NJ Highlands Council Meeting – Thursday, Feb.,16, 2012 4:00PM

Posted on February 15, 2012 by michaelcheski

Public & Highlands Council Member Comments & Responses from the January 2012 meeting link. The members visited the site of destruction in Vernon & West Milford. (2/6/12, last page of following document) I was not happy to read the following but it addresses all of our (the public) and the Highland Council members questions & concerns
about the continued expansion of the gas pipeline through 4 additional environmentally sensitive state park lands. GO AROUND THE PARKS!

Their site visit will be discussed at the meeting tomorrow. Thursday, Feb., 16, 2012 4:00PM. – See you there.

http://www.highlands.state.nj.us/njhighlands/about/calend/2012_meetings/Tenn_Gas_Public_and_Highlands_Council_Comments_and_Staff_Responses.pdf

NJ Highlands Council Meeting 2/16/12 4:00PM
New Jersey Highlands Council
http://www.highlands.state.nj.us/
100 North Road
Chester, NJ 07930
908-879-6737

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N.J. Highlands Council delays decision on extending gas pipeline into Mahwah

Posted on February 13, 2012 by svsite-adm
Please attend the NJ Highlands Council meeting February 16, 2012 at 4pm.  The many activists and concerned citizens in attendance at the January 19th meeting convinced the council to call a one month moratorium. During the public comment period I asked if any council member had visited the site at Wawayanda. Not one. They were supposed to visit this past month. Although their final decision does not supersede FERC they can advise that this is a bad idea. Please show your support and attend or at least call, write and email. Meeting info;
http://www.highlands.state.nj.us/njhighlands/about/calend/2012_meetings/Notice_of_Meeting_Schedule_for_2012.pdf

The Highlands Council website;
http://www.highlands.state.nj.us/

Below is the article following the January 2012 meeting.
Published: Thursday, January 19, 2012, 9:48 PM     Updated: Thursday, January 19, 2012, 9:48 PM
By Ben Horowitz The Star-Ledger
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/01/nj_highlands_council_tables_ac.html
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Gas pipeline ‘scar’ may be headed to environmentally sensitive parts of North Jersey

Posted on February 13, 2012 by svsite-adm
Sunday, February 12, 2012    Last updated: Monday February 13, 2012, 12:24 AM
BY SCOTT FALLON
STAFF WRITER
The Record
We toured the site with reporter Scott Fallon and his photographer. The article is now available;
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NOW THE LOGGING INDUSTRY!

Posted on December 21, 2011 by svsite-adm

December 12, 2011
NJ.COM Reports:
N.J. Legislature Pushes Bills To Allow Logging On State-Owned Lands
CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATORS NOW! WE NEED OUR TREES!
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/12/nj_legislature_pushes_bills_to.html

AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT PREPARED BY NJ HIGHLANDS COUNCIL
http://www.highlands.state.nj.us/njhighlands/master/tr_air_quality_assessment.pdf

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NJ Sierra Club Presentation to TN Gas Pipeline Expansion

Posted on September 26, 2011 by michaelcheski

This video shot at a public meeting in Trenton, NJ, 9/7/2011 at the convenient time of 4:00 pm. My photos of the current devastation (April-August 2011) at Wawayanda State Park have been inserted to show what can be expected if permits are granted for High Point, Long Pond Iron Works, Ringwood, and Ramapo Mountain State Parks.

http://www.youtube.com/michaelecheski#p/u/8/qENRZTFlTUs

A decision to grant additional permits is expected in December 2011. Present your comments to the State of NJ at this link:
http://www.state.nj.us/dep/greenacres/neup.html

 

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