To: Jonathan Jarvis, Director of the United States National Park Service
Jonathan Jarvis reverse the decision by the National Park Service to close Milford Beach and trai...
Dear Jonathan Jarvis,
We the people implore you to reverse the decision by the National Park Service to close Milford Beach and trail in the Delaware Water Gap park. The economy of Milford, Pike County PA will be adversely affected by the decision of the NPS to close Milford Beach, in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. Our town depends on visitors to the park and its recreational amenities like the beach, picnic area, boat launch, canoe access, and the trailhead for the McDade Recreational Trail. Milford is within easy reach of the New York Greater Metropolitan area and a destination for day trips. Revenue and job loss to the local economy will far exceed the few hundred thousand dollars the park claims it will save, in addition to cuts to their local staff. Please help save Milford's identity as a gateway to nature by protecting the basic right to access a National park that is supported by our tax dollars.
Thank you,
Concerned citizens of Milford PA and surrounding areas
We the people implore you to reverse the decision by the National Park Service to close Milford Beach and trail in the Delaware Water Gap park. The economy of Milford, Pike County PA will be adversely affected by the decision of the NPS to close Milford Beach, in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. Our town depends on visitors to the park and its recreational amenities like the beach, picnic area, boat launch, canoe access, and the trailhead for the McDade Recreational Trail. Milford is within easy reach of the New York Greater Metropolitan area and a destination for day trips. Revenue and job loss to the local economy will far exceed the few hundred thousand dollars the park claims it will save, in addition to cuts to their local staff. Please help save Milford's identity as a gateway to nature by protecting the basic right to access a National park that is supported by our tax dollars.
Thank you,
Concerned citizens of Milford PA and surrounding areas
Why is this important?
We live in Milford PA and are concerned about the economy of our town when essential recreational and public land is being shut down by the National Park Service, and agency that is directly under the Minister of the Interior, as a result of sequestration. The amount of money that is cut is marginal compared to the loss cuts loss of revenue to the town and surrounding areas. We urge Jonathan Jarvis to open his eyes to the consequences and find another, less pernicious place to save $250,000.