Author Archives: Bill Wolfe

DEP Logging Logic: From “Young Forests” To Outright “Land Conversion”

Creation of Habitat and Promotion of Hunting Reach Their End Game “Active Management”, “Thinning”, “Feathering”, & “Treatments” Go Rogue To Clearcut You have to read the DEP justification below of their clearcut of the Glassboro Wildlife Management Area to create … Continue reading

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DEP Request For Proposals On Glassboro Logging Required That “Trees To Be Machine Cut Using Industrial Forestry Tree Cutters”

DEP Paid Contractor $205,000 To Clearcut And Bulldoze Mature Forests Contract Bid Requirements Completely Ignored Environmental Requirements Yesterday, we wrote to expose the misleading claims by DEP Commissioner LaTourette that the Glassboro Wildlife Management Area illegal clearcut was a simple … Continue reading

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Murphy DEP Suppressed Public Criticism Of DEP’s Flawed Cancer Risk Screening Methods

DEP Cancer Risk Methods Ignore Environmental Justice And Cumulative Exposure Risks 6. The [cancer risk screening] methodology fails to consider disproportionate community burdens and exposures. The methodology fails to incorporate community vulnerability and susceptibility or otherwise incorporate the standards and … Continue reading

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Murphy DEP Commissioner Misled The Legislature: He Tried To Cover Up Real Reasons For DEP Illegal Clearcut Logging

LaTourette Claimed Individual DEP Staffer Merely “Made A Mistake” Yesterday, Murphy DEP Commissioner LaTourette testified before the Assembly Budget Committee on the DEP’s FY ’24 budget. Among other things, LaTourette seriously misled the Committee in response to questions about how … Continue reading

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Murphy DEP Commissioner Dropped A Bombshell Today In Budget Hearing: NJ State Parks Face A $720 Million Maintenance Deficit (almost double prior $400 million)

State Parks Constitutional Dedication of $32 Million/Year Stripped By Open Space Ballot Over $224 Million In State Parks Capital Funds Diverted Since Then LaTourette Gaslights And Poses Straw Man Revenue Source Of Park Admission Fees As the Director of the … Continue reading

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