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Delaware Canal State Park has a new leader.
Devin Buzard, 35, the former manager of the Gifford Pinchot State Park Complex in York and Lancaster counties, was named the manager of the 60-mile Delaware Canal State Park that stretches from Lower Bucks Bucks County to Northampton County last week in an announcement from Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn.
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“After beginning his Bureau of State Parks career in 2011, working as a park manager at the bureau’s Harrisburg headquarters, Devin sharpened his managerial skills in assignments at some of our more heavily visited parks,” said Dunn. “He has gained invaluable knowledge that surely will benefit visitors to the two parks he now oversees.”
“I am looking forward to continuing to build, sustain and develop strong partnerships with those who know and appreciate these two parks, as well as the many community groups that support outdoor recreation and conservation in the area,” Buzard said.
Delaware Canal State Park starts in Bristol Borough runs through Bristol Township, Falls Township, and Tullytown Borough before it heads all the way to Easton. It includes the canal, tow path, locks and bridges, shoreline along the Delaware River, 11 islands on the river, and Ralph Stover State Park along the Tohickon Creek.
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Buzard fills the spot left vacant when George Calaba left the manager job to take a job in the education sector earlier this year.
Buzard is a veteran and served as a U.S. Marine Corps military policeman from 2002 to 2006. He is a graduate of Penn State and a native of Clarion County. He is married and has two kids, ages 6 and 9, according to state park officials.
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During his time with the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Buzard has served in Harrisburg, Beltzville State Park in Carbon County, Tobyhanna State Park Complex in Monroe and Wayne counties, and the Gifford Pinchot State Park Complex.
