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One Plant Recovered, Another Reclassified As Threatened At Death Valley

Forty years after the Eureka Valley evening-primrose and Eureka dune grass at Death Valley National Park's Eureka Dunes were listed as endangered species under the Endangered Species Act, the evening-primrose has been removed entirely from the list while the dune grass has been down-listed to threatened.

Exploring The Parks: Dingmans Falls At Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area

Straddling the New Jersey-Pennsylvania border, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area is a 70,000-acre swath of forests cut by a river, with tributaries flowing in throughout the parkscape. It offers a quick and easy escape from urban areas of the metropolitan New York-New Jersey, as well as from the Philadelphia area.