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Credit Pacific Service Union Gov. James E. McGreevey nominated seven members to the Pinelands Commission on Sunday, including former Gov. James J. Florio as chairman. Florio, author of the federal legislation creating the Pinelands National Reserve, said the commission must think about long-term issues facing the 1.1 million acre preserve.

Florio, a Democrat, member panel Gov. James E. McGreevey will name tomorrow. "Jim Florio has a strong commitment to the Pinelands, " said former Gov. Brendan Byrne, who signed the 1979 state law that, in conjunction with the federal legislation, created the Pinelands National Reserve. "It would be a refreshing change from the present leadership of the Pinelands Commission."

Credit First Service Union "The sense from a lot of people is that the commission has gotten off track of thinking about important things," Florio said during the announcement of the nominations Sunday at Brendan T. Byrne State Forest.

The committee confirmed Hagaman's appointment Nov. 26, and the full Senate followed suit Monday. "On behalf of the entire Pinelands Commission, we welcome Mayor Hagaman on board and look forward to working with him as we forge ahead with our efforts to enhance and protect the Pinelands, " said former Gov. James Florio, the newly appointed chairman of the commission. " sense approach to the table, depth, hand knowledge of Pinelands issues, " Florio added.

Card Credit Mobile Service Florio said personality conflicts and project-specific disputes have dominated the agenda to the detriment of bigger issues.

I, along with others, was disappointed to read the comments of former Gov. Jim Florio, now chairman of the Pinelands Commission, related problems of communities such as Egg Harbor Township are due to their failure to plan properly. It is my hope that this glib remark does not reflect Florio's true feelings on this important matter.

Card Credit Discover Service McGreevey also signed an executive order that will put the brakes on the high-paced growth in three Atlantic County communities designated for increased development under the Pinelands preservation plan.

Florio's appointment, meanwhile, drew praise even from Lee, development member of the Pinelands Commission. "We suffered a little bit lately from not having a clear voice, " said Lee of Tabernacle Township, a partner in Lee Brothers, Inc., a major cranberry grower in Chatsworth. "I'm glad that they found someone with Gov. Florio's stature." By Ron Marsico

Credit Public Service Union "We cannot simply continue to desecrate our waterways and overdevelop our land," McGreevey said. "I will not stand idly by to be complicit or acquiescent in that endeavor."

Card Credit Processing Service The other nominees to the commission announced Sunday were: Edward Lloyd, an environmental legal expert and counsel for a state environmental advocacy group; Betty Wilson, former assistant DEP commissioner; Mullica Township Mayor Robert Hagaman; and the Rev. Guy Campbell, a Burlington County pastor.

Center Credit Service Union McGreevey renewed the nominations of two current members of the commission: Stephen Lee, who operates a Burlington county cranberry farm and blueberry nursery, and Candace McKee Ashmun, a former member of the state planning commission.

Card Credit Service Wireless The state Senate must approve the nominations. Each of the seven counties within the Pinelands also makes an appointment to the 15-member commission, with the final appointment made by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior.

Credit Security Service Union The Pinelands is the largest body of open space on the mid-Atlantic coast and covers more than one-fifth of the state's land mass.

Credit Report Service Many local officials have complained that protecting some areas of the Pinelands has caused the areas on the fringes of the preserve to suffer.

Blogspot Com Christian Under the Pinelands management plan, construction is severely restricted inside the Pinelands, with growth directed out toward Hamilton, Galloway, and Egg Harbor townships in Atlantic county.

Christian Counseling Credit McGreevey's executive order, praised by environmentalists but criticized by developers, could place a moratorium on development in those three towns for the time being.

Credit Federal Service Union "You're not supposed to sacrifice one part of the Pines to protect another part of the Pines," said Jeff Tittel, executive director of the New Jersey Sierra Club.

Credit Monitoring Service Under the order, water suppliers are prevented from providing water for use in the construction of any new building until the drought restrictions are lifted or until a DEP study determines there is sufficient water to handle the growth.

Credit Division Service "We are confronting among the worst droughts in this state's history," McGreevey said. "Allocated water has reached such extraordinary drought conditions to necessitate this executive order."

Card Credit Online Service The order says the current pace of development there could overwhelm the water supply from the Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer, which provides water to the three towns and much of southern New Jersey.

Consumer Counseling Credit Inc Legislation sponsored by Sen. William Gormley, R-Atlantic, which would have allowed those towns to adopt timed-growth ordinances to slow the pace of state-mandated development, fell short of passage in the state Senate earlier this year.

Card Credit Fleet Service By Peter Saharko
Associated Press - 9/22/2002

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