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Late afternoon at the Delaware Water Gap
Last month, the Pennsylvania chapter of the Sierra Club announced that it, along with the New Jersey chapter, was reviving an effort to have the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area upgraded to full national park status.
Not a single national park sits within New Jersey, Pennsylvania or New York, and yet the three states are home to some 40 million Americans nearly 13% of the U.S. population. Additionally, over 60 million people live within a three-hour drive of the Delaware Water Gap region.
There are many national park “units” in the tri-state region, but they fall into other classifications and management schemes. Delaware Water Gap, as well as Gateway, are “national recreation areas,” because they were established beside bodies of water, where activities like swimming, boating and fishing can be done. The Pinelands is a “national reserve,” meaning it was cre
How did we get here and how do we stop the NJDOT from wasting our tax dollar on this boondoggle?
We may have found the source of the controversy over the I-80Rockfall Project. We also found that we are not alone, as a similar pattern appears with other rockfall projects in Hunterdon County.
They seem to be getting twisted up trying to justify the unjustifiable, explain the inexplicable and fix the unfixable. It appears NJDOT may have violated their own policy and procedures related to scope development, community involvement and the limited scope provision.
The only solution is for these projects to start over!
(Fotos: Manuel López)
San Salvador Atenco.- Desde el fondo de una grieta en los ejidos colindantes al extinto Nuevo Aeropuerto Internacional de la Ciudad de México (
NAICM), Don Jorge, de 73 años, aún recuerda lo que fue el esplendor del Lago de
Texcoco. Pescado blanco, amarillo, acocil, ranas y ajolotes eran animales que se daban aquí en estos lagos, pero que ya todo se perdió , dice.
Hasta hace unos años, en esta zona en el oriente del Valle de México, los comuneros de San Salvador Atenco y sus alrededores podían encontrar alimento para sostener las largas jornadas en el campo.
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