by Web Editor | Apr 22, 2016 | News, News/PR
Every few days this spring, another small wildfire breaks out in the Pinelands, a 1.1-million-acre tract in southern New Jersey that spans seven counties and is home to some 500,000 people. So far this year, firefighters have doused the flames before they caused any...
by Web Editor | Jun 16, 2014 | News, News/PR
The Legislature is poised to take another crack at allowing commercial logging on more than a million acres of New Jersey’s forests. The issue deeply split the state’s environmental community when it was approved in the previous legislative session, but it ended up...
by Web Editor | Mar 10, 2014 | News, News/PR
Advocates say it will lead to better management of New Jersey state forests, which cover approximately 42 percent of the state, or an estimated 1.8 million acres, according to the most recent survey in 2010. Critics argue it is a violation of the public trust,...