Author Archives: Bill Wolfe

Current Chapter Director Not Even Trying To Fill Jeff Tittel’s Big Shoes Lack of Engagement On DEP Pinelands Logging Plan Exposes Compromised Activism Frankly, I expected all the frantic behind the scenes efforts to suppress criticism of DEP’s Pinelands Forestry … Continue reading →

Must Not Become Model For DEP, Pinelands, & Highlands Approach To Carbon In Forests DEP Already Has A Slogan Teed Up: “Carbon Defense” “The proposed project will significantly reduce the forest carbon pools throughout the site overall due to the removal of forest overstory.” ~~~ … Continue reading →

Contact Gov. Murphy And Demand That He Veto DEP’s Logging Plan DEP Firemen Must Not Be Allowed To Determine The Fate Of NJ’s Public Forests The photo above is of a “thinned” Pinelands forest deemed a “conservation” example in a … Continue reading →

DEP Redacts And Denies Documents – Including Commissioner’s Letter DEP Claims Secret Government Meetings Exempt From OPRA Assistant Commissioner Cecil Directly Involved, Despite Gross Conflicts Of Interest On August 9, immediately after learning of the DEP’s proposed logging plan, I … Continue reading →

I let it go last week when NJ Spotlight falsely reported that DEP had proposed new flood hazard rules. Here is DEP’s webpage for formal rule proposals, and there is no flood hazard rule proposed (or stormwater management, NJPDES, WQMP, … Continue reading →