National park, power companies pact goes beyond a land deal

But there are two interesting elements to this.

One is that, although the decision came from the National Park Service offices superseding the local national park, it reflects the vision of Superintendent John Donahue of the DWGNRA. Donahue had said at the Pocono Record offices in a meeting last year that his dream was to acquire adjacent parkland on both sides of the Delaware River, which would change the classification from a national recreation area to a national park.