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1. Ocean County firefighters confronting 20-acre wildfire
(N.J./State)

... p.m. Local fire departments are providing protection to houses and businesses in the area. The wildfire that burned approximately 1,000 acres in Tabernacle and Woodland in the heart of the Pinelands ...

2. N.J. wildfire has burned over 600 acres of Pinelands in Burlington County
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM A massive wildfire pushed by gusty winds has burned 600 acres of the Pinelands in Burlington on Monday, and firefighters have yet to bring it under control. ...

3. Permit Extension Act would create 'Ground Hog Day' in N.J.
(Opinion/Commentary)

... Act would not only tack two extra years onto the life of development permits that would have expired years ago - extending them through 2014 - but would also open up large areas of the Highlands and Pinelands ...

4. In bid to protect Barnegat Bay, state buys 385 acres of Pinelands
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... for $607,052 from International Recycling Systems. The acquisitions are intended to preserve high-quality Pinelands habitat that will help protect water quality in the headwaters of Cedar Run, Westecunk ...

5. Tree-killing southern pine beetles showing early activity in South Jersey
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... Pinelands and South Jersey and the state Department of Environmental Protection is gearing up to confront the pest. The DEP announced Thursday that it is making suppression grants available to private ...

6. Adios Garden State Parkway: Toll hike triggers cheap gene
(Opinion/Commentary)

... from the Meadowlands to the Pinelands. Jersey would soon be Freedonia. The parkway and turnpike would demand to be free for all, like the Internet. My father would be proud. Get the squeegies ready. ...

7. N.J.'s top environmental wins and roll backs in 2011
(Opinion/Commentary)

... legislation. It proposes a new definition of Smart Growth that will allow for bad projects in the Highlands and Pinelands. This will also increase flooding, water pollution, and other environmental problems. ...

8. N.J. forests need our intellectual honesty and stewardship
(Opinion/Commentary)

... in overpopulations of deer preventing forest development by browsing seedlings and saplings, and ruinous infestation to the Pinelands by the southern pine beetle. In the Highlands the hemlock woolly ...

9. N.J.'s 'Strategic Plan' for environment is the opposite of smart growth
(Opinion/Commentary)

... planning, but the governor‘s record shows the opposite. He is attacking the Highlands and wants to weaken or get rid of it as well as weakening protections in Pinelands. Under this proposed plan local ...

10. Historic Batsto Village in Wharton State Forest seriously damaged by hurricane floodwater
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Flooding from Hurricane Irene has significantly damaged Batsto Village, a nationally recognized historic site in the Pinelands of Atlantic County, and state ...

11. Christie signs bipartisan bills allocating $157 million for land preservation, park improvements
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... hunters and other outdoor enthusiasts; $5 million for protection of land in the ecologically unique Pinelands, which harbors species found nowhere else; $5 million for acquisitions on the Cape May ...

12. Gov. Christie signs bipartisan legislation to boost job creation through expanded tax incentives
(N.J./State)

... Areas, Pinelands growth areas, transit villages and closed federal military bases. The change is expected to impact the American Dream mall and amusement center at Meadowlands taking shape under developer ...

13. Southern pine beetle in N.J. on pace to destroy over 14,000 acres of Pinelands
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

State, Pinelands Commission attempting to combat the infestation The southern pine beetle this summer is on a pace to kill more than the 14,000 acres of Pinelands it destroyed last year and environmental ...

14. N.J. Sierra Club urges approval of EPA air quality standards for coal-fired power plants
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... health at risk. Tittel said fish advisories have been placed on New Jersey waterways such as reservoirs in the middle of the Pinelands because of the mercury pollution. “Unfortunately our waterways are ...

15. Virtua Voorhees Hospital in Camden County opens expanded $58 million wing
(Health/Healthquest)

... Services, Community Affairs, Transportation, and Environmental Protection, the Pinelands Commission, and the state Health Care Facilities Financing Authority. "I had a chance to tour the construction ...

16. Gov. Christie nominates six Republicans to the state Pinelands Commission
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

Sierra Club director charges action a bid to dismantle environmental protections BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Gov. Chris Christie has nominated six Republicans to the state Pinelands Commission, ...

17. N.J. residents urged to help prevent another southern pine beetle invasion
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... pine beetle is a major threat to our unique Pinelands region," state Environmental Protection Commissioner Bob Martin said Tuesday. "We need residents and private owners of forest lands to help us look ...

18. Activists and DEP dispute proposed rule to allow waiver of environmental regulations
(N.J./State)

... Rhoads, director for conservation policy for the Pinelands Preservation Alliance, said “Some statutes, like the Freshwater Wetlands Protection Act, already have their own waiver provisions. Others, like ...

19. New Jersey awards $157 million for open space preservation and parks projects
(Life/Style)

... and acquisition of land to expand a YMCA camp in the Pinelands of Burlington County. Green Acres funding leverages millions of additional preservation dollars through matching federal, state, county, ...

20. Displeased with Democratic amendments, Christie conditionally vetoes bill to change affordable housing standards
(N.J./State)

... to draft the plan, and the other to certify it meets the requirements of the bill, provides no meaningful protection against builder's remedy lawsuits, and requires towns in the Highlands, Pinelands, Fort ...