I finally watched this video, believe it or not. The views expressed on that video are exactly the views that I should expect regarding our Pinelands National Reserve, yet instead, the city and township councils througout the region are all pro-development, and they could care less about preservation for the future. It's really bad. The Pinelands Commission's map shows all the types of areas within the National Reserve. Each type of area allows a certain amount of development. But all they think about is getting the maximum amount of development that they can get, in each city and in each township. I've said this to people I know around here, that (IMO) there is not one municipality within the National Reserve that's actually on board with preservation. The Pinelands Commission is catering to developers, and the municipalities that want their ratables, rather than going forward with their mission, which is preservation of this area. If the people in this area cared as much as the people in that video do, we'd be much better off. I'm very disappointed in the Pinelands Commission, as well as with the state DEP. The DEP has many failures as well. What we have here is people who don't know anything about nature, don't care about nature, and constantly throw litter out their car windows while drving down the roads. They also take truckloads of trash and debris and dump it on sand and dirt roads. They ride their ATVs every place they can possibly take them, and ruin all the trails in the process, not to mention the sand roads too. No one cares about the scenic beauty here, the many rare and endangered plants, and the beautiful forests and rivers here. People go camping to live in their trailers, drink beer and watch DVDs, instead of going hiking, canoing and the like. There's something seriously wrong with the people around here. We have a 1.1 million acre area of natural beauty, but few appreciate it. I don't know. I could go on and on. Sorry for my rant. I just saw something in that video that I don't see here, something that SHOULD BE here, the attitudes towards what we have. NJ Pinelands Commission: http://www.state.nj.us/pinelands/ Pinelands Preservation Alliance (the good guys): http://www.pinelandsalliance.org/ Piney Power website (a friend of mine): http://www.pineypower.com/ Barry --- On Tue, 12/15/09, Edward Frank <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Edward Frank <[email protected]> Subject: [ENTS] Grandfather National Scenic Area To: "ENTS Google" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, December 15, 2009, 9:20 AM ENTS, A short slide show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LG-D-fuVr4I North Carolina businesses, residents and politicians have voiced their support for the proposed Grandfather National Scenic Area, which will honor and preserve 25,500 beautiful acres in the Pisgah National Forest near the town of Blowing Rock, the Blue Ridge Parkway and Grandfather Mountain. The GNSA will preserve some of the few remaining old growth stands on the East Coast. These trees, some of which predate the Declaration of Independence, are an important part of our state's heritage. Ed "There's no such thing as a stupid question, just stupid people who ask questions." Chris Berman ESPN-U -- Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -- Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected]
