township, PA
Boro of Delaware Water Gap, PA

What is the ALLIANCE?

The push for the national park designation comes from the Delaware River National Park and Lenape Preserve Alliance. You can read the proposal for change on the website ourpark.org. The author of the proposal is John Donohue, former NPS superintendent of DWGNRA.

Here are the proposal benefits we see:

What Does This Mean??

“Forest To Field Conversion” From the World Wildlife Fund, (edited)
“Forest conversion involves the replacement of natural forests with other forms of land use. Often it is a process of gradual forest degradation, which may begin with removal of valuable timber and eventually lead to clearing of the land for plantations, crops, pasture, industry or urban settlement. The conversion of forests can impose severe environmental and social costs, including loss of biodiversity due to destruction and fragmentation of natural habitats, water shortages, loss of natural vegetation where fires used to clear land burn uncontrollably into surrounding communities. The driving forces behind forest conversion vary and are often interrelated. These same drivers often create incentives to log and sell the valuable timber out of natural forests and then convert the area to land uses that offer higher short term revenue streams than sustainable forest management. Without significant changes in policy and practice, forest conversion is likely to continue to pose a major threat to forest and freshwater ecosystem.”

From Client earth
“The main cause of forest conversion is the growing demand for land for infrastructure and urbanization, or to produce agricultural commodities and mineral resources.”

The Big WHY?

We don’t know because no one’s talking.
Local officials have requested environmental, agricultural, economic and traffic impact studies from the Alliance. Those requests remain unanswered. The benefits stated in the original and revised proposals are unfounded. There’s no data, only suppositions and an incredible statement that the millions of residents in the New York area need a national park. There is no reason, no purpose, no need for a national park. DEWA is already protected under the NPS Wild & Scenic Rivers Act. Leave it be.

ALLIANCE Supporters

The ourpark.org website lists the following as supporters of the proposal. Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape (Bridgeton, NJ) Appalachian Mountain Club PennEnvironment NewJerseyEnvironment New Jersey Highlands Coalition Sierra Club Atlantic chapter (Albany, NY)Sierra Club of Pennsylvania We’ve emailed, sent letters, made phone calls and some of these folks will talk to us. They won’t or can’t defend their position.

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NJ Legislation!!

New Jersey Assemblywoman Fantasia, Assemblyman Inganamort and Senator Space have sponsored opposing resolutions. In the Assembly, AR133 and SR93 in the Senate oppose the Delaware River National Park and Lenape Preserve Alliance’s proposal to change the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area’s designation to a national park and preserve. The resolutions also prevent attempts from any organization or group to change the designation. We urge all NJ residents to contact their representatives in Trenton and ask them to support AR133 and SR33. Please follow us on FaceBook for updates.

Our Goal
To prevent the efforts of any group or organization to change the designation of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area to that of a National Park.
To preserve, protect and promote responsible resource management and diversity of recreational opportunities within DWGNRA.

Delaware Water Gap Defense Fund
3 Maple Lane ~ Layton, NJ 07851
Nonationalpark2030@gmail.com
Www.nonationalpark.org

Delaware
Water Gap
Defense Fund

NO
National Park
And Lenape preserve

New Jersey Congressman Josh Gottheimer added amendment #125 to Appropriations bill HR8998. On July 25th HR8998 passed in the House of Representatives.
This important amendment prohibits the designation of DEWA to a national park. The next step is passage in the Senate. We urge you to follow us on FaceBook for more information and updates HR8998.
We always say we have a voice!
YOU have a voice!
Never doubt that ! We have been heard!