Wild and Scenic Rivers
Lower Delaware River Wild and Scenic
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Wild and Scenic Municipalities
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- NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
- National Wild and Scenic River System
- Designated Wild and Scenic Rivers
Lower Delaware Partnership
Lower Delaware River
NPS Lower Delaware
- Designation: Legislation to designate 66 miles of the lower Delaware River and three tributaries (Tinicum, Tohickon, and Paunacussing Creeks) was approved in October 2000
- Middle Delaware - Delaware Water Gap
Upper Delaware River - Upper Delaware
Lower Delaware Management Plan Executive Summary - Overview: The lower Delaware River possesses a great diversity of significant resources. A high density of population and recreational opportunities combine with a wealth of natural, cultural, and historic features of national significance. The river valley contains habitats that do not occur elsewhere in the region. For example, there are sheer cliffs that rise 400 feet above the river. Southern facing cliffs are desert-like and home to prickly pear cactus. North-facing cliffs exhibit flora and fauna usually found only in arctic-alpine climates. The river itself provides habitat for American shad, striped bass, and river herring. The river is an important component of the Atlantic Flyway, one of four major waterfowl routes in North America. From an historic viewpoint, the river is one of the most significant corridors in the nation. The corridor contains buildings used during Washington's famous crossing, historic navigation canals, Native American and colonial era archaeological sites and mills. Just as important is the magnificent scenery in the river corridor.
- DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION
- Water quality and flow management and regulation - Biological issues (i.e., fisheries).
- DELAWARE RIVER GREENWAY PARTNERSHIP
- Land use and open space preservation issues - Education and outreach - Municipal contacts and notification - Bi-annual river management report - Coordinate partner issues (government, business, non-profit) - Lead contact for river concerns - Convenes Management and Citizen Committees
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| Pennsylvania Rivers Conservation Program | U.S. CODE Collection |
| Map: National Wild and Scenic Rivers System |
Delaware River Scenic Byway
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TITLE 16 > CHAPTER 28 > § 1274
§ 1274. Component rivers and adjacent lands
(a) Designation
The following rivers and the land adjacent thereto are hereby designated as components of the national wild and scenic rivers system:
(165) Lower delaware river and associated tributaries, new jersey and pennsylvania.—
(A) The 65.6 miles of river segments in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, consisting of—
(i) the segment from river mile 193.8 to the northern border of the city of Easton, Pennsylvania (approximately 10.5 miles), as a recreational river;
(ii) the segment from a point just south of the Gilbert Generating Station to a point just north of the Point Pleasant Pumping Station (approximately 14.2 miles), as a recreational river;
(iii) the segment from the point just south of the Point Pleasant Pumping Station to a point 1,000 feet north of the Route 202 bridge (approximately 6.3 miles), as a recreational river;
(iv) the segment from a point 1,750 feet south of the Route 202 bridge to the southern border of the town of New Hope, Pennsylvania (approximately 1.9 miles), as a recreational river;
(v) the segment from the southern boundary of the town of New Hope, Pennsylvania, to the town of Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania (approximately 6 miles), as a recreational river;
The Delaware River is the longest free flowing river east of the Mississippi River.
The Delaware River has the longest water quality anti degradation policy of any river in the United States of America.