Wild New Jersey - Human Nature by Lynda Hester D'Orio. Vote yes on this legislation

This November 3rd
Vote Yes on a Historic Piece of Legislation

If you haven’t heard, this year’s election is supposed to be boring. Not much to be concerned with except one item that I find to be the most compelling reason you’ll find me casting my ballot this November, 1998.

It’s not to make a stand for one party or another, it’s to support the Green Acres, Farmland and Historic Legacy Trust. I’ll be among the people voting yes and here’s why.

It’s been a decade since the Wetlands Protection Act was passed. It has proved to be inadequate for the state’s needs and has no stable funding to maintain it. This November, the citizens of the Garden State will have one chance to protect the legacy of the state’s motto, through voting their support on this legislation.

It’s going to allow the preservation of 300,000 acres in the first four years and over 1,000,000 in the next decade. This is the last stand, if these lands are lost to developers, we’ll never get them back.

Why vote yes? Right now, we have no stable funding for Green Acres and the money in the coffer can’t prevent developers from gaining the literal ground we are living on. This yes vote not only saves wildlife habitat and recreational sites, it will be preserving farmlands and insuring the ability to offer clean water and air to our residents by controlling overbuilding. You can make a difference when you vote yes on this issue.

Look around, the building and development of homes and businesses is out of hand, our roads are clogged, our water quality is subject to pollutants and our very quality of life is changing for the worse every day.

Do something about it, vote yes for this legislation and make a lasting change in our state that everyone can enjoy now and for hundreds of years to come.

Governor Whitman and conservationist groups have created this opportunity and we must get to the polls to vote yes. The state spends 2 billion a year on roads, this act only requires 10% of that expenditure to work to make a historic change, a positive vote to preserve our state. It’s an absolute win- win action.

For more information on this legislation it’s inception and it’s intent, check the New Jersey Audubon’s website for the State Conservation Report.