Delaware River Could Become a National Park

y KYW's David Madden

How does the idea of making the Delaware River a National Park hit you? There’s an effort afoot to make that happen over the next few years. It started with a meeting in Camden Friday morning.

The idea, designate the river from Trenton south to the bay a National Recreation Area, starts with a formal request made to the Park Service by two members of Congress around here: Rob Andrews and Allyson Schwartz:

But in the end, it takes an act of Congress and a presidential signature to make it happen. Now, before you ask how can you have a park that big tankers go through, Patrick Starr with the Pennsylvania Environmental Council points to other places that have pulled it off:

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