[CPEO-MEF] BUFFER ZONES: "235 acres of land bordering Naval Weapons Station Earle [NJ] in the southern part of the township have been permanently protected from development"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Massive Parcel in Colts Neck Preserved


By Stephen Appezzato
Two Rivers Times (NJ)
February 22, 2024

COLTS NECK – The future of Colts Neck just got a little greener.

Thanks to a pricey property easement, 235 acres of land bordering Naval Weapons Station Earle in the southern part of the township have been permanently protected from development. An additional 20 acres in Howell have also been preserved.

Both deals were brokered between private landowners and a partnership among the Monmouth Conservation Foundation (MCF), the U.S. Navy, the Monmouth County government and both townships for conservation purposes and to prevent the encroachment of further development on the Naval base.

“Saving any open space in the county is a top priority,” said MCF executive director William Kastning. “Not just these two. There are lots of things that we do in terms of agriculture, habitat protection and water protection,” he said.

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For the entire article, see
https://tworivertimes.com/massiveparcelincoltsneckpreserved/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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