Housing development battle puts a treasured North Jersey forest at risk
A housing trial set to start on Monday could put North Jersey’s treasured Drew Forest at risk of housing development that locals say would harm a jewel of biodiversity and important water resource.
Inglesino said he’s still hoping Madison and Drew will reach a settlement that makes a court ruling unnecessary, and avoids putting the forest in jeopardy of development. Madison Mayor Bob Conley, who is currently in his fourth term, acknowledged that discussions between the borough and Drew over the redevelopment of land in the years leading up to the lawsuit had not gone well.
“That developer wants to develop at a high density. So that's where the biggest disagreement is,” Lokken said. “This is carbon defense. This is climate defense right here,” she said on one of her walks through the forest. Webb began to lead a major restoration effort of the forest in 2008. Together with her students and other volunteers, she began clearing the invasive plants and planted hundreds of native shrubs and over 2,000 new tree seedlings in their place. Many of them were donated from a tree-growing program run by the state penitentiary in South Jersey. They also erected a 10-foot tall deer fence. And now, if a deer breaks in, Webb assembles a team to chase the hoofed invader out of the forest.
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