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WEST JERSEY SIERRA 2004

WEST JERSEY SIERRA 2004. YEAR-END ANNUAL REPORT. Chair: Gina Carola. WEST JERSEY SIERRA 2004 MAP. BURLINGTON. CAMDEN. GLOUCESTER. Wayne Zanni, Vice Chair. WEST JERSEY SIERRA 2004 CONTENTS. Membership Account Fundraising Politics Conservation Presentations Events

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WEST JERSEY SIERRA 2004

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  1. WEST JERSEY SIERRA 2004 YEAR-END ANNUAL REPORT Chair: Gina Carola

  2. WEST JERSEY SIERRA 2004MAP BURLINGTON CAMDEN GLOUCESTER Wayne Zanni, Vice Chair

  3. WEST JERSEY SIERRA 2004CONTENTS • Membership • Account • Fundraising • Politics • Conservation • Presentations • Events • Inner City Outings • Refreshments Secretary: Becky Payne

  4. WEST JERSEY SIERRA 2004Account December 2003 $4,665 December 2004 $3,450 Deficit $1,215 Treasurer: Trish Clements

  5. WEST JERSEY SIERRA 2004Membership Membership Chair: Mike Brown December 2003 2,271 December 2004 2,659 Gain 388 +17%

  6. WEST JERSEY SIERRA 2004Fundraising Fundraising Chair: Reiss Tiffany Purchase Projector $1,000 Sales • Onions $ 1,257 • Calendars $ 518

  7. WEST JERSEY SIERRA 2004Conservation Conservation Chair: Stacey Ayala • Camden Greenways • Petty Island • Pinelands • Fast Track Bill • Highlands • Other

  8. WEST JERSEY SIERRA 2004Conservation Lower Delaware River • Delaware Deepening- The Army Corp of Engineers was denied its permits that it has been after for over 5 years. The request was denied citing “too many environmental issues”. • Delaware Oil Spill - On November 26, an oil tanker, damaged while attempting to dock at a Citgo Petroleum Corp. terminal in West Deptford Township, spilled a still-undetermined amount of crude oil into the Delaware River. Since that time, the DEP has been on the scene daily, working closely with the U.S. Coast Guard and other federal and state agencies to contain and clean up the oil.

  9. WEST JERSEY SIERRA 2004Conservation VX Nerve Gas The DuPont Corporation has submitted a bid to treat the VX nerve gas at their Deepwater facility in Salem County, NJ. This process would include releasing the effluent into the Delaware River.

  10. WEST JERSEY SIERRA 2004Camden Greenways Greenways Chairs: Frank and Ellen Zinni Mission of Camden Greenways: To create new parks and link existing parks along the Delaware River, Cooper, and Newton Creek in Camden, NJ. This park system will link the City with surrounding County Parks and the Camden and Philadelphia waterfronts. It will provide recreational and educational opportunities for young and old alike. About Camden Greenways Inc (CGI): CGI is a partnership of neighborhood organizations, both local and regional organizations as well as governments including, local, county, State and federal government. CGI is a 501 C 3 not-for-profit organization organized to help promote greenways within the City of Camden and the region. http://sierraactivist.org/CGI-brochure2.21.03.doc

  11. WEST JERSEY SIERRA 2004Pinelands Pinelands Chair: Lee Snyder • Atlantic City Airport Expansion - The airport is planning an expansion of its facility which is all within Pinelands jurisdiction. • Batsto Fish Ladder This took several years of lobbying but DEP is finally going to build the fish ladder. • Conectiv Tract - A 1,500 acre tract of land in Millville is possibly going to be sold to a developer who plans to build 800-900 new homes and a golf course. Most of Millville does not fall under Pinelands jurisdiction but this area could be and the state offered $2,000,000 to purchase it for conservation. As the city is for the development, it looks as though the developer will be winning the bid on the land. In a cost analysis, it was determined that it would actually cost more to develop the land than to preserve it.

  12. WEST JERSEY SIERRA 2004Petty Island Another view of Petty's Island from Pyne Point Park, Camden, NJ. Here we see the southern tip of the island contrasting with the industrial development on the Pennsylvania bank of the Delaware River. View of Petty's Island from Pyne Point Park, Camden, NJ. Petty's Island View facing south with 36th Street Bridge lower left. Petty's Island today. Oil tanks in upper right no longer used. Marine terminal in middle. Eagle nest in between. Petty's Island detail showing wetlands and protective radius about nest. Source: Pennsauken Waterfront Master Plan Petty's Island & North Camden - Shows wetlands & eagle buffers + nest. Source: Pennsauken Waterfront Master Plan Petty's Island wetlands and environmental sensitive areas. NJDEP staff overlay. NJDEP Staff Overlay - Petty's Island buildable acres with minimum environmental protection buffers. http://sierraactivist.org/gallery/pettys Photographs by Dennis Schvejda

  13. WEST JERSEY SIERRA 2004Petty Island Petty's Island has several freshwater ponds surrounded by emergent grasses and wetlands. They provide habitat for waterfowl and wading birds. Elmer Clegg, NJ bald eagle monitoring volunteer, posted these signs around the perimiter of the bald eagle nesting site. Here's the nest of the bald eagle pair that have captivated newspaper headlines. The nest may look small, but it's about six feet across. A closer view of the opposite pond shore. A view of what had been a dirt road, now overgrown with grasses and shrubs, on our way to the freshwater ponds on southern Petty's Island. A view looking west from the old dirt road, into what are essentially early successional trees. The most common on Petty's Island are cottonwoods, birches, paulownia, and a smattering of sweet gum and sycamore. Our guide, Don Griffin of Citgo, showing Dennis Schvejda, Sierra Club's Conservation Director, the heron rookery. Yellow-crowned and black-crowned night herons also nest on the island. We are looking at a heron rookery. The dark "splotches" in the tree are heron nests. http://sierraactivist.org/gallery/pettys Photographs by Dennis Schvejda

  14. WEST JERSEY SIERRA 2004Petty Island

  15. WEST JERSEY SIERRA 2004Petty Island THE CHEROKEE PLAN Cherokee Building Plan - Petty's Island.Shows golf hotel, Club Crescent, and Gateway Villages. 751 homes, 250 room hotel. Cherokee Plan with 18 hole golf course covers Petty's Island. Eagle nest forest thinned for paths. Plan for Petty's Island Detail. Note development on both sides of treed area with paths where eagle nest had been. http://sierraactivist.org/gallery/pettys Photographs by Dennis Schvejda

  16. WEST JERSEY SIERRA 2004Politics Sierra A record number of members voted in the election and good has triumphed over evil.  The winners were all nominating committee members and the outsiders were vanquished.  National Group Lisa Renstrom 141,407 Gina Carola (enough) Jan O'Connell 132,262 Wayne Zanni (enough) Nick Aumen 123,332 Rebecca Payne (enough) Sanjay Ranchod 123,332 Trish Clements (enough) David Karpf 110,756 Political Chair: Marie Hageman

  17. WEST JERSEY SIERRA 2004Politics National President George W. Bush NJ 1st Camden / Gloucester Andrews endorsed NJ 2nd Atlantic / Cumberland / Cape May / Salem / Gloucester LoBiondo endorsed NJ 3rd Burlington / Camden Saxton endorsed Political Chair: Marie Hageman

  18. WEST JERSEY SIERRA 2004Legislation CLEAN CAR LAW - state The first win of the year was the Clean Car Bill. This new law encourages car manufactures to produce the cleanest cars possible for New Jersey as early as this year and in increasing numbers over time. Although the bill would not mandate manufacturers produce clean cars for New Jersey before 2009, it is believed that the state would immediately see the impact of the bill because automakers would want to start banking credits for the 2009 requirement by placing cleaner advanced technology cars in New Jersey right now. It is expected that the results will be that air toxins will be reduced by an additional 23 percent more than the federal emission standards and smog precursors by 19 percent by 2020 through stricter car emissions standards and the promotion of cleaner, advanced technology vehicles across the state.

  19. WEST JERSEY SIERRA 2004Legislation THE FAST TRACK LAW - state • This bill will enable builders to pay an extra fee to have their applications for developing reviewed quickly. If the DEP has not responded within 45 days, the application is immediately approved. If the DEP rejects the application, they must defend their reasons in court if the developer decides to sue. Also, the developers can have the application review done by the reviewers of their choice from a list of “pre-approved” reviewers. • However, all is not lost. On November 6, 2004 Gov. McGreevey, just before leaving office, signed an executive order delaying the implementation of the law. There is still hope.

  20. WEST JERSEY SIERRA 2004Legislation HIGHLANDS LAW-state Next very significant win: Highlands Bill • On June 10, 2004, both houses of the New Jersey Legislature passed the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act. This bill--signed by the governor on August 10--is the most significant piece of state land use legislation since the State Planning Act of 1985, and is among the most significant environmental bills ever passed by the State of New Jersey. Protection of fresh water was a primary motivation. • The Highlands Region supplies drinking water for more than 11 million people and is home to more than 200 plant and 50 animal species. It also serves as a recreational area for nearly 25 million people who live within one hour's drive of the region that stretches from Pennsylvania and New Jersey through New York and Connecticut. • Hovnanian Builders - Agreed to donate 6,000 acres to conservation efforts and plans to build 2,450 homes on the 1,000 acres.

  21. WEST JERSEY SIERRA 2004Legislation HIGHLANDS LAW-federal • Surprisingly, on a Federal level, Bush signed the Highlands Conservation Act on Tuesday, November 30, authorizing $110 million to preserve open space in northern New Jersey and neighboring states. • The act was supported by New Jersey's Democrats and Republicans in Congress -- the chief author was Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen, R-Harding, who said he was thrilled that Bush had signed it. Democratic Sens. Jon Corzine and Frank Lautenberg worked on the bill with Frelinghuysen. • "This is a historic achievement and major victory for the preservation of the New Jersey Highlands, one of the last open space treasures in the most densely populated area of the country," Frelinghuysen said. • Corzine said the Highlands region is a national treasure that must be preserved, and that the measure would keep the area from being developed.

  22. WEST JERSEY SIERRA 2004Legislation SNOWMOBILES-federal We lost the Holt amendment to ban snowmobiles from Yellowstone by a vote of 198-224. Congressman Rush Holt tried hard to get this amendment passed, but the snowmobile manufactures lobbied very hard too. Snowmobilers like to tear through the wilderness areas of the parks in large numbers. This frightens herds of deer, elk and buffalo along with other wildlife. They start running and often run until they collapse from exhaustion.

  23. WEST JERSEY SIERRA 2004Legislation Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ANWR-federal Looks like President Bush took drilling in ANWR out of the energy bill and hid it in the House omnibus bill.

  24. WEST JERSEY SIERRA 2004Presentations • January - Delaware River Bayshores Discovery Project: Kristoffer Whitney • February - Water TestingVolunteerism: AmeriCorp.: Mike Gross & Josh Melissari • March - Fish Kill: - Roxanne Shinn: RiverKeepers. • April - Organic Gardening: Rutgers Co-Op Tom Polinski, Master Gardener • May - Smart Growth: Rowan Prof. Dr. John Hasse. • June - Solar Power: Tim Fostik. • September - Population Control: Bonnie Tillery. • October - Heritage Trail: Celeste Tracy. • November – TerraCycle: Bob Chioppa.

  25. WEST JERSEY SIERRA 2004Events • Habitat for Humanity • Earth Fairs • April 24 - Wash Twp • June 13 - Burl County • June 13 - Glouco Waterfest Publicity Chair: Bud Kaliss

  26. WEST JERSEY SIERRA 2004Outings Inner City Outings Thanks to Jennifer Grenier & Maxine Vogt

  27. WEST JERSEY SIERRA 2004Refreshments Thanks to Ellen Zinni

  28. WEST JERSEY SIERRA 2004COMING UP FOR 2005 • Fast Track Legislation repeal • Petty Island preservation • Politics • State Gubernatorial • State Assembly • Delaware Oil Spill Clean-up • Liquid Natural Gas port in Logan Twp. • VX Nerve Gas • Programs – • January Jessica Grudowski – N.J. Watersheds   • February Mike Hogan - Rebirth of Big Timber Creek And of course--- BUSHWORLD MONITORING!

  29. WEST JERSEY SIERRA 2004EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Chair: Gina Carola Vice Chair: Wayne Zanni Secretary: Becky Payne Treasurer: Trish Clements Political Chair: Marie Hageman Publicity Chair: Bud Kaliss Conservation Chair: Stacey Ayala Membership Chair: Mike Brown Fundraising Chair: Reiss Tiffany Pinelands Rep: Lee Snyder Greenways Chairs: Frank and Ellen Zinni Outings Chair: Jennifer Grenier & Maxine Vogt Program Chair: Open

  30. WEST JERSEY SIERRA 2004 YEAR-END ANNUAL REPORT Prepared by: Wayne Zanni, Vice Chair

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