Listening Sessions for Visitor Use Management Plan

The National Park Service (NPS) is undertaking a listening session process as an initial step in the development of a visitor use management plan (the plan) for the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area and Middle Delaware National Scenic and Recreational River (the park). The purpose of the plan is to maximize the ability of the National Park Service to encourage access and protect the park's natural and cultural resources. The planning process will examine current and potential visitor opportunities and develop long-term strategies for providing access, connecting visitors to important experiences, and managing visitor use. As an integral part of the planning process, the National Park Service is asking for your input so that we can gain a better understanding of our visitors and their needs, experiences, and preferences and to help us identify existing or new opportunities to meet those needs while also achieving our mission to preserve and protect resources.

We encourage you to get involved with the process and add your voice to the beginning of the visitor use planning for the park. The National Park Service will host two public listening sessions, and will be providing information on the park to spread the word about this important effort. In addition to the listening sessions, presentations will be posted online. This is the beginning of the input process, and there will be future opportunities to provide additional input. A formal comment period will begin in summer of 2015. You can find out more at: www.nps.gov/dewa/getinvolved/index.htm or
www.facebook.com/DelWaterGapNPS

Topic Questions:

1. What are your favorite things to do at the park?

2. What are the most important experiences and opportunities at the park? and why?

3. What issues and opportunities (including visitor experiences and resource conditions) are the highest priority to address?

4. What are your suggestions to address these issues and opportunities?

Document Content:

Civic Engagement Flyer   (6.8 MB, PDF file) Listening Session Powerpoint Presentation   (7.1 MB, PDF file) Listening Session Powerpoint Presentation with Audio   (28.5 MB, .mp4 file) Poster Boards   (27.7 MB, PDF file) Disclaimer: Links within the above document(s) were valid as of the date published. Note: Some of the files may be in PDF format and can be viewed using the Adobe Acrobat Reader software. You may download a free copy of from Adobe Systems.