Tag: Pinelands Preservation Alliance
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Accessible trails make nature available to all
By Tom Gilbert Before being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2009, Karen Richards was an athlete. She could hike for miles on rugged mountain trails and she regularly swam distance laps in a pool. Having multiple sclerosis changed all that for Karen, who is the New Jersey Conservation Foundation’s director of finance and administration. She…
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Preservation group fights to keep preserve’s integrity; latest issue is pipeline constructed by New Jersey Natural Gas
By KRYSTAL NURSE Protecting the Pinelands National Reserve has been the goal of an environmental organization that advocates for conservation laws and regulations at the state’s largest reserve. The Pinelands Preservation Alliance (PPA) has worked in coordination with many environmental groups to keep the integrity of the 1.1-million-acre reserve and fight off companies and development…