Save the Water Gaps!
Help protect the signature view!
Coalition members will do this individually and collectively through education, publicity, meetng with decision makers, land-planning workshops, or the use of the legal system.
Special attention is given to the Kittatinny Ridge and its associated raptor flyway and the aquatic bird flyway along the river. Housing developments, negative impacts of industrial wind energy plants, and the sale of McCormick's Island are current interests. Cooperation is welcomed from groups with these values and purposes.
Nina Ertel, 289 Riverview Terrace , Dauphin, PA 17018
Ø Its year-round scenic beauty;
Ø It being a crossroads of migration with the intersection of the northeast-to-southwest Kittatinny Ridge Corridor and north-south Susquehanna Flyway;
Ø The world-famous National Appalachian Scenic Trail passing through Middle Paxton Township, across the Susquehanna, then through Duncannon, and Penn Township;
Ø Well-water recharge in the valley from surrounding forested ridges;
Ø The Rockville Bridge, built in 1902, being the longest, multiple-track stone arch railway bridge in the world;
Ø Paddling on the Susquehanna River Water Trail;
Ø Dauphin County’s historic Fort Hunter Park; and
Ø The many wild habitat areas on the ridges, valley lands, and river islands.
Ø The National Park Service having designated the Susquehanna Water Gaps as a Natural National Landmark.
Check out the Susq Water Gaps slideshow at the bottom of this page to learn more!
The "Gaps Region" is actually a series of five gaps in the ridges that were cut by the Susquehanna River. These gaps extend up the river from I-81 north to Liverpool.
The lower Susquehanna Water Gaps from Harrisburg to Duncannon is a particularly scenic region that is threatened with planned housing developments that will permanently alter the beauty and natural resources valued by many generations of Pennsylvanians.
Housing developments have been planned within the region for Marysville (Blue Mountain), Penn Township (Cove Mountain), and Middle Paxton Township (Second Mountain) totaling 1,600 - 2,000 new housing units.
In addition, proposed industrial wind plants nearby threaten migrating birds, water resources, valuable wildlife habitat, and scenic views of the region.
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