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In response to the New Jersey Senate Environment and Energy Committee’s December 8, 2014 hearing on implementation of Public Question 2 (you can read press reports of that meeting here and here), the Byram Township Mayor and Council passed the resolution below supporting restoration of funding to state parks and historic sites at their meeting […] Senate Environment and Energy Committee to hold first hearing on implementation of Public Ballot Question 2 If you read my November 2nd post, Protect our parks, open space, and clean water: Vote ‘NO’ on New Jersey Ballot Question 2, you know that with passage of Question 2 came serious financial impact on our State Parks […] Scott Olson photo By Scott Olson November 2, 2014 On Tuesday, I’m voting to protect our parks, historic sites and open space. I’m voting to maintain protections of our drinking water and precious natural resources. I’m voting ‘NO’ on New Jersey’s Open Space Preservation Funding Amendment, Public Question Number 2, and I’m urging […] (Note: The author of this letter – a New Jersey DEP employee with a thorough knowledge of the fiscal impact of SCR84 on NJ State Parks and Historic Sites – has ask to remain anonymous.) I ask that you read this email so you might fully understand the potential impacts of a ballot initiative that […] Join us for the 6th annual environmental education event for children (and adults!), to be presented by the Musconetcong Watershed Association on Saturday, July 27, 2013. Musconetcong River at Byram Riverside Park. Photo by Beth Styler Barry (Click to enlarge) Come out and get your feet wet! Byram “Meet the River” Date: Saturday, […] An environmental education experience for children (and adults!), to be presented by the Musconetcong Watershed Association on Saturday, August 4, 2012. Musconetcong River at Byram Riverside Park. Photo by Beth Styler Barry Come out and get your feet wet! Date: Saturday, August 4, 2012 Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Place: Byram Township’s […] “We are all co-owners of some of the most moving places on Earth, and while much of that emotion is born in the spectacular scenery we are seeing there, it also finds its source in us and our love and connection to each other.” – Ken Burns When I saw this article and video this […] Photo courtesy Bill Wolfe ©2012 The National Park Service (NPS) is expected to announce its “preferred alternative” for the Susquehanna-Roseland transmission line by the end of March. The transmission line which runs across the Delaware River and Appalachian Trail and through the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area is slated for a major […] |