TRR photo by Tom Kane Stones and gravel clog the mouth of Ten Mile River. (Click for larger image)

By TOM KANE

NARROWSBURG - Waters that gushed from rivers and streams during the August 11 storm that hit the Towns of Cochecton and Tusten have created two gravel bars - like sand bars - in the Delaware River.

One bar is at the mouth of Ten Mile River and the other at a stream near the old Nobody railroad station, near the Campfield eel weir, about a mile north of Narrowsburg on the New York side.

"It's not bad enough to hinder the navigation of boats in the river," said National Park Service (NPS) Superintendent Cal Hite.

Hite said he contacted the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers but they turned down a visit to the two locations. "I guess they felt that it was not a serious enough problem," Hite said. If the bars remain after next winter's ice flow perhaps they may have a look, he said.

"Mother Nature put it there and I guess Mother Nature may have to remove it," Hite said.

Earlier in the week, NPS removed several large felled trees because they threatened canoers.