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NJ residents - Help educate your State Representatives and Senators about passing Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act  to implement the recommendations of the Highlands Task Force. Nothing will influence hiking in the Highlands more than this in the next 20 or more years.

The Trail Conference Board passed a resolution on March 23rd supporting the Highlands Coalition NJ State Committee resolution in support of the Highlands Task Force Recommendations.

The Board also passed a resolution authorizing us to vigorously support the passage of the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act within the confines of our budget and 501 (c) (3) charter. In doing so, they urged us to work within the process to recognize the importance of open space connectivity, continous greenways and recreational resources. Others groups will be pursuing the protection of water resources so that will be covered as well.

We are going to need a lot of volunteers to show the large grassroots support for the Highlands as well as key people to take leadership roles in each legislative district. Please fill out the form below and join our effort to protect the Highlands.

Background

• Questions and Answers 4/16/2004
• Fact vs Fiction 4/16/2004
• Costs of Open Space vs Developed Land Uses 4/6/2004
• Open letter to all NJ Trail Conference members, click here.
• NJ State Executive Committee of Highlands Coalition Resolution on Highlands Task Force Action Plan. The Trail Conference has signed onto this resolution.
• S1/A2635 legislation 3/26/2004 (100 pages)
  • Preamble to Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act
• Committee Amendments to S1/A2635 4/22/2004
• Highlands Preservation Area Map Highlands Preservation Area Description 4/16/2004
• Highlands Task Force Action Plan 3/16/2004
• Older materials including USFS studies

Take Action

• Weekend Update to Status of Highlands Protection 6/5/2004
• Lobby Day on June 10
• Vote Delayed Again
• Write your legislators: Sample copy of letter
• Turn your Highlands letter to your legislator into a Letter to the Editor
• Telephone members of the Environment Committee
• For information about  New Jersey legislative items and  contact information visit the New Jersey Legislature Home Page.
  • Legislative Roster
  • Legislative District Map
• Tell us about any actions you have taken.
• See NJ Audubon Alert for further suggestions
• See Highlands Coalition Alert for further suggestion

External News Stories

• Morris Township Committee Opposed Highlands Law 7/4/04
• Property Owners Upset at Loss of Land Value 7/1/04
• Legislation Debate Missed Connection 7/1/04
• Oak Redge Basin Already Had Moratorium Against Development on Lands 6/30/04
• Proposal Would Give Matching Subsidies of $100M Over 10 Years 6/30/04
• Officials: Deal reached on Highlands proposal 6/5/2004
• McGreevey Wins Battle to Protect State Water 6/5/2004
• Senate panel puts brakes on water bill 5/21/2004
• GOP lawmakers oppose Highlands plan 5/21/2004
• Highlands bill hits trouble in Senate 5/21/2004
• Highlands bill's fate hinges on panel vote 5/20/2004
• Highlands Plan Gains Sussex County Support 4/28/2004
• Freeholders Want Highlands Panel Elected by the Public 4/28/2004
• DEP Green Acres Program Preserves 368 Acres in Highlands Region Purchases Will Preserve Open Space and Protect Water Resources 4/27/2004
• NJ Highlands - Protect Them, Smartly 4/26/2004
• Govs. Byrne, Kean, Florio, Whitman, DiFrancesco Join McGreevey in Fight 4/26/2004
• Trenton Showdown Looms For Proposal 4/25/2004
• Freeholder Chief Says She Fears Bill Could Mean Trouble for County 4/23/2004
• Changes to Highlands Bill Seem to Take the Bite rom Critics 4/23/2004
• At Highlands Hearing, Preservation vs. Profit 4/23/2004
• OP/ED: Fog of Fear, Delay Clouds Highlands 4/22/2004
• Pinelands Towns Call Highlands Bill Unfair 4/22/2004
• Trenton Hears Concerns Over Highlands Map 4/20/2004
• Here is the Latest News on the Highlands 4/20/2004
• Sussex County Weighs Impact of Highlands Restrictions 4/19/2004
• Highlands crunch time 4/18/2004
• Highlands Plan Would Hit Home in Morris 4/17/2004
• Governor's Newly Unveiled Plan Calls for Building Limits on a Wider Swath of Private Land 4/17/2004
• Lawmakers: Highlands Plan Flawed 4/16/2004
• Highlands hearing crowd overflows 4/16/2004
• More than 600 pack Highlands hearing 4/16/2004
• Warren Freeholders Oppose Highlands Measure 4/15/2004
• Freeholders Will Compile Response to State 4/15/2004
• Municipal Officials and Environmentalists Fend Off Critics of Proposals 4/15/2004
• Don't Let Politics and Money Derail Our Best Hope for the Highlands 4/14/2004
• Highlands Plan Called "Land Grab" 4/14/2004
• Environmentalists Claim Misinformation Campaign Under Way 4/14/2004
• Water bargain 4/13/2004
• Association Says Bill Is Cloaked in Secrecy 4/9/2004
• Republicans Urged To Not Play Politics 4/9/2004
• Lawmakers: Highlands Preservation Plan Rushed 4/8/2004
• What Is Cost Of Saving Highlands? 4/6/2004
• Developers Say Plan Doesn't Designate Areas for Growth 3/30/2004
• Bipartisan Push In Congress To Preserve More Of Highlands 3/25/2004
• Burlington County Preservation Idea Goes Statewide 3/23/2004
• Lawmakers Begin Work on Highlands Protection 3/23/2004
• Officials in Northwest are "Cautiously Optimistic" About Preservation Plan 3/18/2004
• Legislators put north Highlands plan on speedy path 3/16/2004
• McGreevey Seeks Curbs on Growth in Key Areas 3/15/2004

Links

• Summary of the New Jersey Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act 7/22/2004
• Governor McGreevey's Highlands Protection Initiative
• Highlands Coalition
• NJ Builders Association read what they say then read Fact vs Fiction

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