Old trees on the brink
FRANK KUMMER / PHILLY.COM - Dark water formed an eddy around Steve Eisenhauer’s boots as they sank into the muck at the base of a 90-foot blackgum tree [go to article]
California Camp wildfire is a warning to fire-prone NJ Pinelands
AMANDA OGLESBY / ASBURY PARK PRESS - Lynne Larsen remembers the charred embers she found in her backyard, the way her house smelled of soot [go to article]
Opinion: Murphy has failed in his promise to protect Pinelands
RACHEL BUNTING and LEE YEASH / BURLINGTON COUNTY TIMES - Under New Jersey Gov. Brendan T. Byrne, Congress created the Pinelands National Reserve [go to article]
Now Murphy’s soccer team won’t relocate to land where trees could be chopped down
BRENT JOHNSON / NJ.COM - The pro women's soccer team co-owned by Gov. Phil Murphy will have to find its new home elsewhere [go to article]
Could California mega-wildfires happen in NJ’s Pinelands?
NJ 101.5 - Recent California wildfires destroyed homes and killed residents, many of whom lived in close proximity to forests and woodlands [go to article]
Editorial: It’s not too late for Gov. Murphy to overhaul the Pinelands Commission
TIMES OF TRENTON - The million-plus acres of pinelands sprawling across 56 communities and seven Garden State counties represent one of the most highly protected [go to article]
Editorial: What’s the holdup, Governor?
BURLINGTON COUNTY TIMES - What’s the holdup, Governor? The Pinelands is a million acres of protected, ecologically sensitive land. It’s not a corner park [go to article]
Environmental groups continue push for change at Pinelands Commission
DAVID LEVINSKY / BURLINGTON COUNTY TIMES - New Jersey’s environmental lobby is getting antsy. While groups like the New Jersey Audubon, Sierra Club and Food [go to article]
Politics are killing the Pinelands and we want Murphy to fix it, group says
STEVE STRUNSKY / NJ.COM - A coalition of environmentalists and other groups dedicated to preserving the 1-milliion acre expanse of pitch pines, sandy soil, wildlife [go to article]
NJ DEP rejects plan to build nearly 4,000 homes in Manchester
AMANDA OGLESBY / APP.COM - A state agency has rejected a plan that would build nearly 4,000 new homes and 40,000 square feet of commercial space on the site [go to article]
