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Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River is one of nine parks in the Eastern Rivers and Mountains Network which is part of a nation-wide effort of the National Park Service to generate scientifically sound information on the changing conditions of park ecosystems. Each year, our scientists hike extensively throughout the parks stopping to collect information for the long-term monitoring programs listed below. Back at the office they analyze data and share the information with park managers to help them better understand how to best preserve park ecosystems for future generations.
To learn more about these programs and key findings, choose from the options below.
Long-term Monitoring Programs
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River Water QualityWater quality characteristics are critical to understanding, protecting, and improving the fundamental condition of aquatic ecosystems.
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Invasive PlantsParks monitor and manage invasive plants to protect important biodiversity and historic places.
Articles
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- Locations: Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River
- Offices: Geologic Resources Division
Each park-specific page in the NPS Geodiversity Atlas provides basic information on the significant geologic features and processes occurring in the park.
- Locations: Hopewell Culture National Historical Park, Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site, Horseshoe Bend National Military Park, Hot Springs National Park, Hovenweep National Monument, more »
- Offices: Appalachian Highlands Inventory & Monitoring Network, Arctic Inventory & Monitoring Network, Central Alaska Inventory & Monitoring Network, Chihuahuan Desert Inventory & Monitoring Network, Cumberland Piedmont Inventory & Monitoring Network, more »
To steward amphibians effectively, managers need basic information about which species live in parks. But species lists need constant maintenance to remain accurate. Due to recent efforts, the National Park Service now has an up-to-date amphibian species checklist for almost 300 parks. This information can serve as the basis for innumerable conservation efforts across the nation.
- Locations: Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River
- Offices: Eastern Rivers and Mountains Inventory & Monitoring Network
Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River had a near record-setting year for temperature. Total precipitation was also well above normal. The year ended as the 2nd warmest and 13th wettest on record.
- Locations: Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River
- Offices: Eastern Rivers and Mountains Inventory & Monitoring Network
The Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River experienced a very warm 2022 though total precipitation was closer to normal. In all, the year ranked as the 18th warmest and 49th wettest on record (since 1895).
- Locations: Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River
- Offices: Eastern Rivers and Mountains Inventory & Monitoring Network
In all, 2021 was a very warm year on the upper Delaware with total annual precipitation that was also above normal. The year ended as the 5th warmest and 23rd wettest on record.
- Locations: Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River
- Offices: Eastern Rivers and Mountains Inventory & Monitoring Network
In all, 2020 was very warm year on the upper Delaware but total annual precipitation was near normal. The year ended as the 3rd warmest and 60th wettest on record.
- Locations: Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River
- Offices: Inventory and Monitoring Division
The year 2019 was the 21st wettest and 24th warmest recorded at the park since 1895.
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Park Species Lists
Species lists are available from NPSpecies, the National Park Service's tool for documenting park biodiversity. Keep in mind that these species lists are a work-in-progress. Changes and updates are made as more species are shepherded through a rigorous vetting process. The absence of a species from a list produced with the tool below doesn't necessarily mean the species is absent from a park.
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Reports & Publications
Find in-depth information on natural resources in Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River at the links below.
Source: Data Store Collection 4304 (results presented are a subset). To search for additional information, visit the Data Store.
Source: Data Store Collection 4298 (results presented are a subset). To search for additional information, visit the Data Store.
Source: Data Store Collection 4299 (results presented are a subset). To search for additional information, visit the Data Store.
Source: Data Store Collection 4303 (results presented are a subset). To search for additional information, visit the Data Store.
Source: Data Store Collection 4301 (results presented are a subset). To search for additional information, visit the Data Store.
Source: Data Store Collection 4300 (results presented are a subset). To search for additional information, visit the Data Store.
Source: Data Store Collection 4302 (results presented are a subset). To search for additional information, visit the Data Store.
Citizen Science Opportunities
Bird observations from eBird
Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River has one or more “birding hotspots” set up in eBird. Help the park record bird data by adding your bird observations to the appropriate hotspot when you visit the park.
Species observations from iNaturalist
Last updated: November 17, 2021