Introduction to the Environmental Problems & Propaganda
- 8/20/22: Forests are Being Destroyed and Nature Lovers are HelpingChristopher Ketchum, Daily Beast
- 3/23/16: Logging public preserves is a misguided planSara Webb, PhD and Sharon Wander, PhD, Bernardsville News
Front Page News Articles
Most Current
- 4/28/23: After Glassboro Lawmakers Push NJDEP On Next Steps Tom Johnson, NJ Spotlight News
- 4/15/23: NJ Environmental Now Has to Fine Itself John Rigolizzo, The Daily Wire
- 4/13/23: Glassboro Wildlife Management Area NJDEP Violation Frank Kummer, Philadelphia Inquirer
- 2/09/21: Logging at Sparta Mtn to Start William Cleary, CNB News
- 2/04/20: Conservation groups & NJ DFW at Loggerheads Over Sparta Mtn Nicole Wells, Sparta Independent
- 4/27/19: Sparta Mountain Forest Logging Continues; $2.4M to NJ DEP for Forest Stewardship Jennifer Derricks, TapInto Sparta
- 2/07/19: Tree-cutting to begin at Sparta Mountain Bruce Scruton, NJ Herald
- 1/31/18: Sparta Mountain forestry work to start in February Bruce Scruton, NJ Herald
- 11/16/18: Forestry work at Sparta Mountain to begin after Thanksgiving Bruce Scruton, NJ Herald
2017 and past
12/22/17: State seeks input on plans for Stokes State Forest
Bruce Scruton, NJ Herald
5/11/17: State hears vocal opposition on Sparta Mountain
Bruce Scruton, NJ Herald
5/10/17: Final Sparta Mountain plan met with dozens of concerns
Erika Norton, Sparta Independent
5/10/17: Tempers short at public airing of Sparta Mountain plan
Bruce Scruton, NJ Herald
3/8/17: Harsh words from Sparta Mountain plans opponents
Bruce Scruton, NJ Herald
2/28/17: Lesniak’s bill would prevent logging on Sparta Mountain
Bruce Scruton, NJ Herald
2/8/17: ‘Stop the Chop’: Opposition to Sparta Mountain plan continues
Erika Norton, The Sparta Independent
1/29/17: Sparta Mountain plan divides environmental groups
Bruce Scruton, NJ Herald
TV Coverage
04/27/2016: Residents Set to Battle State Over the Future of Sparta Mountain NJTVNews
04/21/2016; Sparta Mountain forest plan angers environmental advocates News 12 NJ
Other Recent Press
1/16/2016: Happy for support of Highlands Act
Lynn Dubnoff, letter to the editor, NJ Herald
6/4/2017: Live Video: Democratic state Assembly candidates debate
NJ Herald (Sparta Mountain question begins at 45 minutes into the video)
5/14/17: Sparta Mountain debate comes to an end, maybe
Editorial Board, Our Opinion, NJ Herald
4/25/17: Nightmare of Sparta Mountain Logging
Bob Califano, letter to the editor, NJ Herald
3/19/17: Logging companies get rich at public’s expense
Joel Dubnoff, letter to the editor, NJ Herald
3/5/17: Reasons to oppose logging on Sparta Mountain
Steven Opresnick, letter to the editor, NJ Herald
3/1/17: Sparta Mountain logging plan makes no sense
Silvia Solaun, letter to the editor, NJ Herald
2/28/17: Battle against logging NJ Highlands picks up powerful ally
Tom Johnson, NJ Spotlight
2/26/17: What about real stewardship for Sparta Mountain?
Alana Steib, letter to the editor, NJ Herald
2/22/17: Stewardship I’d Support
Alana Steib, letter to the editor, The Advertiser-News
2/21/17: Ecologists know it’s not about ‘forest stewardship’ on Sparta Mt.
Friends of Sparta Mountain, letter to the editor, The Township Journal
2/13/17: Letter: Logging has negative impact on Sparta Mountain
Friends of Sparta Mountain, The Sparta Independent
1/10/17: Friends of Sparta Mountain to hold public meeting
Bruce Scruton, NJ Herald
1/8/17: Stop clear-cutting plan on Sparta Mountain
Greg Gorman, letter to the editor, NJ Herald
1/4/17: Stewardship it ain’t
Greg Gorman, letter to the editor, The Advertiser News and West Milford Messenger
11/15/16: Work continues on Sparta Mountain project
Bruce Scruton, NJ Herald
10/13/16: Sierra Club begins fundraising to fight Sparta Mountain plan
Bruce Scruton, NJ Herald
9/26/16: Hike explores Sparta Mountain plans
Bruce Scruton, NJ Herald
9/2/16: Sierra Club says Sparta Mountain agreement keeps info from public
Bruce Scruton, NJ Herald
8/26/16: Sparta Mountain work could begin this winter
Bruce Scruton, NJ Herald
8/18/16: Sparta Mountain plan has big flaw
Greg Gorman, letter to the editor, NJ Herald
6/29/16: A plan to log a New Jersey wilderness preserve divides environmentalists
Emily Gertz, Takepart
6/15/16: Nothing clear-cut about Sparta Mountain logging controversy
Mark Di Ionno, The Star-Ledger
6/11/16: Plan to clear NJ forest land divides environmentalists
James O’Neill, The Record
5/13/16: Logging pits environmental groups against each other in Jefferson
Jane Primerano, The Record
Archives
02/02/2016: NJ Herald, Letter to the Editor by Greg Gorman, NJ Sierra Club Conservation Chair
The Daily Record, Letter to the Editor by Diane Wilson
02/24/2016: The Advertiser News, Sparta Mountain Backlash by Erika Norton
03/29/2016: EnviroPolitics Blog, Christie’s shifting of open-space funds unconstitutional? by James M. O’Neill
03/31/2016: NJ Herald, Our Opinion, Listening to All Views on Sparta Mountain Plan
03/31/2016: NJ Herald, Your Opinion by Sue Dorward, Rutgers Environmental Steward
04/14/2016: NJ Herald, Our Opinion, Listening to those who spoke on state’s plan for Sparta Mountain