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Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River
Highland River Access
- Type: Place
The Highland River Access is a public river access for the Delaware River located in Minisink Ford, in between Lackawaxen, PA and Barryville, NY. It is owned by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation. This is a canoe/kayak access only.
Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River
Skinners Falls River Access
- Type: Place
The Skinners Falls River Access is a public river access for the Delaware River located near Milanville, PA adjacent to the Skinners Falls Bridge. It is owned by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation. This is a canoe/kayak access only. Please note the Skinners Falls Bridge is closed to all traffic at this time.
Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River
Damascus River Access
- Type: Place
The Damascus River Access is a public river access for the Delaware River located in Damascus, PA adjacent to the Cochecton-Damascus Bridge. It is owned by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission. This access is open for canoes, kayaks, and other non-motorized boats.
Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River
Darbytown River Access
- Type: Place
The Darbytown River Access is a public river access for the Delaware River located near Narrowsburg, NY across the river in Darbytown, PA. It is owned by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission. This access is open for canoes, kayaks, and other non-motorized boats. Motorized boats can be launched at this access.
Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River
Zane Grey (Lackawaxen) River Access
- Type: Place
The Zane Grey River Access, also known as the Lackawaxen River Access, is a public river access for the Delaware River located in Lackawaxen, PA. It is owned by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission. Motorized boats can be launched at this access.
Independence National Historical Park
PA Gradual Abolition of Slavery Act - March 1, 1780
- Type: Article
In 1780 the Pennsylvania Assembly passed the Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery into law. It was the first of several legislative enactments to abolish slavery in the states between 1780 and 1804. The act stated, “every Negro and Mulatto child born within the state after the passing of the Act would be free upon reaching age twenty-eight.”
Reconstruction Era National Historical Park
How Freedom Came to Big Pa
- Type: Article
“How Freedom Came to Big Pa” was published in the April 1916 issue of The Southern Workman and was written by Grace House, a principal of the Penn School. The essay shares Prince Polite's account of attending the Emancipation Day Celebration at Camp Saxton with his grandfather, "Big Pa", on January 1, 1863.
Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River
Buckingham River Access
- Type: Place
The Buckingham River Access is a public river access for the Delaware River located near Equinunk, PA. It is owned by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission. This access is open for canoes, kayaks, and other non-motorized boats.
- Type: Article
All across the park system, scientists, rangers, and interpreters are engaged in the important work of studying, protecting, and sharing our rich fossil heritage. Park Paleontology news provides a close up look at the important work of caring for these irreplaceable resources.
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- Celebrate National Fossil Day with events across the nation
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During the 1930s, public works programs helped uncover paleontological resources at numerous parks. Projects at Big Bend National Park, Dinosaur National Monument, the former Fossil Cycad National Monument, and Grand Canyon National Park are highlighted here from the many stories.
- Type: Article
Currently, there is no standardization for paleontological resource information between park units. To address this, the Intermountain Regional Office, the NPS Paleontology Program, and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area have been working to develop a database to manage geospatial information.
- Type: Article
John Boyd Thacher State Park National Natural Landmark in eastern New York is one of the newest NNLs. It is notable for its extensive middle Paleozoic stratigraphic section and the many invertebrate fossils found in the rocks, both of which have been studied since the early 19th century, making it a noteworthy scientific and historic site.
- Type: Article
Big Bend National Park preserves an important fossil record spanning the Cretaceous / Paleogene boundary. Both marine and terrestrial strata preserve a diversity of vertebrates, invertebrates, plants and trace fossils. A recent inventory of NPS fossil plants from across the national parks includes the important fossil record of flora from Big Bend National Park.
- Type: Article
This year, for the first time, the NPS hired a shared paleontologist to support multiple parks in the same region. Dr. Aubrey Bonde was selected as the Southern Network Paleontologist to support five parks throughout Southern Nevada and California.
New Mammal Fossils from Glacier National Park Shed Light on the Rocky Mountains 28 Million Years Ago
- Type: Article
Glacier National Park in northwest Montana is known for its rich fossil record of plants, insects, mollusks, and fish, but also mammals from the Eocene. In a recent publication, a team of scientists describes the first Oligocene-aged fossil mammals, the youngest fossil mammals ever discovered in the park.
- Type: Article
This is a series of lesson plans about the WWII home front, focused on Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a World War II Heritage City. The lesson contains primary and secondary sources readings, photographs, statistics and other resources, as well as questions for students to consider. The lessons highlight specific contributions of the people of Pittsburgh, and they connect to the larger themes and understanding of the US home front during wartime.
- Type: Article
Dinosaur fossils have been discovered at or are associated with at least 27 NPS units. Geographically, their finds are concentrated in the parks of the Colorado Plateau, but they have been found from central Alaska to Big Bend National Park in Texas to Springfield Armory National Historic Site in Massachusetts. The most famous site is the Dinosaur Quarry of Dinosaur National Monument, but a rush of new finds since the 1970s has greatly expanded our knowledge.
- Type: Article
Each park-specific page in the NPS Geodiversity Atlas provides basic information on the significant geologic features and processes occurring in the park.
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
Ruthann Knudson
- Type: Person
Ruthann Knudson was an archeologist who specialized in Paleoindian studies. She touched seemingly every aspect of American archeology, often simultaneously and with great energy. She taught at colleges and universities; worked for private companies and federal agencies; participated on professional and local societies, boards, and commissions; published reports and articles; and furthermore was an extraordinary artist, flint knapper, advocate for women, and friend.
Gettysburg National Military Park
Veteran and Boy at the Pennsylvania Memorial Then & Now
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This photograph from the 50th Anniversary in 1913 provides a closer look at the bronze tablets lining the base of the Pennsylvania Memorial. The veteran pointing to his name on one of the tablets is Francis A. Culin, a sergeant of the 68th PA Infantry, Company F. A boy, perhaps his grandson, poses in the photograph next to him.