Delaware River Greenway Partnership

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The Delaware River Greenway Partnership (DRGP) is a non-profit organization, created in 1989 and located in Stockton, New Jersey, in the historic Prallsville Mills complex. DRGP's mission is to promote cross-river connections and communication, and to preserve and enhance the natural and historic resources of the lower Delaware River in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

History

The Partnership was established in 1989 as an offshoot of the Bucks County Conservancy (now the Heritage Conservancy), a coalition of organizations attempting to protect open space and resources along the Delaware River. In 1989, it led the coalition study of the river which earned the Lower Delaware designation as a Federal Wild and Scenic River. In 2000, in coordination with the National Park Service and the Wild and Scenic Management Committee, it produced and implemented the first Wild and Scenic Management Plan.

Projects

Delaware River Water Trail

The Delaware River Water Trail, which is managed and sponsored by the Partnership, includes guided access points and day use and camping sites for the boating public. It provides trip planning information that considers the river as a whole system, where and how to navigate it safely and appropriately, and how to protect its resources. This water trail covers almost 200 miles of the entire freshwater portion of the Delaware River, from Hancock, New York to Trenton, New Jersey/Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Delaware River Heritage Trail

The Delaware River Heritage Trail will be, upon completion, a 60-mile multi-use loop through cultural and natural resources along the upper portion of the Delaware River estuary. With funding from National Park Service and the William Penn Foundation, DRGP and a bi-state advisory committee of government and non-profit representatives, have outlined the initial route linking 24 communities from Trenton to Palmyra, New Jersey on the New Jersey side, and from Morrisville to the Tacony neighborhood of Philadelphia on the Pennsylvania side. In 2013, Burlington County, New Jersey completed the first three-mile segment of the trail from Bordentown to Fieldsboro. Development of Camden County's segments of the trail and a 6-mile bicycle path in Bensalem, Pennsylvania is underway; this will create a continuous trail with a new route to the Delaware River Waterfront. .

Delaware River Scenic Byway

The Partnership is the host non-profit organization for the Delaware River Scenic Byway project, which gained National Scenic Byway status in 2012, the first in the state of New Jersey. It runs along Route 29 along the Delaware River from Trenton, New Jersey and travels through the historic riverside towns of Titusville, Lambertville, Stockton and Raven Rock, ending at Frenchtown, passing through the Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park, the Delaware River Mill Society, the Howell Living History Farm and the Old Barracks Museum.

Affiliations

References

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http://delawareriverwatertrail.org
http://www.delrivgreenway.org/heritagetrail/
"Trail Route, Problems Are Clarified The Delaware River Heritage Trail Would Offer 25 Miles For Walking And Biking. Property Owners Have Some Concerns." Philadelphia Inquirer Feb 23, 2000 Newsbank
http://www.delawareriverscenicbyway.org
National Scenic Byways in the New York Metro Area -..New York Times Aug 4, 2011 NYTimes Archived 2017-02-20 at the Wayback Machine

External links

Delaware River and Delaware Bay

Geography

Regions	Delaware Delaware Valley Delaware River Region Lenapehoking Minisink Skylands Region
Parks	Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge Cape Henlopen State Park Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Delaware Canal State Park Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Fort Delaware State Park Fort Delaware Fort DuPont Fort Mott Fox Point State Park Glen Foerd Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River Neshaminy State Park Penn Treaty Park Pennsbury Manor Pennypack Park Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge Spruce Street Harbor Park Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River Washington's Crossing Washington Crossing Historic Park Washington Crossing State Park Zane Grey Museum
Canals	Cape May Canal Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Delaware Canal Delaware and Hudson Canal Delaware and Raritan Canal Intracoastal Waterway Lehigh Canal Leiper Canal Lewes and Rehoboth Canal Morris Canal
Islands	Artificial Island Bull's Island Burlington Island Carpenter's Island Hendrick Island Little Tinicum Island Petty Island Pea Patch Island Reedy Island Shawnee Island Treasure Island
Landmarks	Camden Waterfront Cape Henlopen Cape May Delaware Water Gap Finns Point Foul Rift Hawk's Nest Penn's Landing Port of Camden Port of Paulsboro Port of Philadelphia Port of Salem Port of Wilmington SS United States Tri-States Monument
Road and rail	Belvidere and Delaware River Railway Columbus Boulevard Delaware River Scenic Byway New York State Route 97 Old Mine Road Pennsylvania Route 32 River Line

History and culture

Organizations

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