The Pinelander: Newsletter of the New Jersey Pinelands Commission, Winter 2004/05

This is the newsletter of the New Jersey Pinelands Commission, which administers the Pinelands Comprehensive Management Plan. The Commission works to preserve, protect, and enhance the natural and cultural resources of the Pinelands National Reserve, and to encourage compatible economic and other human activities consistent with that purpose. This issue features the following articles: 25 Years of Pinelands Preservation and Growth Management; Commission to Strengthen Protection of Rare Plants; Forest Zoning Proposed in Lacey, Ocean; Commission, Buena Vista Expand Farming Zone; Commission Approves Measures to Protect Endangered Pine Snakes at Two Pinelands Housing Developments; Commission Approves Heritage Minerals Settlement: Agreement will Permanently Protect Nearly 6,500 Acres; Housing Study on Track; Commission Picked to Receive Dodge Grant for Phase II of Pinelands Excellence Program; Commission Receives International Technology Award; Electric Transmission Line Project Prompts New Protections; and DEP Funds Pinelands Model Stormwater Ordinance Project.Winter 2004/0