The final days

We are down to the final days — until midnight Friday — to register your comments with the National Park Service as to the impacts of new or expanded power line crossings of the Delaware River and the Appalachian Trail.

Things to consider in your comments include: the impact on scenic resources and viewsheds (like a watershed, but in reference to the view); the impact on natural plant and wildlife resources; the impact on protected sites like the Delaware River or species, like the bald eagle. Another possible aspect is the impact on socioeconomic resources. In any case, PLEASE comment before midnight Friday.

To see the Park Service background page on the project, which also has links to a raft of other resources, GO HERE. Among other documents, the Park Service has prepared a thorough ‘scoping newsletter’ (pdf link from this page; 2.2 megs).

Again, read the background. Get involved. Comment.

Here’s what you can do now:  

• Call our congressman (Rep. Chris Carney) and senators (Sen. Casey and Sen. Specter).
• View the NPS documents on the project.
• Comment to the NPS (use the link in upper right when you open the page).
• If you’d like to help, or have other questions, email us.