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Local advocates tell commissioners to oppose Delaware Water Gap redesignation
Summary
A representative of the Delaware Water Gap Defense Fund thanked the county for earlier support and said House resolution 1444 was submitted July 21 to oppose redesignating the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area as a National Park and Preserve.
Sandy Hall of Sandeston Township used public comment time to report that House resolution 1444 was submitted July 21 to the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee opposing a proposal to redesignate the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area as a National Park and Preserve.
Hall said the Delaware Water Gap Defense Fund formed to oppose the change and thanked Sussex County for earlier support, noting bipartisan congressional sponsors and hundreds of thousands of supporters on social media. "You guys were like one of the first to sign an opposing resolution, and you've been with us from the beginning," Hall said, thanking the commissioners for their past actions.
The board received the comment during the non-agenda public comment period; no additional action was taken at that meeting.
