Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area: Paleontological resources inventory supplement
Miranda A, Tweet JS, Santucci VL, Deutsch K. 2019. Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area: Paleontological resources inventory supplement. Natural Resource Report. NPS/DEWA/NRR—2019/2026. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area (DEWA) offers scenic views, cultural landscapes, abundant wildlife and recreational activities near densely populated regions of New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. The area offers a rich history of human habitation in the valley boasting several thousand archeological sites spanning nearly 12,000 years. Much of the paleontology in the park has been overlooked since the park’s inception in 1965, although it has been rigorously studied in the past, especially by the New Jersey Geological Survey and the New Jersey State Museum (Parris and Albright 1979, 1980; Parris and Cruikshank 1984). This document serves as a supplement to the paleontological inventory written and published in the fall of 2018 (Miranda et al. 2018). The research involved in this fieldwork included surveying the Camp Hidden Falls, acquired in early 2018 by DEWA, as it had not been studied before. Additional fieldwork was conducted to study the effects of vegetation on fossil localities. Vegetation was found to be a potential factor in the degradation of paleontological localities at DEWA during the summer of 2018. Fieldwork during the fall and winter months is recommended since the vegetation was dead or dormant and investigation would provide comparison between the spring/summer and fall/winter months.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Miranda, Ariana; Tweet, Justin; Santucci, Vincent; Deutsch, Kara
- Date of Issue
- 2019-10
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- DEWA , GRD , NRSS
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Paleontology | Paleontology