The National Park Service is seeking written comments to be submitted on the proposed strategy for prioritizing historic properties as well as potential treatment options by the end of March.

Their informational documents include a flowchart showcasing the strategy, as well as a newsletter that describes the strategy and treatment options in a different way.

All materials presented at the public meetings held on March 8th and 9th, 2017, are also available here. 


It is being administered through a partnership with MARCH - Montague's historical society - which also cares for the Nelden-Roberts Stonehouse.

 The Minisink Reformed Church building and the Montague Grange are also properties owned by the National Park Service, and cared for by the Church congregation and the Grange membership. 

 The remaining historic properties in town currently in need of partnerships or alternative proposals, and care through a Historic Property Stewards Volunteer-in-the Park program, are the DeRemer site [house dates to 1872], the Nelden-Hornbeck farm [aka "Roberts Farm", and the Mabel Roberts parcel [house originally known as Clark-Hornbeck].

Comments on the strategy can include input on issues, viability, and suggestions for alternative strategies. The strategy will be used to prioritize historic properties, and how each individual property would be prioritized will be released for public input in late Fall 2017.


A meeting is scheduled today from 6 to 8 p.m. at East Stroudsburg University's Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center, Room 336, 562 Independence Road, near the intersection of Route 209 and 447 and just off Exit 309 of Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania.