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- DAMASCUS -- A National Park Service (NPS) operated radio station will begin broadcasting this spring to a two-mile radius, from a transmitter placed at the intersection of Routes 97 and 42 in Sparrowbush, acting chief interpretive ranger Mitzi Frank announced at a meeting of the Upper Delaware River Safety Committee on April 8th.
- A two-minute information about private landownership and other unique features of the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River will be targeted to motorists entering the valley, Frank said. The repetitive message will be transmitted at 1610 on the AM dial, and may be changed periodically via telephone from NPS headquarters in Damascus Township.
- The underground transmitter, called a "traveler's information system," will send its signals from. an antenna sitting atop a telephone pole, Frank said. Announced last fall, the broadcast was initially planned to reach a six-mile radius.
- The system costs $4200. Its license must be renewed annually by the Federal Communications Commission. The land in question is owned by the NYS Department of Transportation.
- Another technological advance on the Upper Delaware will be the installation of a traffic counter at the Roebling Bridge to measure visitor use, according to Frank.
- Jules Robinson, of Wild & Scenic River Tours in. Barryville, objected to a new NPS method of counting recreationists on the river as not adequately covering the southern end. Under the new method, dyer users will be counted at the Skinners Fails and Lackawaxen accesses only, rather than at all nine as has been done for the last 10 years.
- Frank said the new method Will not be implemented until after it is approved by the NPS' Denver, 'Service Center, perhaps as late as next year.
- In another matter, south district ranger Mike Reuber announced to livery operators that free safety decals are now available. The self-adhesive triangular stickers are designed for placement in canoes. "Free of charge, we are more than happy to deliver them -- as long as you promise to post them," Reuber said.
- In other business, the committee: announced a camp counselor canoe safety workshop on June 23; solicited nominations for annual safety awards; discussed NPS and livery staffing for the 1988 season; noted existence of employment vacancies on livery safety patrols; announced National Canoe Safety Patrol volunteers will provide weekday training to NPS and livery water-safety personnel this summer, heard a report on rent negotiations between the Delaware Community Center and- NYS Department of Environmental Conservation over the Callicoon access; announced an Upper Delaware promotion by Duff May Co.; discussed canoeists who trespass on private land; and heard a report on the planned creation of canoe-in campsites in Westfall Township by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources.
Related external links
- Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River
- Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
- New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
- A two-minute information about private landownership and other unique features of the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River will be targeted to motorists entering the valley, Frank said. The repetitive message will be transmitted at 1610 on the AM dial, and may be changed periodically via telephone from NPS headquarters in Damascus Township.
Thursday, April 16, 1987.
By TOM RUE
"WNPS" to broadcast