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HIGHLANDS ALERT!
Forest Service ‘Listening Sessions’ Scheduled
for May
Please save a date, and plan to attend!
Your comments and presence are important!
The U.S. Forest Service is updating its 1992 New York-New Jersey
Highlands Regional Study.
This is an opportunity for us to demonstrate the depth of concern
about the Highlands.
BE THERE!
The Forest Service is looking for responses to these questions:
- What are the natural resources that are important to
include in the Study process?
The Forest Service plans to develop scientifically based resource
information to assess watershed conditions, forest fragmentation and
biological diversity in the New York and New Jersey portions of the
Highlands Region.
How are resource conditions and use changing?
The study plans to update and improve the collection and analysis
of data on land, water and people for the New York and New Jersey
portions of the Highlands Region.
Who should be responsible for the stewardship of natural
resources in the Highlands?
Public and private options for managing natural resources and their
uses will be identified in the final report. The Highlands Coalition
advocates a partnership approach involving municipalities, counties,
states and the federal government, plus private nonprofits and
landowners.
New York: May 9, 6:30 – 9:00 PM – Taconic Outdoor Education
Center, Phillipstown, NY
75 Mountain Laurel Lane (845) 265-2496
May 10, 6:30 – 9:00 PM - Bear Mountain Inn, Bear Mountain
State Park, NY
Route 9W. (845) 786-2731
New Jersey: May 23, 6:30 – 9:00 PM – Pequest Fish Hatchery,
Oxford, NJ
Route 46, 9 miles west of Hackettstown. (908) 637-4125
May 24, 6:30 – 9:00 PM – Ramapo College, Student Center
219, Mahwah, NJ
505 Ramapo Valley Road (Route 202) (201) 684-7500
Format:
- Short presentations by individuals conducting the study
from the USDA Forest Service, Rutgers University, U.S. Geological
Survey and Regional Plan Association
- Small group workshop discussions with study personnel.
If you cannot attend a listening session, you can complete a short
questionnaire located on the Forest Service Highlands website at www.fs.fed.us/na/morgantown/nynj/nynjweb.html
More questions about the study? Call Regional Plan Association at
212-253-2727 Ext. 317.
For additional information about the Highlands Region, check out
the Highlands Coalition website www.highlandscoalition.org or contact
us at 170 Longview Road, Far Hills, NJ 07931 (908) 234-1225.
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