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{*} PERMANENT WATER RULES BEING STUDIED
{*} JUDGE WON'T LIFT WATER BAN IN 3 TOWNS
{*} EDITORIAL: MESSAGE SENT ON OPEN SPACE
{*} PROTECTING THE VIEW FOR ALL
{*} IRONBOUND MAKES A PITCH FOR PARKS AND GREENERY
{*} EDITORIAL: GORMLEY'S GROWTH PLAN
{*} FLORIO ERA BEGINS FOR PINELANDS COMMISSION
{*} RAMPANT SEA LETTUCE THREATENS RIVERS
{*} ECO-TOURISM NEEDS MARKETING, ENTREPRENEURS TO WORK
{*} A SEED TO COMBAT SPRAWL IS PLANTED ON FARMS
{*} SEPTIC MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP - NOV 13
{*} VOLUNTARY SIMPLICITY DISCUSSION COURSE - NOV 12
{*} DEP - 'LET'S DO LUNCH' IN WARREN - NOV 17
{*} LAND TRUST ALLIANCE SEMINARS - NOV 21, DEC 7
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PERMANENT WATER RULES BEING STUDIED
Date: 021110
From: http://www.app.com/
By Chris Gosier, Gannett NJ, Home News Tribune, 11/10/02
With a chill in the air, the leaves turning yellow and orange, and
plenty of rainfall in recent weeks, it may seem unnecessary to keep
restricting the watering of lawns.
But the state is doing it anyway, hoping that awareness of water
conservation will continue beyond the heavy water-use season of
summer.
"We've got to keep the public's attention, and we're not ready to say
the drought is over," said Dennis Hart, drought coordinator for the
state Department of Environmental Protection.
As statewide lawn-watering restrictions stretch into November, with a
drought emergency entering its ninth month, state environmental
officials are contemplating permanent water-use rules to encourage
long-term conservation that doesn't expire with the end of a dry
spell.
Even the looser water rules announced Oct. 24 were couched in a
message of saving water. Although the statewide lawn-watering ban was
eased to allow watering on alternate days, "by no means should this
action mislead people to think that the drought emergency is over,"
said DEP commissioner Bradley Campbell.
"Water conservation continues to be of the utmost importance to
ensure sufficient water supplies," he said.
The changes pondered by the state include new rain-sensor
requirements for sprinklers and finding uses for discarded waste
water. Some environmental experts call for wider changes, such as
tying the pace of development to the availability of water.
The role of new buildings, with pavement that keeps water from
soaking into the ground, also needs to be examined, said Dan Van Abs,
watershed-protection manager for the New Jersey Water Supply
Authority.
"We put down a lot of roads and houses and paved surfaces and so on,
and all of those reduce ground-water recharge unless we're careful
about how we do it," he said.
The pressure on ground water is being felt in some Morris County
municipalities, raising the prospect of expensive well-drilling or
buying more water from private purveyors.
Randolph learned from a consultant in September that improvements to
its water system could cost $2.7 million over 10 years, as part of a
long-term water master plan.
Roxbury adopted its own plan in August to address its water woes,
including a drop in production of more than 50 percent at one of its
wells over the last two years, said Councilwoman Sandy Urgo, who
helped draw up the water plan.
"You can find municipal wells all over this county where, over the
last few decades, there have been major drops in the static water
levels," she said.
"People have always just taken water for granted," she said. "Those
days are coming to an end."
A statewide water-supply-planning effort could bring changes large
and small as the state seeks to make water planning permanent.
That means conserving water even when there's plenty of it, so that
more will be available during dry spells, experts say.
Over the last two months, for instance, rainfall in north Central New
Jersey has been 25 percent above normal. The region's reservoirs, on
average, have more water than usual for this time of year, state
climatologist Dave Robinson said.
But he added that North Jersey's rainfall has been nearly 10 inches
below normal over the past year, and that some of the driest periods
struck during the hot months of July and August, an economically
important time for some industries.
"The hottest time of the last six months was the driest time of the
last six months, and that really did a job on our agriculture and our
reservoirs," he said.
The landscaping industry suffered as well, cutting business at some
companies by as much as 30 percent and forcing them to cut back on
laborers' hours, said Chris James, president of the New Jersey
Landscape Contractors Association.
He favors a year-round limitation of lawn-watering to every other day
so that people start to think of water use the same way they think of
recycling paper and bottles on different days of the week.
"It kind of gets people in a groove, and we'd like to see them get in
the groove with water as well," he said. "It takes years for people to
get that mindset. What people get all fouled up with is, one month
they can water, one month they can't."
The state's short-term plan is due out early next year, after
deliberations by a water-supply advisory council, Hart said.
The possible short-term measures include permanent odd-even lawn-
watering rules and a requirement for rain sensors on existing
sprinklers, Hart said. Right now, rain sensors are required only on
new sprinkling systems.
Longer-term changes could include more pumping stations to transfer
water between systems and cleaning up contaminated groundwater
supplies that may have been written off in the past, Hart said. Also,
the state could find industrial uses for the 1 billion gallons of
treated waste water that is discharged every day to estuaries.
"Every day we're dewatering parts of this state," he said.
However, he acknowledged that keeping the state's attention on water
use will be tough. Many of the ideas being floated now were part of
another water- use plan that was set forth in 1996, but never fully
implemented, he said.
"People lose sight in this state of the need for water-resource
protection," and tend to think of it only during droughts, Hart said.
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JUDGE WON'T LIFT WATER BAN IN 3 TOWNS
Date: 021110
From: http://www.philly.com/
Builders sought court relief in 3 Atlantic County towns that had
previously been targeted for high growth.
By John Curran, Associated Press, November 9, 2002
Camden - A federal judge refused yesterday to lift a water-permit
moratorium that has halted new construction in three Atlantic County
towns, saying the state was within its rights in using the measure to
conserve water.
U.S. District Judge Stephen Orlofsky rejected a request by the
Builders League of South Jersey for a temporary restraining order
lifting the ban, which was imposed Sept. 22.
Invoked by Gov. McGreevey in response to the drought, the measure has
in effect halted residential and commercial construction in Egg
Harbor, Galloway and Hamilton Townships, three booming communities on
the fringes of the Pine Barrens that are home to thousands of Atlantic
City casino workers.
The Builders League, which represents about 100 builders, contends
that other communities are drawing water from the drought-depleted
Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer even while people and businesses in the
three towns are being denied it.
The group sued, saying the targeting of the towns amounts to a
violation of the equal-protection and due-process clauses of the U.S.
Constitution.
The aquifer serves 86 municipalities in nine counties, and it is "an
arbitrary and irrational act" to impose the ban on only three,
according to the lawsuit, which names as defendants McGreevey,
Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bradley Campbell,
and the DEP itself.
Two days after the ban was imposed, Stafford Township in Ocean County
was given permission to increase the amount of water it draws from the
Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer, said Robert Washburn, the builders' lawyer.
The state's lawyer told Orlofsky that the ban gives the state a
starting point from which to begin addressing low levels in the
aquifer.
The three townships are high-growth areas where water demand, left
unchecked, will aggravate stress on the 17 trillion-gallon aquifer,
Deputy Attorney General Stefanie Brand said.
Orlofsky ruled that the builders group had not shown a high enough
likelihood of success on the merits of the suit to justify the
extraordinary measure of issuing a restraining order.
Mary Anderson, president of the Builders League, said the group would
continue to pursue the action.
The order does not specifically ban new construction, but it has the
same effect. Without proof of utility, sewer and water service, a
municipality will not issue a construction permit for a new house.
Yesterday's ruling was strictly on the request for the temporary
restraining order. The lawsuit itself will be considered at a later
date.
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(c) 2001 Inquirer and wire service sources. All Rights Reserved.
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EDITORIAL: MESSAGE SENT ON OPEN SPACE
Date: 021110
From: http://www.app.com/
MESSAGE SENT ON OPEN SPACE
An Asbury Park Press Editorial, 11/10/02
If the New Jersey Builders Association was looking for feedback on
its $500,000 ad campaign blaming high housing costs on open space
preservation, it got some on Election Day.
Five open space referendums were presented to voters in Monmouth and
Ocean counties and all five passed - most of them overwhelmingly.
Most thinking people, presented with the option of setting land aside
for permanent preservation or recreation, or having it snatched up by
developers and transformed into 5-bedroom, 3-garage colonials on
treeless lots, will choose the former, even if it means coughing up a
few bucks. That group does not include the NJBA, which thinks with its
wallet.
In politics, the closest thing to a sure bet is voter support for
land preservation. Town after town has voted its pocketbook on the
issue. Statewide, since the first Green Acres open space referendum
was presented to voters in 1961, none has been rejected.
In Monmouth County on Tuesday, voters approved a 1-cent hike in the
existing 1.7-cent open space tax, which should raise an additional $6
million a year. Taxpayers now contribute $10 million annually to the
fund. New or increased open space taxes also were approved in Hazlet,
Keyport and Middletown.
In Ocean County, Berkeley voters approved a new open space tax by a
nearly 3-1 margin. The result there could translate into a referendum
for an increase in the county open space tax. Freeholder Director
Joseph H. Vicari said he wanted to await the outcome in Berkeley
before deciding whether to go to the voters. The overwhelming support
in Berkeley should have removed any doubts.
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PROTECTING THE VIEW FOR ALL
Date: 021110
From: http://www.nj.com/
GREAT VIEWS FOR THOSE WHO OWN THEM, HUGE EYESORES FOR THOSE WHO DON'T
MORE TOWNS CONSIDER BUILDING RESTRICTIONS
By Jeanette Rundquist, Star-Ledger, November 10, 2002
Perched on a ridge in Tewksbury, the house was designed for the view.
Its stone patio, eight-sided conservatory and even the large arched
window over the tub in the master bath were positioned to show off a
20-mile panorama of fields, woods and distant blue hills.
"In a high-end home, it may be the reason the person buys the house,"
said builder Robert Caffrey, standing on the patio of the $1.8 million
house. "Sometimes it can add $100,000 to the price."
But as more land is developed, towns are taking steps to protect
their vistas.
"If you look in the Watchungs, West Orange, Parsippany as you're
coming up Route 10, that's what we did not want to happen," said Ken
Short, a township committeeman and planning board member in Washington
Township, Morris County.
In that ruggedly scenic community, where Schooley's Mountain rises
1,200 feet above sea level, an ordinance prohibits construction within
60 feet of ridge lines. The concern was environmental and aesthetic.
"If people move right to the ridge line, they get the million-dollar
view and everybody gets to look at them and get their pollutants," he
said.
New Jersey's mountain tops have long attracted homeowners. In the
Somerset Hills, where 19th-century industrialists started an enclave,
blue-bloods built their mansions on high ground - one built his own
railway to haul construction materials up - to look out over the land.
James W. Hughes, dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning
and Public Policy at Rutgers, said concern over views and preservation
of "viewsheds" is becoming one of the big environmental issues. "It's
been around in the planning world for a while, just as sprawl was.
Finally it's become a more public policy concern," he said.
Views also are disappearing because of reforestation, he said. As
land falls out of agricultural use, trees grow and block the views.
"Fifty years ago, when places like Hunterdon County were really
rural, there were views every place, and if you lost one there wasn't
so much of a concern," Hughes said. "After 50 years of sprawl there's
not that many left, so they become increasingly important. It's just
like, after we've lost so many farms, there's concern about farmland
preservation."
Many towns are trying to save views. Tewksbury's master plan calls
for preserving "viewsheds," and officials in September voted to
restrict the number of trees builders can cut. "We had several people
clear-cut substantial stands of trees just to capture a view," said
Shana Crane, the township's land use administrator. "Obviously, that
has a detriment to the environment."
Washington Township is discussing a new master plan that would call
for preserving views. Far Hills is considering an ordinance protecting
scenic corridors - including long views - by requiring development to
be screened by vegetation, or put behind visual barriers such as trees
or rock outcroppings.
In Franklin Township, Hunterdon County, the planning board this year
required one developer, John Aldrich, to tailor a 17-home subdivision
so that it preserved the view of a white-steepled church in the
village of Cherryville, according to his attorney, Richard Cushing.
Not all houses on hills were put there to capitalize on the view. In
parts of Bergen and Morris counties, developments began creeping up
slopes after flat land was used up.
But the vista is often the draw.
Anton Heldmann of Tewksbury hired Caffrey's Berkeley Properties to
build his lavish stone house on the ridge. His view stretches across
much of central New Jersey, taking in green fields, red barns, and the
lush rounded mountains surrounding Round Valley Reservoir. Office
buildings in New Brunswick look bluish in the distance, and when the
house was under construction last year, workers saw the Twin Towers
burning.
Heldmann said he located the house on his 5 1/2 acres so as not to
block an adjacent house's view. Both his house and his neighbor's, as
well as several others nearby, are visible from below.
"I like the view, that's why I bought the property," Heldmann said.
"I don't know why you shouldn't be able to build on the mountain top
as long as it's done in the proper way."
While environmentalists decry building on ridges for aesthetic
reasons, their concerns go well beyond that.
Sandy Batty, executive director of the Association of New Jersey
Environmental Commissions, ticked off a list of problems caused by
building on hills: Erosion, the production of silt, flooding, water
runoff and destabilization of the hills themselves.
Michele Byers, executive director of the New Jersey Conservation
Foundation, said wildlife and watershed lands are damaged.
"I've flown over the Highlands in a helicopter a number of times in
the past year, and the aerial view is staggering - how many mega
McMansions are being built at the top of ridges and hills," Byers
said. "Every one of those homes have a driveway. They all have lawns,
they all have utility lines. All of those disturbances in the forest
destroy key critical forest habitat."
Byers said one way to save views is to preserve open space - which
becomes a selling point, too. "Studies have documented that preserved
land enhances the value of the land around it," she said.
Many builders say they see nothing wrong with people wanting to enjoy
a country view. Caffrey lives near Heldmann, and has a similar view
from the tall windows in his vaulted family room.
"You can't, in the United States, take property rights away from
somebody without remuneration," he said, adding that he works to make
houses fit in with the landscape.
He acknowledged, however, that spots with views are becoming harder
to find.
"Generally, we're running out of land," Caffrey said.
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Jeanette Rundquist may be reached at jrund...@starledger.com or
(908) 429-9925.
Copyright 2002 The Star-Ledger.
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IRONBOUND MAKES A PITCH FOR PARKS AND GREENERY
Date: 021110
From: http://www.nj.com/
WATERFRONT PLAN WOULD EXTEND RECREATION SPACE
By Barry Carter, Star-Ledger, November 10, 2002
Scarce recreation and green space in the city's Ironbound section has
been well documented over the years.
The $4.5 million Riverbank Park closed after tests revealed soil
contamination underneath the playing field. Ironbound Stadium closed
in 1987 because of dangerous toxins in the area. Independence Park was
renovated, but it's overcrowded because Riverbank Park is closed.
There are three baseball fields, a few basketball courts, one pool
and not enough soccer fields for a community where soccer is the most
popular sport.
The Ironbound Community Planning Team - a collection of residents,
city officials and community organizations - thinks it has come up
with a viable solution to create more places for kids to play and for
seniors citizens to take an occasional afternoon stroll.
It has developed a professional plan to build a one mile series of
parks and green spaces that would be within the footprints of the
proposed 2- mile-long, $76.2 million Joseph G. Minish Passaic River
Waterfront Park and Historic Area. Under their proposal, the Ironbound
Waterfront Plan would extend the width of the proposed Minish park.
The plan is the last chance, community leaders say, for Ironbound
residents to eke out some greenery in a densely populated neighborhood
where outdoor space and recreational needs are below the national
standard. So far, the group has a report, ambitious plans but no money
or an estimate on the exact millions of dollars their dream could
ultimately cost.
In the report the planning team had prepared for its waterfront
proposal, Wallace Roberts & Todd - an internationally renowned
planning firm based in Philadelphia - concluded that the Ironbound has
24.8 usable acres of parks for more than 50,000 residents, of which
10,000 are children.
For a community of this size, the National Recreation and Park
Association recommends there be 325 to 500 acres of park, according to
the planner's report.
"We have way less than the national standard," said Nancy Zak, a
member of the planning team and a longtime community activist. "This
is our only opportunity to get some additional recreation space to get
this park along the river which we desperately need, as opposed to
developing it for private use."
Much of the land along the waterfront is privately owned and would
require county and state government to purchase the property so the
project could get under way, Zak said.
The Ironbound group plans on calling local, state and federal
officials for help and to adopt its proposal to coincide with
development of Minish park, a walkway of tree-line plazas and benches
that begins at Bridge Street and McCarter Highway and extends along
Raymond Boulevard to Chapel Street.
Essex County Executive-elect Joseph DiVincenzo said he supports the
Ironbound park plan and noted the county's participation would be to
acquire an eight-acre stretch of land that was once a proposed site
for a replacement park across from the closed Riverbank Park.
That land, however, is owned by a private developer who wants to
construct condominiums, DiVincenzo said.
"What I like to see happen is that we apply for Green Acres funding
for preservation along with our Open Space Trust Fund to acquire the
land," said DiVincenzo, the current freeholder president.
"We would use that money to develop that property with whatever the
community decided they would like to see happen there."
East Ward Councilman Augusto Amador said he supports the plan,
because recreation space in his Ironbound community is at a premium.
"I don't know if it can be done, but it sounds good," the councilman
said. "We do need more open spaces as everybody knows."
He said the group would be meeting with the city's business
administrator, Richard Monteilh, later this month to see if the
Ironbound waterfront plan can be incorporated into the city's master
plan.
Members of the planning team and Ironbound senior citizens are
getting the word out in the community about the plan by passing out
blue and green ribbons attached to an information card - written in
English and Spanish - explaining the project.
"We're so overdeveloped inside of our community that there's not a
lot of space left elsewhere to develop new parks and fields," said
Joseph Della Fave, executive director of the Ironbound Community Corp.
"That's why this waterfront is so important," he said. "We believe
that it can become a reality.
Richard Partyka, executive director of the Ironbound Boy's & Girl's
Club, said the waterfront development would be a "windfall" for the
children in the community.
When Riverbank Park closed after contaminated soil was found, Partyka
said kids in the neighborhood had to be confined to the Ironbound
club.
"This project is so vital," he said. "It's important for the kids to
have this space because many of them don't get out of the city."
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Barry Carter can be reached at bca...@starledger.com or
(973) 392-1827.
Copyright 2002 The Star-Ledger.
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EDITORIAL: GORMLEY'S GROWTH PLAN
Date: 021110
From: http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/
GORMLEY'S GROWTH PLAN: CONCEPT IS GREAT
Press of Atlantic City Editorial, November 10, 2002
On its surface, state Sen. William Gormley's plan to funnel
Pinelands-area growth into Atlantic City is a thing of beauty.
It could help to revitalize Atlantic City by creating stable
neighborhoods of middle-class casino workers, who have largely chosen
thus far to live on the mainland. It could ease the burden on the more
rural mainland communities now staggering under that growth.
It would fit neatly into new "smart growth" theories touted by
environmentalists and a state plan that calls for channeling new
development into urban areas with existing infrastructure. It would
create opportunities for "renaissance" schools built, with state help,
alongside new housing and stores.
And where better for such a model project than Atlantic City - where
more than 4,000 new jobs are about to be created, and where the Casino
Reinvestment Development Authority functions like a virtual
bureaucratic ATM machine?
Environmentalists love the idea. The casino industry loves it. The
state is encouraging it. Egg Harbor Township officials love it.
But (you knew there was a "but" here, right?)...there are flaws.
Whether they are fatal ones or not will become apparent as the details
are worked out.
First, the reason growth has burgeoned on the mainland is not simply
because the Pinelands Commission required it; it's because that's
where people want to live. This plan, if it is to be successful, must
address how to make people want to live in Atlantic City, how to
create not just housing but a market for that housing.
Second, this plan cannot succeed if leaders of Atlantic City are not
on board. And frankly, Gormley did not help the plan's success by
failing to at least discuss his plan first with Mayor Lorenzo Langford
- who responded with predictable (if misguided) hostility and
suspicion.
Langford should get over his knee-jerk reaction to Gormley's
political misstep and see this plan for what it could represent - an
opportunity for Atlantic City to create stable neighborhoods and woo
back the middle class. Most urban mayors would fall over themselves
welcoming such an initiative.
Gormley's plan is still evolving and is certainly no sure bet. It
doesn't mitigate the need for a timed-growth bill for the existing
growth zones, nor for state aid in helping them cope with that growth.
But the idea is intriguing - and worth pursuing.
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FLORIO ERA BEGINS FOR PINELANDS COMMISSION
Date: 021110
From: http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/
By Jack Kaskey, Staff Writer, (609) 272-7213, JKa...@pressofac.com
Press of Atlantic City, November 9, 2002
New Lisbon - An assortment of property-rights activists and
environmentalists greeted former Gov. James Florio at his first
Pinelands Commission meeting Friday, but it was the latter group with
whom the newly seated chairman clearly shares a vision.
Florio, wearing a dark suit with his hair slicked back, dispatched
the commission's business in 90 minutes, about half the time of a
normal meeting.
Among other actions, the commission approved Ocean County's closure
of the 50-acre unlined portion of the Southern Ocean Landfill in Ocean
Township. Closure of the 12-acre lined portion was previously
approved.
The meeting was the first for Florio and three additional
gubernatorial appointments recently approved by the Senate.
In prepared remarks released after the meeting, Florio said he plans
to bolster protection of Pinelands habitat and ecological resources
and address the challenges faced by Pinelands-designated growth
communities in Atlantic County and elsewhere.
"Protection of the Pinelands has been a highlight and priority
throughout my career in public service, and the opportunity to lead
the commission is an honor and privilege that I embrace," the chairman
said.
Florio was governor from 1990 to 1994 and a congressman from 1974 to
1990. In Congress, he was instrumental in crafting the law that
established the Pinelands National Reserve and set the stage for the
state's passage of the Pinelands Protection Act. Florio is a lawyer
and chairman of Xspand, a consulting firm to local governments.
Commissioner Rev. Guy Campbell has served since 1969 as first pastor
of Evergreen Baptist Church in Palmyra, Burlington County.
Commissioner Edward Lloyd is a professor of environmental law at
Columbia Law School in New York City, and he previously served 15
years as director of the Rutgers Environmental Law Clinic.
Commissioner Betty Wilson served as assistant and deputy commissioner
of the state Department of Environmental Protection from 1976 to 1980.
She has worked for the U.S. Department of the Interior, and she has
been a trustee of the Pinelands Preservation Alliance and chairperson
of the Burlington County Historical Society.
A fifth new appointment, Mullica Township Mayor Robert Hagaman, is
pending in the Senate, while reappointments of two longtime
commissioners, Stephen V. Lee III and Candace Ashmun, have been
confirmed.
The public-comment portion of the meeting brought out
environmentalists and disgruntled landowners to welcome the four new
gubernatorial appointments.
Pemberton Township blueberry farmer Harry S. Monesson complained that
many of the new commissioners do not live in the Pinelands area and
therefore "are not made to suffer" under the commission's regulations.
Nelson Euler III, who videotapes every meeting, asked Florio whether
he believes in the rule of law.
"I think we all believe in it," Florio responded.
"Thank you. I wanted to get that on tape," Euler said. "Do you
believe in private property rights?"
"This is not an interrogation," Florio responded.
Euler rephrased his questions twice more in attempt to "get what I
want him to say."
Florio invited Euler to make a statement rather than ask questions.
"The people with the money can do what they want to do," Euler said.
"The little guy has not been getting a fair break."
Environmentalists, in contrast, received the new commissioners
warmly.
Carleton Montgomery, executive director of the Pinelands Preservation
Alliance, said water supply is a big issued facing the Pinelands
Commission. He noted that builders are suing the state over the
governor's moratorium on new construction in Atlantic County's growth
townships, a moratorium that the governor claims is due to a
threatened water supply.
Montgomery said a proposal by Sen. William Gormley, R-Atlantic, to
redirect the county's growth into Atlantic City is "a very exciting
idea," and he urged the Pinelands Commission to get involved with it.
Jeff Tittel, director of the Sierra Club's New Jersey chapter, also
said the proposal "merits a close look." He added that the Pinelands
Comprehensive Management Plan is the first "smart growth" plan in the
nation, making the commission's job all the more important.
"This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship," Tittel concluded,
quoting the movie "Casablanca."
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RAMPANT SEA LETTUCE THREATENS RIVERS
Date: 021110
From: http://www.app.com/
By Todd B. Bates, Environmental Writer, Asbury Park Press, 11/10/02
A bright green algae called sea lettuce has overrun shallow areas in
the Navesink and Shrewsbury rivers in recent years, smothering soft-
shell clams and other marine life, according to a local scientist.
"It's an issue that has come upon us in these estuaries, and no one
has paid much attention to it," said Clyde L. MacKenzie Jr., a
research shellfish biologist with the National Marine Fisheries
Service on Sandy Hook. "It's quite a serious problem."
MacKenzie, who has studied the impact of sea lettuce on marine life,
recommends controlling the seaweed in the rivers. He wants to try to
restore soft-shell clam populations there so people can harvest them,
and fish and ducks can feed on them.
Meanwhile, a local official recommended using sea lettuce to
fertilize plants, and said the algae can be used in salads, soups or
sauces and as animal feed. A state official, however, said some
waterfowl species feed almost exclusively on sea lettuce and a permit
may be needed to dredge or harvest it.
Ulva lactuca, a sea lettuce species, has become a problem in North
America and Europe over the last 30 years as levels of the nutrients
nitrogen and phosphorus have increased in estuaries, according to
MacKenzie. Efforts to reduce nutrient levels in the Navesink and
Shrewsbury rivers are under way, officials and citizens say.
Estuaries, where fresh water from rivers meets the salt water of the
sea, are fruitful nurseries for marine life.
Sea lettuce flourishes in areas with lots of nitrogen and phosphorus,
which come from lawn and street runoff and other sources, experts say.
Sea lettuce is "common all up and down the coast, through Barnegat
Bay...and relatively abundant in Great Bay," said Michael J. Kennish,
a research professor at Rutgers University's Institute of Marine and
Coastal Sciences. "I don't think it's to the point where it is a
problematic thing (in those bays)."
Several species of brown macroalgae (other leafy forms of algae) are
a bigger problem in the Barnegat Bay area than sea lettuce and
probably affect eelgrass beds, according to Kennish. Eelgrass beds are
underwater meadows that are home to crabs and juvenile fish.
Michael Stringer, conservation associate with the NY/NJ Harbor
Baykeeper program at Sandy Hook, said sea lettuce is "increasingly
abundant" in Sandy Hook Bay, as well as the Shrewsbury and Navesink
rivers.
Amy Cradic, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Environmental
Protection, said "the department has seen isolated incidences where
the population of sea lettuce has increased because it thrives in
moderate pollution settings. However, at this point, it is not seen as
a statewide problem in New Jersey."
OVER-FERTILIZATION
The sea lettuce problem in the Navesink and Shrewsbury rivers is due
to "over-fertilization of the water, eutrophication of the estuaries,"
mainly with nitrogen, MacKenzie said.
Estuaries become eutrophic when elevated nutrient levels stimulate
blooms of algae, leading to low levels of dissolved oxygen in the
water, declining sea grasses and other problems, according to experts.
Sea lettuce affects the food chain, starting with plankton and
including killifish and probably the fish that eat killifish,
MacKenzie said.
Killifish are a staple of the marine food chain.
Sea lettuce has "spread over the shallow areas in the two rivers and
kills everything underneath, smothers it," MacKenzie said. "The sea-
lettuce leaves at the very bottom decay and use up all the oxygen."
Several layers of decayed sea-lettuce leaves - mats 10 inches thick -
also produce hydrogen sulfide, which is toxic to marine life, he said.
A study by MacKenzie found that nothing grows on the surface of the
lettuce because it produces small amounts of toxins, repelling plants
or animals that might attach to it, such as barnacles, small mollusks,
oysters and other algae, he said.
However, another study in southern New Jersey found that adult
shrimp, crabs and small fish can inhabit the upper surfaces of sea
lettuce mats in relatively high densities, according to MacKenzie's
study.
Sea lettuce lies "right against the shore at low tide," normally a
nursing area for juvenile fish, and "just destroys their habitat," he
said.
The seaweed also clogs the areas where wading birds feed "to the
point they can't feed," he said.
"It really has little benefit" to the ecosystem, MacKenzie said.
However, sea lettuce is food for Atlantic brant, snow geese and other
waterfowl, according to Cradic, of the DEP.
DEAD CLAMS
MacKenzie said he started studying sea lettuce because it was killing
soft-shell clams in the Navesink and Shrewsbury rivers.
Soft-shell clams, also known as "steamers," have very thin shells
compared with hard clam shells. They're so thin that you can easily
break them with your fingers, according to a Delaware Sea Grant Web
site.
The lettuce also kills "billions and billions and billions" of
invertebrates such as worms and amphipods (shrimp-like creatures),
which are food for blue crabs and fish, he said.
The rivers and Raritan Bay have produced soft-shell clams since
prehistoric times. But clam stocks have been small in recent years,
and commercial production usually has been small or nonexistent,
according to another study by MacKenzie.
"People haven't noticed (the sea lettuce) too much until just the
last few years," MacKenzie said. "A lot of us are paying attention to
it."
Sea lettuce begins growing in the rivers in April and blankets tidal
flats by July 1, he said.
It covered and killed many soft-shell clams in 1994, and a heat wave
the next year "killed what was left," he said.
Sea lettuce has helped prevent clams from coming back, he said.
National Marine Fisheries Service officials are considering placing
sexually mature soft-shell clams from Maryland into the rivers in an
attempt to restore their populations, MacKenzie said.
Sea lettuce has very little impact on hard clams because they grow in
waters deeper than where the aquatic plant grows, he said.
Although sea lettuce in the two rivers has decreased slightly in the
past couple of years, possibly due to the drought, "I'm sure it will
come back as soon as we get into a rainy period," MacKenzie said.
SEA LETTUCE CONTROLS?
MacKenzie thinks sea lettuce in the rivers should be "controlled to
some extent," reducing its prevalence to what it was maybe 40 years
ago, before it began to spread and degrade habitats.
"We do not want to eliminate it as a species," he said in an email.
"If we can control the abundance of sea lettuce, shallow water
environments would return to their normal 'healthy' state. I plan to
push this idea during the next year or so."
MacKenzie said he's sure American Indians and early colonists ate
soft-shell clams and "they have been an important food and trade item
ever since. Of course, the clams are also foods for killifish and
ducks."
Using nets to haul sea lettuce out of the water twice a year, in July
and August, and then letting it dry and decay on the shoreline would
be one way to control it, he said.
"I'd like to go around to people living in homes along the shore and
ask if they would mind" if the sea lettuce was hauled ashore and left
there, he said. "I don't think they use the beach for swimming."
Cradic said the DEP's Division of Fish and Wildlife would have to
determine if harvesting would have repercussions on other species,
including Atlantic brant.
"It's a balancing issue," she said.
'SECRET INGREDIENT'
Sea lettuce is a nutritious, especially popular food in Scotland,
according to the Monterey Bay (California) Aquarium Research Institute
Web site.
It's also a great plant fertilizer, said Beatrice Sena, a Fair Haven
councilwoman and member of the Navesink River Municipalities
Committee.
She began using sea lettuce as a fertilizer about five years ago and
mixes it with peat, potting soil, eggshell compost, sand and lime, she
said.
"I produce some very outstanding crops," Sena said. "This sea lettuce
has been my secret recipe, my secret ingredient."
She collects sea lettuce washed up on the Navesink shoreline and
brings buckets of it home, primarily to help grow tomato plants in
containers, she said.
"We might be able to have some rake mechanism that could possibly
harvest this and actually sell it at a minimal cost to offset the cost
of the raking mechanism," she said.
"You don't want to mess with the natural pattern of things" by
harvesting too much lettuce, she added.
Meanwhile, officials and citizens are trying to reduce the flow of
nutrients and other pollutants into the rivers.
Experts consider nonpoint source pollution the biggest threat to
water quality. Such pollution comes from numerous sources, including
pet and farm waste, lawn fertilizers and pesticides and septic
systems. Storm water carries such pollution into waterways.
"A lot of changes will have to occur to put the ecosystem back into
balance," said Andrew J. Willner, NY/NJ Baykeeper, an affiliate of the
Sandy Hook-based American Littoral Society.
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ECO-TOURISM NEEDS MARKETING, ENTREPRENEURS TO WORK
Date: 021110
From: http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/
By Luis Puga, Staff Writer, (856) 794-5111, LP...@pressofac.com
Press of Atlantic City, November 8, 2002
Vineland - Rivers, their tributaries, singing birds, serene vistas
and wetlands booming with life are all part of Cumberland County.
All of it is here and it's just waiting to be taken advantage of, but
not in a way that would hurt it.
That was the focus of an eco-tourism seminar hosted by the
Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions and supported by
Cumberland County.
The purpose of the evening seminar at the Ramada Inn was to take the
ecological treasures of the county and turn them into an economic
development opportunity through eco-tourism.
"It's a form of tourism that can promote smart growth and sustainable
development," said Patti Byrnes, of the commission association.
But it can also be a piece of an economic development pie that adds
permanent jobs and an influx of tourist dollars.
As Steven Moore, president of the Moore Group explained, his
experience in promoting cultural heritage to revitalize downtowns can
apply to eco-tourism.
But the challenge is overcoming traditional thoughts that tourists
are just looking for shopping. And convincing merchants or downtown
economic development groups that eco-tourism can bring them extra
dollars can prove difficult.
"This is hard for downtowns to get," he said. "They think of stores.
They may think I am out looking at butterflies, but I am actually
working on economic development."
Moore cited his own experience of working with a successful
marketplace in Boston, where surveys showed people were more
interested in just spending time there than shopping.
"(Our survey showed) if you came not to shop, you spent twice as much
money and twice as much time," Moore said.
Moore said an overall theme such as eco-tourism would provide
tourists with a theme and experience that would invariably draw them
to shopping and services.
He also advocated structuring itineraries to show potential tourists
what they would do at such areas and said traditional businesses could
be shown an easy way to tap into ecology for an "easy 20 percent"
revenue increase.
Steve Kehs, the county's director of planning and development, showed
what the county had done, highlighting support for growing festivals
and partnership to promote the Delaware Bay with Delaware and Cape May
County.
But he said any community looking to develop eco-tourism needs to
consider what it wants: a major economic development tool or a
supplement to an existing economy.
He said if the outlook is to create major dollars, any festival or
event or area would have to attract tens of thousands of people.
"Many people don't want that level of people in their community or
area," he said.
Kehs said that eco-tourism will be part of Cumberland development.
"We see it as a way to build on local economies, but not substitute,"
he said. "But it can play a major role in small towns and villages
that don't have the same opportunities for traditional economic
development."
That will depend on interested business partners, said Jane Morton
Galetto, president of Citizens United to Protect the Maurice River and
its Tributaries.
"The biggest problem is not the plan itself," said Galetto of
promoting eco- tourism. "There needs to be a greater effort to put
these opportunities in front of existing business people."
Still, Galetto said the most important component for her remains eco-
tourism's role in preserving the environment.
"If you don't preserve what's special, you have nothing that sets you
apart from everyone else," she said. "Eco-tourism is a way to show
people the sensibility of preserving local treasures."
To that end, eco-tourism supporters will need a synergy of marketing
and conservation, two efforts not usually connected. But, for eco-
tourism to make money and preserve natural treasures, the rivers,
birds and wetlands may have to submit to commercial branding.
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A SEED TO COMBAT SPRAWL IS PLANTED ON FARMS
Date: 021110
From: http://www.nj.com/
JERSEY BOOSTS DEMAND FOR AGRICULTURE WITH IDEAS FOR NEW PRODUCTS
By Jeff Diamant, Star-Ledger Staff, November 08, 2002
It seems like a simple enough idea to help battle sprawl in New
Jersey - come up with 10 ideas a year to increase demand for
agricultural products, thereby boosting farmers' profits and reducing
pressure on them to sell their land to developers.
"The public has to make the connection between the economic viability
of agriculture and smart growth," said Soji Adelaja, dean of Rutgers
University's Cook College, which works closely with the state
Department of Agriculture on marketing ideas for farmers. "I've always
said that the reason we lose farmland (to development) is because the
farmers who sell don't have the ability to make a decent living off
their land."
The urgency to help keep farmers financially afloat stems from
concern over a dwindling amount of farmland due to sprawl and
agriculture's tough economics. In 1950, New Jersey had 26,900 farms
covering 1.8 million acres; in 2000, there were 9,600 farms totaling
830,000 acres.
Since the 1980s, the state's main effort to help farms survive has
been to pay millions of dollars for selected farmers' land-development
rights. That will continue. Through its farmland preservation program,
the Agriculture Department wants to preserve 20,000 acres of farmland
per year, up from the 15,364 acres preserved in 2001.
The marketing program is a complementary effort, state officials said
during the Governor's Smart Growth conference in Ewing Township last
month.
Some ideas already are in the works.
Corn farmers are trying to close a deal on a South Jersey site for an
ethanol plant that would convert their corn into automobile fuel,
thereby increasing demand for their crop. And in Sussex County, dairy
farmers are devising a way to use a variation of the well-known
"Jersey Fresh" label on state-produced cheeses and ice creams, even if
minor ingredients come from out-of-state. Under current rules, only
crops grown in New Jersey can carry the label.
"It's good public policy to create new opportunities for farmers,"
said Charles Kuperus, the state's agriculture secretary. "When you
think of 'Jersey Fresh,' you think of fruits and vegetables, but why
shouldn't New Jersey dairy farmers be able to market their products
with that unique brand?"
In June, a national task force also recommended increased marketing
for Jersey crops, noting that the number of harvested acres decreased
last year for 10 of 11 of New Jersey's top vegetables.
To help, the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently awarded $390,200
in grants for five New Jersey projects aiming to boost "value-added"
production - the process of adding value to crops through processing
or packaging. Projects include studying those markets for peaches,
culinary herbs, corn, dairy products and tomatoes.
Past marketing efforts include Jersey Blues iced tea, sold in Kings
supermarkets and farmers' roadside stands; Blueberry Solid Extract,
sold at health-food stores for up to $30 a jar; and a program for
South Jersey farmers to sell crops to the state Department of
Corrections to feed prisoners.
Increased marketing "is good, as long as the ideas are good ones,"
said Beth Lambert, managing director of Blueberry Health, which helps
produce Jersey Blues and the solid extract. "The challenge is coming
up with practical things that can be done."
Distribution has been a challenge for Jersey Blues, Lambert said.
"People love it. It's just hard getting it transported around,"
because of competition from Snapple and other branded ice teas on
distributors' routes, she said.
Jersey Blues is a model for the new marketing program. Cook College
researchers came up with the iced tea idea about four years ago in an
effort to broaden blueberries' muffin-, pie- and pancake-filling
appeal to increase demand for struggling farmers. Production this year
has been about 125,000 bottles, a fivefold increase from 2000, Lambert
said.
Other products have seemed promising, but slow to take off for
regular farmers. Technology to grow tasty tomatoes in greenhouses,
developed at Rutgers, has long been available, but farmers have not
taken to it, said Dave Specca of Cook College.
Meanwhile, officials with Garden State Ethanol, a company formed to
develop a New Jersey ethanol plant, have worked for more than a year
to locate a plant site in Gloucester or Cumberland counties.
The state's 1,500 corn growers, plagued by declining prices, see an
opportunity to cash in on the expected increase in demand for corn-
based ethanol, a gasoline additive. Farmers hope the demand for
ethanol will rise because the rules governing gasoline additives are
changing, and because of a national goal to decrease U.S. reliance on
foreign oil, especially after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
The plant would cost about $60 million, and the group would need at
least 5 percent upfront to acquire financing, said Ed Stahl, the
company's coordinator.
"We need things like that," said Jake Bilyk of White Township in
Warren County, a corn farmer who is considering contributing to the
ethanol plant, and who now sells most of his corn in Pennsylvania. "We
gotta do something with all our corn."
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Jeff Diamant can be reached at jdia...@starledger.com or
(908) 475-1218.
Copyright 2002 The Star-Ledger.
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SEPTIC MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP - NOV 13
Date: 8 Nov 2002
From: "ANJEC" {in...@anjec.org}
SEPTIC MANAGEMENT FOR CLEAN WATER
5:30 PM TO 8:30 PM
SEMINAR AND LIGHT MEAL
November 13, 2002 Fredon Township, NJ
Malfunctioning individual septic systems can pollute surface and
groundwater. This seminar will provide information about successful
septic management in New Jersey's municipalities, a model ordinance
for municipal use, septic density considerations and information on
other measures towns can take to protect water resources.
Sponsored by the NJDEP and ANJEC. To register, or for more
information, call ANJEC at 973-539-7547 or go to in...@anjec.org or
http://www.anjec.org.
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VOLUNTARY SIMPLICITY DISCUSSION COURSE - NOV 12
Date: 8 Nov 2002
From: "Clean Ocean Action (Outreach)" {Outr...@CleanOceanAction.org}
KEEP IT SIMPLE...
Clean Ocean Action and New York/New Jersey Baykeeper, in association
with the Garden State Earth Institute, is hosting an introduction to a
discussion course, "Voluntary Simplicity," on November 12 at 6:30PM at
Building 18 on Sandy Hook.
The course allows participants to explore how life can be enriched
through the practice of simplicity. Does your work, family, and
personal time feel unbalanced? Are you over-worked, over-spent, and
overwhelmed by clutter? Learn how to live more purposefully with a
minimum of needless distractions.
For information about this session or directions, call Clean Ocean
Action's Kari Jermansen at 732-872-0111 or Baykeeper's Tara Shah at
732-291-0176. For more information about the Garden State Earth
Institute and its many course offerings, call Claire Mayer at
973-984-5371 or visit http://www.gsearthinstitute.org.
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DEP - 'LET'S DO LUNCH' IN WARREN - NOV 17
Date: 021110
From: http://www.nj.com/
ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION WILL HOST ROUNDTABLE LUNCHEON; PUBLIC WELCOME
By Katherine Blok, Express-Times, November 10, 2002
The Warren County Environmental Commission will host a countywide
environmental roundtable and luncheon Nov. 17. The joint meeting of
the county environmental commission and representatives from each
municipal commission is a first for Warren, said county commission
Chairman Bill Rosebrock.
The guest speaker will be D. Evan Van Hook, assistant commissioner
for the New Jersey environmental protection department's Site
Remediation Program. He will discuss water contamination, then take
questions after the talk, Rosebrock said.
Following Van Hook's presentation, the county environmental
commission will invite discussion on broad environmental issues the
municipal commissions would like the county group to take to the
freeholders, Rosebrock said.
"There's no set agenda, but I'm sure people will have plenty of stuff
to talk about," Rosebrock said. "It's kind of an experiment. We'll see
what comes out of it. If (the roundtable is) successful, maybe we can
do it more often."
Rosebrock said different municipal commissions have expressed concern
over different issues. Some are concerned about air quality, while
others concentrate on sprawl and another group wants to discuss
groundwater contamination, Rosebrock said.
Whether or not the county environmental commission makes suggestions
to the freeholders on the various issues will depend on the
discussion, Rosebrock said.
"There seem to be holes in the regulatory system. Things seem to be
falling through the cracks," Rosebrock said. The county, state and
federal governments have jurisdiction over different issues and,
though one level of government may know about a problem, "they don't
always talk to one another," Rosebrock said.
The luncheon will begin at 1 p.m. at the Cockadoodle Doo Restaurant
in Blairstown. The meeting is scheduled to start at 2:30 p.m. The
public is welcome. For more information or to make a reservation, call
Bill Rosebrock at (908)454-4899.
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Reporter Katherine Blok can be reached at 908-475-8184 or by email at
kb...@express-times.com.
Copyright 2002 The Express-Times.
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LAND TRUST ALLIANCE SEMINARS - NOV 21, DEC 7
Date: 8 Nov 2002
From: "Wilma Frey" {wi...@njconservation.org}
[Forward]
From: Emily Farwig [Efa...@lta.org]
On behalf of the Land Trust Alliance's Mid-Atlantic Program, I'm
pleased to announce two upcoming seminars:
FEDERAL TAX ISSUES OF LAND CONSERVATION
Thursday, November 21, 2002
9:00 am-1:30 pm
Radisson Hotel, Princeton, NJ
Course Leader: Stephen J. Small
This seminar will cover tax code conservation easement requirements,
general deductibility issues, basic estate planning rules, succession
planning for landowners, how recent changes in the income and estate
tax laws will affect land conservation transactions, and tax
calculation spreadsheets. Participants are encouraged to submit tax
questions to be raised for general discussion prior to the seminar.
Stephen J. Small will lead a roundtable discussion of tax questions
over an extended lunch session. He will encourage participation from
the audience and ask for real-life examples of particularly vexing
land conservation tax questions to be worked out.
For more information about this course, please contact Lara Mangan
(202-638-4725 x330; lma...@lta.org).
...
THE ART OF NEGOTIATING & DRAFTING CONSERVATION EASEMENTS
Saturday, December 7, 2002
9:00 am-4:30 pm
Hilton Garden Inn, Kennett Square, PA
Course Leader: Laurel Florio
This is a popular basic course that also serves as a useful refresher
for more experienced conservation easement drafters and negotiators.
It will focus on the "nuts and bolts" of how to negotiate and develop
conservation easements that will stand the test of time.
For more information about this course, please contact Emily Farwig
(202-638-4725 x304; efa...@lta.org).
Additional information about both courses, including details on how
to register, is available at LTA's Web site
(http://www.lta.org/training/lct_ma.htm).
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Emily Farwig
Training & Conferences Coordinator
Land Trust Alliance
1331 H St NW, Ste 400
Washington, DC 20005
202-638-4725 x304
202-638-4730 (fax)
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The Highlands Coalition
170 Longview
Far Hills NJ 07931
Tel: 908-234-1225
Fax: 908-234-1189
Email: high...@njconservation.org
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