Conservation Becoming A Growth Industry
Rubatex Msds A civic campaign to save key tracts of open space in the Highlands is expanding into a four-state conservation crusade. Building on recent preservation successes in Sterling Forest, Glen Gray Boy Scout camp in Oakland, the Tory Tract in Ringwood, and other sites across the region, a new four-state regional board of the New Jersey-based Highlands Coalition has been created.
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Rubatex Neoprene Its goal is to spark a coordinated conservation program in the Highlands regions of New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut. It means: to raise public awareness and funds to buy selected sites, or to purchase conservation easements that prevent development, using the combined financial clout of federal, state, and local governments and civic organizations.
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Rubatex Pipe "It is time to give the Highlands region the national attention it deserves," Samuel Pryor III, honorary co-chairman of the Highlands Coalition, said Thursday. Pryor, also a vice chairman of the Palisades Interstate Park Commission and a past president of the Appalachian Mountain Club, was a major player in the campaign to save Sterling Forest.
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Rubatex 180 "The Highlands are the back yard of the metropolitan area, but they are changing fast," said Tom Gilbert, the coalition chairman, who is the Appalachian Mountain Club's Mid-Atlantic regional conservation director .
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Rubatex 180 Fs "In light of the tragic events of Sept. 11, the development pressures in this nationally significant region are only going to intensify,'' Gilbert said, alluding to New York City businesses and residents looking to move from the city. "We must act quickly to protect priority lands in the Highlands in order to safeguard the drinking water and quality of life for millions of Americans."
Rubatex 1800 A retired lawyer who lives in Bedford, N.Y., Pryor was commended in December with a conservation award by New York Gov. George Pataki for his work in helping to raise more than $80 million in government and private funds to buy Sterling Forest from developers.
Rubatex 320 Now a state park in Orange County, N.Y., the forest is the headwaters for the Wanaque Reservoir, North Jersey's major source of drinking water. Pryor said a major focus of the coalition is to preserve woodlands laced with streams that feed reservoirs across the region, which is in the grip of an historic drought.
Rubatex 373 "We need to develop a 10-year program with a defined area that needs to be protected,'' said Pryor.
Rubatex Rubber Other criteria for a list of what the coalition called "critical treasures" - a dozen areas that total nearly 130,000 acres in New Jersey alone - are wildlife habitat and outdoor recreational uses. The coalition estimates that about $50 million is needed this year to purchase a preliminary list of 40 sites.
Rubatex Tape Among these are privately owned parcels in the Ramapo Mountains in Bergen and Passaic counties and in the Wyanokie Highlands overlooking the Wanaque Reservoir in Ringwood and Wanaque. Another priority is continued purchase of conservation easements of Pequannock watershed land owned by Newark in West Milford and neighboring communities.
By Jan Barry
Bergen Record - 2/23/2002
Topic: Highlands
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