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External News Reports - 2004

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Articles 2004

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Journal News 12/29 Trust gets 18-acre parcel
Northjersey.com 12/18 N.J. to shut Ringwood Park trail over toxins
Home News Tribune 12/6 New Route for Hiking
Times Herald-Record 12/4 War in Iraq delays ordnance cleanup
Times Herald-Record 12/3 Getting Appalachian Trail back on track
Associated Press 11/30 President Bush Signs Highlands Conservation Act
Poughkeepsie Journal 11/29 Local trails are expanded - Val-Kill path is new addition
Times Herald-Record 11/17 Tuxedo Reserve wins approval
New York Times 11/16 Work Out Now, Ache Later: How Your Muscles Pay You Back
Journal News 10/23 Palisades deputy retires after 37 years
Bergen Record 10/14 Another toxic mystery
MidHudsonNews.com 10/13 Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge renovation gets key support
Asbury Park Press 10/13 Middletown Sets Forum on$3.6M Land Purchase
Bergen Record 10/13 Senator Blocking Highlands Nominees
Highlands Coalition 10/12 U.S. Senate Approves $100 Million for Highlands Protection
Bergen Record 10/12 U.S. Senate backs $100M Highlands fund
The Times 10/8 Greenway Begins Barn Renovation
Bergen Record 10/6 Open-space disgrace
Journal News 9/25 State adds 2,000 acres to Putnam parkland
Express-Times 8/25 Expedited Approvals Will Cause Rampant Development in Region
Grist Magazine 8/11 Pulling a Fast-Track One
New Scientist 8/10 Hikers help spread sudden oak death
Express-Times 7/29 Worry about fast-track bill, not Highlands
New York Times 7/24 Lost in Space
Journal News 7/18 County to purchase Johnsontown Road property
Record 7/8 Bergen to Proceed With Park in Oradell
Garden State Enviro News 7/7 Morris Land Conservancy Raises $3 Million to Preserve 26,000 Acres in Northern New Jersey Over 10 Years
Burlington County Times 7/7 Group Saves Rattlesnake Habitat by Purchasing Land
Garden State Enviro News 7/7 Forest Service Releases Draft Off Road Vehicle Rule
Star-Ledger 7/7 County Paying $2 Million of $6 Million Cost
Herald 7/6 Vernon to address ATV problem; Quad vehicle considered for police
Poughkeepsie Journal 7/6 Belleayre development issues meet at the summit - Hikers protest resort proposal
Star Ledger 7/4 Morris Township Committee Opposed Highlands Law
Daily Freeman 7/2 Hurley denounces proposed watershed land-use limits
Daily Freeman 7/2 Resort developers admit flaw in runoff study
Star-Ledger 7/1 Fast-track Legislation Draws Fire From Conservationists
Suburban Trends 7/1 Property Owners Upset at Loss of Land Value
Daily Record 7/1 Legislation Debate Missed Connection
Times Herald-Record 7/1 Parties File Court Briefs on Shawangunk Project
Poughkeepsie Journal 7/1 State supports opening railroad bridge / Group needs $70,000 for study
Daily Record 6/30 Oak Redge Basin Already Had Moratorium Against Development on Lands
Daily Record 6/30 Proposal Would Give Matching Subsidies of $100M Over 10 Years
Press Release 6/7 McGreevey Statement on Vote to Save the Highlands
Associated Press 6/5 Officials: Deal reached on Highlands proposal
New York Times 6/5 McGreevey Wins Battle to Protect State Water
US News Wire 6/3 Hikers Hit Endangered Roadless Areas on June 5 National Trails Day; New Maps Document Nation's Premier Trails at Risk
Herald News 5/29 Disturbing the peace
Journal News 5/7 State park to shut for summer
Associated Press 5/6 Legislature would permit local real estate tax to buy open space
Herald 4/28 Highlands Plan Gains Sussex County Support
Express-Times 4/28 Freeholders Want Highlands Panel Elected by the Public
Poughkeepsie Journal 4/28 New Paltz joins 'Green Assets' - Shawangunk Ridge is target of preservation
NJ Green Acres 4/27 DEP Green Acres Program Preserves 368 Acres in Highlands Region Purchases Will Preserve Open Space and Protect Water Resources
Times Herald-Record 4/27 Orange County told to stick to preservation
Kingston Freeman 4/27 NYC Sees Holes in Resort Plan
Philadelphia Inquirer Editorial 4/26 NJ Highlands - Protect Them, Smartly
NJ Governor 4/26 Govs. Byrne, Kean, Florio, Whitman, DiFrancesco Join McGreevey in Fight
Times Herald-Record 4/26 Orange gives public look at new Open Space Plan
The Journal News 4/25 Rockefellers donate land to preserve
Star-Ledger 4/25 Trenton Showdown Looms For Proposal
Kingston Freeman 4/25 Resort opponents unite
New York Times 4/24 Water Woes Put Catskills Golf Resort in Doubt
Bergen Record 4/23 Bucolic path spanning 5 miles, 300 years to open
Star-Ledger 4/23 Freeholder Chief Says She Fears Bill Could Mean Trouble for County
Bergen Record 4/23 Bucolic path spanning 5 miles, 300 years to open
Star-Ledger 4/23 Changes to Highlands Bill Seem to Take the Bite rom Critics
Journal News 4/23 A tree in his name
Bergen Record 4/23 At Highlands Hearing, Preservation vs. Profit
Bernardsville News 4/22 OP/ED: Fog of Fear, Delay Clouds Highlands
New York Times 4/22 A Deal Is Reached to Preserve Land and the Economy in the Adirondacks
Philadelphia Inquirer 4/22 Pinelands Towns Call Highlands Bill Unfair
Bergen Record 4/20 Trenton Hears Concerns Over Highlands Map
NJ Governor 4/20 Here is the Latest News on the Highlands
Herald 4/19 Sussex County Weighs Impact of Highlands Restrictions
Bergen Record 4/18 Highlands crunch time
Daily Record 4/17 Highlands Plan Would Hit Home in Morris
Star-Ledger 4/17 Governor's Newly Unveiled Plan Calls for Building Limits on a Wider Swath of Private Land
Daily Record 4/16 Lawmakers: Highlands Plan Flawed
Express-Times 4/16 Highlands hearing crowd overflows
Star-Ledger 4/16 More than 600 pack Highlands hearing
Express-Times 4/15 Warren Freeholders Oppose Highlands Measure
Star-Ledger 4/15 Freeholders Will Compile Response to State
Star-Ledger 4/15 Municipal Officials and Environmentalists Fend Off Critics of Proposals
Press Release 4/14 Don't Let Politics and Money Derail Our Best Hope for the Highlands
Herald 4/14 Highlands Plan Called "Land Grab"
Daily Record 4/14 Environmentalists Claim Misinformation Campaign Under Way
Bergen Record 4/13 Water bargain
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 4/11 Virulent Oak Fungus Could Quickly Imperil Eastern Forests
Star-Ledger 4/9 Association Says Bill Is Cloaked in Secrecy
Star-Ledger 4/9 Republicans Urged To Not Play Politics
Star-Ledger 4/8 Lawmakers: Highlands Preservation Plan Rushed
Times Herald-Record 4/7 You're fired! landowner tells ridge developers
Bergen Record 4/6 What Is Cost Of Saving Highlands?
Times Herald-Record 4/6 Snakes rattle developers' plans for golf course in park
Journal News 4/5 Viewing Hudson Highlands in all its splendor
Bergen Record 4/1 Aid pledged to Highlands towns for lost revenue
Star-Ledger 3/30 Developers Say Plan Doesn't Designate Areas for Growth
Bergen Record 3/25 Bipartisan Push In Congress To Preserve More Of Highlands
Burlington County Times 3/23 Burlington County Preservation Idea Goes Statewide
The Record 3/23 Lawmakers Begin Work on Highlands Protection
Star-Ledger 3/18 Officials in Northwest are 'Cautiously Optimistic" About Preservation Plan
Star-Ledger 3/16 Legislators put north Highlands plan on speedy path
New Scientist 3/4 Massive Growth of Ecotourism Worries Biologists
Star-Ledger 3/15 McGreevey Seeks Curbs on Growth in Key Areas
New York Times 2/17 Protection for a City's Water
Associated Press 2/17 Fitness Linked to Thinking in the Aged
Star-Ledger 2/15 New battleground emerges in fight over the Highlands
Press of Atlantic City 2/8 Crumbling state parks need funds, report says
Jounal News 1/31 Clarkstown aids hikers
Star-Ledger 1/26 River resort proposal stirs tide of criticism
NJ Fish and Wildlife 1/22 Volunteers Needed to Survey Reptiles and Amphibians
Poughkeepsie Journal 1/17 Harm from resort outweighs good
Times Herald-Record 1/15 State park purchase gives hikers new trail to Stony Kill Falls
Poughkeepsie Journal 1/15 Is resorts plan boon or bane?
Daily Freeman 1/15 Resort battle lines form Discussion forum
Poughkeepsie Journal 1/14 Ulster golf resort needs hard look
Daily Freeman 1/12 Public gets voice on project
Wired Magazine 1/7 Global Warming Imperils Species
NY Times 1/2 Making Tracks, Making Enemies

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