Conservation fund eyes 4 properties near Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area

January 26, 2013
David Pierce
Pocono Record

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Conservation fund eyes 4 properties near Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area

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Two electrical utilities have created a $66 million "mitigation fund" for the National Park Service as compensation for allowing massive power lines and towers to cross the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area near Bushkill.

A conservation group designated to manage the fund already has negotiated conditional acquisitions of four properties just outside the recreation area, totaling about 300 acres, for a combined $1.3 million, according to court records filed by the park service.