Once a watershed is past 30 percent (developed) it's gone, ... Critters and endangered species are important, but the main reason for protecting the Pinelands was to preserve water quality, the aquifer and the rivers and estuaries.
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I don't care what a bunch of out-of-towners say, ... Trying to draw a comparison to development in the Pinelands 25 years ago to this is shoddy thinking. It sounds like one more person who is from out of town, who doesn't know the history of this project, who is passing judgment on what he perceives to be the current political climate.
The Pinelands Commission is thankful that the court recognized and acknowledged the clear threat to the unique resources of the Pinelands area attributable to the proposed facility.