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4 people are interested
DEWA Volunteer Trail Stewards
ORGANIZATION: Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
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4 people are interested
Opportunity Summary:
Help celebrate 2016 and the National Park Service's Centennial year by joining up to volunteer and become part of an elite highly skilled trails crews working one weekend a month on trails in the park.
Opportunity Description:
The Delaware Water Gap Volunteer Trail Steward program invites you to join up for to help in the park for the NPS Centennial year of 2016. Volunteers team up to complete essential trail improvements. One weekend a month during the work season, the crew will meet to work on projects ranging anywhere from constructing water diversions and removing hazardous obstacles to building bridges and creating new trail. We promise lots of fun, rewarding work, fresh air and new friends!
The goals of the DEWA Volunteer Trail Stewards are to develop a highly trained crew that can be developed over the season by learning proper techniques and skills.
This year there will also be an opportunity to stay overnight during the work weekend in the park either at a primitive campsite along the Delaware River, or in the park at the Pocono Environmental Education Center (PEEC).
More opportunities with Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Location:
1978 River Road, Bushkill, PA 18324, US
Mission Statement
The National Park Service preserves unimpaired the natural and cultural resources and values of the national park system for the enjoyment, education, and inspiration of this and future generations.
The Park Service cooperates with partners to extend the benefits of natural and cultural resource conservation and outdoor recreation throughout this country and the world.
Description
The Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area encompasses 67,000 acres of mountain ridge, forest, and floodplain on both sides of the Delaware River in the states of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Forty miles of the Middle Delaware River are within the park, as well as trout streams, lakes, ponds, and some of the highest waterfalls of either state. The park is home to black bear, timber rattlesnakes, bald eagles, and, recently, nesting peregrine falcons. Ecosystems include hemlock ravines with bountiful rhodendron and ridgetops with prickly pear cactus.
Though set aside as an area for outdoor recreation, the land of this park is also rich in history. A number of structures remain from early Dutch settlement and the colonial contact period. The entire region was a frontier of the French & Indian War. Historic rural villages from the 18th and 19th centuries remain intact on the New Jersey side, and landscapes of past settlements are scattered throughout the park.
In the 19th century, the village of Delaware Water Gap was a focus of the early resort industry fostered by the railroads. Even today the region is known for its vacation appeal.
The proposal to dam the Delaware River near today's Smithfield Beach brought the region and its inhabitants into another era of American history -- the conservation and environmental movements of the 1960s and later.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area1978 River RoadBushkill, PA 18324
DATE POSTED
May 21, 2016
SKILLS
- Problem Solving
- Multi-Tasking
- Critical Thinking
- People Skills
- Outdoor Recreation
- Habitat Restoration
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 18
- One weekend a month