Signatures

• Sharon Coughlin

  please protect the atlantic white cedar swamps and all of the biodiversity within the ecosystem. i am concerned about excess physical disturbance and use of pesticides. please keep this area as natural as possible. thank you.

• dena Snow

• Marsha Zimnoch

  I love the Pine Barrens

• George Vickery

  To ensure we don't lose any of our precious wet lands.

• Karen Gaffney

  I question the necessity of removing old cedar trees and their stands , so seedlings can be planted in their place. I think all phases of this study and monies exchanged should be transparent to the public.

• Tom W Gillespie

  We need to protect, preserve, and reclaim our natural areas and guard against these destructive threats which contribute to climate disruption.

• Judith Wert

  This is our land, not the loggers. I have seen clear-cuts in Oregon. I cried. We need our trees. They protect us. They are home to thousands of living organisms. Let them live.

• Martha Martha

• Rebecca Canright

  Greetings! As a young person, I strongly support protecting our local environment. Thank you for your time, let’s work together. Have a great day.

• Laurence Anouna

• Maki Murakami

• Karina Sandoval

• Leslie Cohen

• Kelsey Farley

• Breanna Hawkins

• Norman Koerner

• patricia sebastiano

  To protect the pinelands.

• Laura Palazzo

• arleen carlson

  our cedar swamps are a major environmental habitat for many native , endangered plants , important habitat for wildlife and the cedar trees are a major aspect of this environment.

• Robert Colella

  Save the Atlantic White Cedar from unwanted destruction!

• Bob Roszko

  I want more conservation everywhere

• Celia Marchese

• Elizabeth Simpson

  We need to protect our environment to sustain the habitats that support our lives as well as all the wildlidf

• Mabel Casagrand

  The Pinelands are a treasure and we need to be assured no glyphosate is being used that would disturb this precious ecosystem.

• BILL SIMON

  Always support Pinelands Alliance. First thought that came to me was tree farming for the state. Saw it happen in Maine when I lived up there. - BILL -.

• Laura Mondon

• Jason Brown

  We ain't gonna have any damn trees left soon! Cherish these and plant a million more!

• Rebecca Karol

• Victoria Champion

  Destroying a beautiful area for something senseless. Leave the earth grow

• Tom Rizzo

  Ruining the White Cedar environment as planned is absolutely the wrong thing to do. Not only would the older growth be destroyed, but so would the environment created, the life sustained within the forest and the negative effect it would have on people. We've had enough destruction by the shortsightedness for profit in our state as well as nationally. Stop this absurd idea now.

• Kathleen Destremps

  Preservation

• Katharine Travaline

  The Pinelands ecosystem must be protected

• Karen Stepien

  forest restoration should be done responsibly and use best practices while inflicting minimal damage on the land and vegetation.

• Joseph Bucci

  To protect old growth cedar

• Anna M Palaitis

• Paul Funk

  It is good that restoration may occur rather than just invasive removal.

• Brenda McNemet

  The cedars are beneficial to the Barrens I have lived in the pines most of my life it would be asham to ruin them

• Jon Holcombe

  Keep the pine barrens pristine and healthy

• Donna Henry

  The pinelands are a national treasure. A very special, unique and important place that we must continue to protect. The many reasons it is special inclue the Freshwater Aquifer, it's unique Biodiversity & Habitats, Agricultural hub, National & International Designations. Natural Pine Barrens water quality and soil chemistry must be protected, the habitats of native and rare species of wildlife and plants, and provides water for millions of people. The Pinelands Protection Act of 1979 recognized the importance of protecting the pinelands. The pinelands needs to continue to be protected, not destroyed and that's what your current plans would do

• Ryan Garrett

  For support of my native ancestors land

• Martha Maxwell-Doyle

  I have lived on the Mullica River most of my life and as an ecologist I do not believe that this methodology of managing the forest ecology is the right one. Clear cutting, using harmful herbicides, compacting the soil using heavy equipment is not the way to success. The State can do better.

• Debbie Hadley

• Kate Pourshariati

  There is only one precious Pine Barrens. Though vast it is not infinite. We don't want to be the generation that sees protection of it fail. Please don't think that commercial interests will have any of us in mind.

• Amanda Garret

  To protect the white cedars! Protect the land

• Dawn Nivison

  Leave our public forests alone.

• Toni Pasquale

  To have my opinion know

• Karen Leiter

  Please protect our white cedar swamps!

• Gail Harris

  The need ‘to save’ what is a shrinking source of available life options for this Planet…. The Pinelands are a gift.. and when they are gone…. The are G O N E!

• Jayla Jaggard

  KEEP THE PINES WILD.

• Lauren Frazee

  I refuse to allow unnecessary harm to our land.

• Ray Hofmann

• Claire Baney-Tucker

  I love our white cedars and the Pine Barrens.

• Kayla Nogueira

• Susan Smith

  We need to protect the Pines and I don’t trust that this isn’t an economical project without the modifications being asked for. Without protections in place, this reads like a great way for logging companies to be allowed to raze the Pines for profit.

• Samuel Ross

  We do need proper restoration, but not for the sake of profits. Transparency is needed to ensure we only cut what is needed and not what feeds someone bank accounts..... Also glysophate is extremely harmful to all forms of life. It effects birds, mammals, and even the local plants we want to preserve.... there has to be a better way....

• Ellen Pedersen

  We need assurance and explanation of why what is proposed.

• Andrew Du Brul

  As a biology teacher, researcher, and concerned citizen who values the last large stretches of relatively undeveloped land in New Jersey, I strongly oppose the cutting of Atlantic white cedar and the use of pesticides in these ecologically sensitive habitats. Atlantic white cedar forests are vital components of our natural heritage, supporting biodiversity and providing essential habitat for numerous native species. These ecosystems are interconnected and support vulnerable wildlife, including timber rattlesnakes and Pine Barrens tree frogs, as well as rare and threatened plant species that depend on the unique conditions of the Pine Barrens. Habitat destruction and pesticide use can disrupt these delicate ecological relationships, threatening the survival of species that are already under pressure from habitat loss and other environmental changes. We should be protecting and restoring these irreplaceable ecosystems, not destroying them. As someone who understands the biological importance of biodiversity and healthy ecosystems, I believe we have a responsibility to safeguard Atlantic white cedar forests and the diverse life they sustain for future generations.

• Tammy Monguso

  I believe in the cause

• ROSEMARIE TASSONE

  Ensure the DEP meets the aforementioned assurances. Keep out revenue-producing corporate groups in the Wharton tract and Mullica basin. Ensure these areas remain pristine. No glyphosate ever.

• Marla Pino

  No cutting down trees in the Pine Lands

• Rita Ferguson

  I want to save the Pinelands. We do not need people removing the trees and ruining this National treasure. I don't want cancer causing agents being sprayed and killing trees, animals, etc., and polluting the waters

• Priscilla Hiter

  Want to save the pinebarrens for future generations

• MaryJo Disharoon

  Save our beautiful pinelands!

• Dana Maier

• Fairfax Hutter

  Please follow PPA’s recommendations and proceed very carefully. Before commencing the restoration, please have qualified botanists conduct comprehensive rare plant surveys and adhere to the strictest BMP’s to ensure the Pine Barrens’ rare plants including native orchids are not harmed in the process.

• Erica Librizzi

  Wanting the restoration of cedar to be done properly and without false promises

• Karisa Senavitis

  We must prioritize environmental protections.

• Tonja Huston

  Because every bit of destruction of historic endangered old trees, forests, habitats, ecological systems, poisons polluting the water, ground and air and thousands of acres of nature just being destroyed for someone's greedy pockets needs to be stopped. There's no replacing or correcting the damage this is going to cause. If we continue to let things like this happen there will one day be no more nature, trees, land, water or air to sustain us or the anything else. Just like the Lorax, "I speak for the trees."

• Rosana Mawson

  I am signing so that our assurances will be met in regard to any harvesting of the Atlantic White Cedar. See petition above

• Luke Smith

  Save the forest

• Marianne Panageas

  To protect the habitat

• Sarah Badgley

  Must there be a reason for doing the right thing

• Monica Cahill

  I oppose heavy machinery and herbicides being utilized in a headwaters stream of the Mullica. Our public lands are not private wood lots or tree plantations for logging interests.

• Jeff Larson

• Megan king

• Vida Tauber

  Please save our natural resources, such as trees!!!

• Nico Masciangelo

  We’ve done enough damage to this planet already.

• Brianna Marchlewski

• Hailey DeVaul-Bamasik

  I love trees, nature, and all things good

• Erin Kelusak

• Daniel Guy

  Take care of our forests

• Anne Preston

• Michele Bruynell

  Want to preserve the Pine Barrens as much as possible. No chemicals that will ruin it. No over harvesting.

• Jessica Silvani

• Kristina Donze

• Aslihan Savas

  Protect the Pinelands!

• Catherine Weightman

  Save our pinelands!!!

• Tambi Younes

  Preserve!

• Fran Kurth

  Ecological needs before economic ones.

• Allen Crawford

  I’m very concerned about the use of herbicides in habitat known to have threatened herbaceous plant species, as well as threatened amphibians.

• Shann Ezmat

  I believe strongly that all of the pine land alliances assurances must be met in order for the DEP to do their restoration project. If restoration is really what they are after this should be a no brainer.

• Holly Gonzales

• LeighAnn Eisen

• BERNADETTE Monari

  We must do whatever we can to preserve and protect our Pinelands AND Pine Barrens. The encroachment by OER-building due to the Mount Laurel Doctrine is placing the environmental health of our state.

• Jessica Hartman

  Save the trees!

• Carlo Popolizio

  I support the petition. Hernicides should never be applied in the Pinealds Reserve.

• Tara Rozanski

  Atlantic White Cedars are not only my favorite tree, but they are crucial to the Pinelands ecosystem. With AWC’s almost being wiped out by the logging industry, I want what is best for the Pinelands’ ecosystem and for the restoration of Atlantic White Cedars

• Cassandra Lis

• John Harrison

  My wife and I live in the Pines, we never use Roundup or any herbicide, pesticide or inorganic fertilizer due to our sandy soil and the Aquafer underneath it.

• Donna Eckman

  Want to preserve the pine barrens, such an important ecosystem in our area. I’ve lived in New Jersey all my life and have enjoyed camping, hiking and using the water ways.

• Frank Forsyth

• Paul Hammond

• Joni Brennan

  Those trees should be saved!

• Kate Vallee

  New Jersey , despite being The Garden State , has been overdeveloped leaving fewer and fewer open space green acres which provide habitats to native plants and animals. The Pinelands should be protected

• Eve Pasternak

  I think it is exceedingly important to protect habitats and preserve plant and animal species

• Elizabeth Sceurman

  Leave the Cedars and the Forest alone!

• Janet Hammond

• julian pozzi

  Areas I birdwatch are being directly effected. I think it's crazy to cut these forested areas down. Other already disturbed areas should be replanted with cedar, like old blueberry and cranberry farms.

• Olivia Atkinson

• Andrew Quinlan

  I care deeply about the environment/nature/wildlife

• lisa Gwin

  Preservation and restoration of our lands and waters is key to the future for all of life. Clean air, fresh water and healthy earth is what keeps Humanity going.....

• Patricia Castine

• Nancy Nitti

  Requested assurances in writing are a must when any “for profit” entity is involved in a project. Protecting the environment has to be a priority.

• Amanda Bishop

  The pines are precious and belong to the people.

• Elizabeth Mazy

  To preserve the woods

• Warren Marchioni

  It is the right thing to do.

• Theresa Krawchuk

  Our pinelands need preservation not exploitation for profit. The scariest words are “ hi, I’m from the government and I’m here to help you.” Don’t trust the government to do the right thing for the people. They only want power and money for themselves.

• Susan Dru

  I don’t trust the government to do a good job!

• Kathie Murphy

• Jeff Tober Tober

  This cedar forest is unique. It is special. It should be celebrated and visited and touted not cut down irresponsibly. I am very concerned that this is set up to be an industrial style clear cut in conjunction with chemical herbicide.

• ELIZABETH Capoferri

  Just leave the damn trees alone

• Jamie Frasca

  Concerned environmentalist!

• George Reichenbach jr

• Beverly Chabalowski

  Save the cedars!

• Karen Selepouchin

  Keeping natural areas in Ocean County

• Heather Fulmer

• Arlene Campbell

  It’s the right thing to do

• Nichole Hoffman

  We need to preserve, protect and restore our forests.

• Mariah Prokop

  This should not be up for debate.

• Murray McPherson

• Devon Schafer

  If you kill the land, you kill yourself. We must protect and steward New Jersey’s Pinelands if we care to see tomorrow.

• Eileen Anglin

• Donna Ransome

  Save a good portion of mature trees and no poisons such as glyphosate.

• Leah Peterson

  We need to put pressure on to make sure our forests and wildlife are properly protected

• Kelly ONeill

• Kara Fraser

  I spent much of my childhood on the cusp of Hammonton and still return to Wharton and its refuge at least monthly, if not weekly. I think trying to restore white cedar is a noble effort but I can’t ignore that there are bad actors nationally in the parklands space right now. I don’t want what may amount to a greenwashed open season on the Pinelands’ lumber. Caution and transparency are key, and I believe the Alliance’s demands here are both reasonable and necessary. The Pine Barrens remains one of the largest undisturbed swaths of forest because of the generations of people who have taken this approach and made their voices heard; I’m happy to join that legacy here.

• Elizabeth Piarulli

  Support cause of preserving the Pinelands

• Kimberly Bernardon

  Restoration with guardrails is mandatory. Across the country there is an attack on public lands, open space and national parks. Oversite and transparency is a must for our wild places to ensure that nature is the sole focus and greed/profit is not a part of the process.

• Douglas Malloy

  I am a regular hiker, kayaking, and birder in these woods, as well as a resident of the Pinelands, and an Eagle Scout. The current DEP plan is reckless, will cause unnecessary loss of life and habitat, and potentially opens the Pinelands up to illegal logging activities. Atlantic white cedar is worth restoring CAREFULLY and CONSIDERATELY.

• James Wapelhorst

  Concern for the white cedar and the general health of the pinelands within Wharton.

• Susan Welch

  I am very concerned about logging in the Pinelands and agree with all the requested assutances. I do not want to see commercial logging sneaking in through a loophole.

• Jessica Bateman

  Trees are life.

• Patrick Guilfoyle

• Alex Mateus

• Marcelo Remotti

  Protecting our resources and limiting unchecked contractors intervention.

• Thomas Caprice

  The Pinelands & our cedar trees are treasures, PLEASE PROTECT THEM!!

• Susan Light

  The Pinelands Alliance provides thoughtful and well researched efforts to provide protection of NJ's most precious environment. The NJ DEP should respect and incorporate their recommendations.

• Samantha Dingfeld

  You cannot replace old growth forests once they are gone.

• Pamela Barroway

• Frederick Fall

• John Beck

• Carrie Aloi

  Protecting the Pinelands is important to our community and the environment.

• Susan Groff

• Dawne Gimbert

• Joan Fitzsimmons

  Preserve our Pinelands while assuring the outlined plan of action.

• James Stickle

• Marianne Tatcher

• Joanne Daywalt

  protect our Pinelands.

• Corey Schade

• Kirk Murdoch

• Joan Westervelt

• Kim Diamond

• Tina Solak

  The Pine Barrens is the greatest natural resource NJ has, providing clean air and water and recreation to so many people. Let’s NOT make climate change worse - leave the Pine Barrens alone!

• John Silverio

  I commend the DEP for undertaking this restoration. The Petition provides common sense guardrails for accomplishing the goals of the restoration in a responsible and safe manner.

• Joan Nemeth

  I strongly believe that unique ecosystem of the Pine Barrens should be protected and preserved now and for future generations.

• Lisa Foxhill

• Julianna Williams

• Marisa Beltramini

• Angela Medina

  I care about the environment!

• Pamela Shuman

• Beverley Anderson

  Destroying a forest by another name is still destroying it.

• Maia Reim

  I support preserving the Pinelands and protecting the rivers. No cutting of old growth cedar.

• Margaret Pullan

  The Pine Barrens are part of our legacy. We have already lost so much. Let us do what we can do to save this precious environment.

• Carol Z Pulley

  I agree with the concerns and requests as outlined. Protection of the pinelands ecosystem should continue to be a high priority in our state.

• Jim Vahey

  Defy corporate hedgemony.

• Carolyn Heuser

  Protection of the fragile ecosystem of the Pinelands and herbicide application especially should not be used.

• Loretta Aja

• Jean Conti

• Mark Bailey

  The restoration program is necessary for the long-term sustainability of Wharton State Forest.

• Catharine Flaherty

  Thge plan needed further written promises backed by permits much more restrictive and fully defined. The AWCedars are too precious to allow further action before the plan is more clearly defined, as it also affects all the endangered species and the so valuable aquafer.

• Susan Rexon

  I support the knowledge of the Pineland Alliance. I live the pinelands and the previous white cedar.

• Margaret Yelenik

• Jennifer Krumins

• Anna Sokolski

  Restoration Only in Wharton State Forest.

• James MacNair

• Jane Zeff

• Joe Moore

  Correct management of the pines is key!

• Lawrence Mitchell

• Dan Spedaliere

• Mark Dill

• Sheila Reiner

  I want to preserve the natural beauty and protect the Pinelands from developers.

• Lisa Elderton

• Jim Rosenthal

  Thoughtful restoration of Atlantic White Cedars should be the goal.

• Gloria Beetle

• Richard Smykla

  Why does the plan include removing 2475 cords of cedar? The plan also features overly-aggressive use of herbicides—treating cedar as a crop to be routinely harvested, rather than the keystone of a functional habitat. We need a more surgical approach, and a written assurance that 10000 acres of cedar will be restored across the state.

• Hara Rola

  I support an Atlantic White Cedar restoration project throughout New Jersey as long as it's conducted in an environmentally appropriate way.

• Denise Gomolka

  Absolutely NO glyphosate!!! NEVER cross the streams!!! Let the public view what's being done to THEIR forest. Forest health over profit!! Don't destroy Wharton!!!

• Jon Latshaw

  I support responsible forest management.

• Bernadette Methven

  This ecosystem is vitally important. Transparency from DEP is essential.

• Eli Eytan

  I agree with the petition

• Stephen Evans

• Diane LaMorte

• Sharon Errickson

  I want Atlantic White Cedar trees to be restored, not logged!!! We need to protect our dwindling forests and support their diversity of species. We know how important it is to maintain a healthy population of these trees within the forests they have populated for centuries.

• Joseph Wechselberger

  It important to me to protect our woodland and wetlands from development. I am on the Board of a nonprofit land trust and believe farms and other lands be preserved.

• Patricia Kennedy

  The Pinelands must be preserved!!!

• Tari Pantaleo

• Robert Fredericks

• Marie Fredericks

• Barbara Trought

  Protection of Pinelands species

• Brent Samuelson

  Preservation of open lands that are essential for the ecosystem there

• Ingeborg Langer

  Save the cedars!

• John Lippincott

  L care about responsible and proper preservation of the Pinelands of New Jersey.

• Christina Ritz

  Save the trees and land Conservation

• Martin Stanley

  I agree with the petition

• John Knight

  Support the agenda.

• Ellen Lichtenstein

  The commission is in the position of protecting our priceless resources. Instead they may be like all other smash and grab going on today.

• rob sulzman

  Trees trees trees trees ?

• Eric Ascalon

  The remaining old growth and majestic cedars of the Pinelands are a jewel not to be desecrated. So few of the giant cedars remain as a result of the ship building industry. Today we know better, and must not squander what remains.

• Kathleen Paulmier

  Cedars provide incalculable benefits cleaning our water, air, and providing cooling and soil retention etc etc. these are precious trees I thought we had committed to not only saving but replanting in crucial areas.

• Marian Reiff

  So important to protect the forests for the sake of future generations, wildlife, and our own health. The earth sustains us all. We must wake up and stop the relentless destruction of natural habitats.

• James Quinn

  Save the old growth cedars!!!

• Helen Duda

• Arny Patel

  Preservation creates positive energy for everyone and everything!

• Gail Ziegler

  PROTECT THE PINE BARRENS!

• Marianne Clemente

  I believe we are slowly destroying our envionment, habitats for our animals and so many species of trees, plants, etc. We deserve an robust and clean environment and allowing his mass destrution of our cedar trees does not contribute to that objective.

• Bruce Halpern

  Concessions in this petition are needed. Targeted surgical approach not aerial spraying and machines ripping out cedars and destroying the forest.

• Ellen Fennick

  Preserve our trees by following the Pinelands Alliance plan. Limit tree removal and control road access in the woodlands .

• Michael Riendeau

• Kelly Riley

• Alexander Houseal Jr

  Protect and preserve the Pinelands and Wharton State Forest

• Sandra Krueger

  Have walked the Cedar Swamp Trail on Cape Cod. Beautiful and peaceful!

• Daryl Rice

• Brian Embley

  Leave some places natural and peaceful.

• Matthew Cameron

  Old growth trees are becoming rare and should be protected. More and more forests are disappearing around the state as developers continue to take homes away from native wildlife leaving them nowhere to go. Imagine if you came home one day and your home was missing. The forest should remain in place and left be.

• Denise Meyer

• Diane Pastore

  To hold DEP Accountable to their projected plan and protect Wharton Forest

• Steve Carlson

  The cedar Forests have a greater value than a mere commodity. Enough is enough!

• John Wheeler

• Diane Bonanno

  Don't like logging or herbicides; love trees.

• Michael Kaliss

  I fully support Atlantic White Cedar restoration but it must be done in a cautious manner minimizing as much as possible the negative impact to surrounding flora, fauna and even the biome itself. These reasonable conditions are a good safeguard.

• Rosemary Brewer

  Nothing is sacred anymore and it’s all about money so am signing and hope so many others do too so there is oversight

• Wendy Clayton

  Please protect this irreplaceable resource.

• Milissa Wilk Larstanna

  We need to protect our most precious natural resource in NJ. The Pinelands and. The aquifer. The State has consistently promised to protect the trees and area of the Pinelands. No logging, no data centers and no pipelines.

• Janet Schantz

  This state is overdeloped, nature needs to be protected.

• Ann Sandritter

• Julie Kirsh

• Suzanne Cammerano

  I’m deeply concerned about this approach it seems contradictory to the preservation

• Timothy Gardner

  Concerned NJ citizen that uses the Pinelands for camping, kayaking, motorcycling and hiking. AW Cedar populations have been reduced over the years and I support true BMPs should be utilized in the DEP reforestation project.

• Wendy King

  Keep the Pine lands for my grandchildren to enjoy

• Barbara Halpern

  Glyphosate which is not something that should be used in the PInelands and aerial spraying is unacceptable to control regrowth when each tree of invading species should be individually treated if necessary with a safer product such as horticultural vinegar. Too many cedar trees lost to lumber. I agree that this is a bad plan and is not a surgical approach to both tree removal and herbicide application. Changes are needed to protect our water, ecosystem and health.

• Myles Gamble

  Protect the land

• Kimberly Bayer

  I'm an environmental voter!

• Sara Juliano

• Helene Lewis

  No need for logging in the pine barrens

• Melissa Pflugh

• Alice Bebout

• Kathleen Comer

  We need our trees. I love our trees.

• John Joyce

  White Atlantic Cedars are majestic and essential players in their ecosystem.

• Diane Geary

• Thomas Kenny

  Protect the pinelands.

• Katie McCoy

• Michelle DeFiore

  I believe the proposed allowance of up to 2,745 cords of cedar to be harvested is bordering on a dangerous amount. The ecosystem in the pinelands is tightly compact and fragile in its sustainability processes. Further, under no circumstances should glyphosate be used. There are other less harmful options to considered. In short, the proposal needs more limitations and monitoring.

• Marilyn Suter

  I support cedar Restoration projects in Wharton State Forest.

• Jennifer Bulava

• Ina Cabanas

  Protect & preserve open spaces in the pinelands. The DEP’s job is to protect all living & growing creatures, trees, plants , etc in the pinelands. Please do your job. You are preserving all for the future, remember that.

• Cheryl Greenfield

  I want the Pinelands to continue to stay in tact...NO TREE REMOVAL.

• Charles Rinear

• Peter Szczepankiewicz

  This approach poisons the ecosystem much less than the other approach.

• Pamela Lindquist

• David Kaufman

  Agree with petition

• Rick Harvey

  The Pine Barrens are a very unique part of New Jersey and I want to see that does not get disturbed.

• Fred Akers

  After the deforestation tragedy at the Glassboro WMA, there is good reason not to trust NJDEP.

• Julia Cranmer

• Logan Penna

  I am signing this because we are in an active environmental apocalypse, making it absolute madness to kill trees when we need to be saving them and objectively masochistic to use glyphosate anywhere, let alone in a forest that desperately needs restoration, not chemical warfare which will destroy multiple lifeforms wholesale.

• R C

  This project seems unnecessary, as frequent severe storms "restore" the AWC swamps. Removal of black gum and red maple is foolish, as native tree diversity and diverse ecotones are essential for plant and animal biodiversity. I've never seen an unhealthy AWC swamp, other than perhaps closer to the coast where ghost forests exist due to sea level rise and where Phragmites find a way to creep in. The timing and methods for this project need to be strongly considered, and the use of herbicide and large equipment must be avoided in such a sensitive, pristine environment.

• donald weigl

  I fully support the provisions in this petition. Let's get this done right.

• Amanda DiGiovanni

  I want to protect and preserve as much open space as I possibly can. We don't need more homes or floors or things. We need more land for animals and trees for oxygen.

• Shannon Jacobs

• Martin Judd

  I support reducing the amount of cedar to be harvested.

• Richard Stoops

  I totally agree with the six assurances listed in the petition. The restoration needs to follow these conditions to maintain our valuable Pinelands for the present and the future. Let's be responsible.

• Paul Naegely, PhD

• Leigh Yuster-Freeman

  No herbicides, less cut Cedars and transparency on where the cut trees go. We MUST support our environment.

• Janet Walsh

  I’m a parent, a veteran and a senior citizen who has always been fascinated by the Pinelands and our precious white cedar. Our environment is very important to me

• Linda Mur

  As a native of NJ who returned after living in CA and OR for over 10 years, I value the natural beauty of this underappreciated state. Don't ruin what we do have!

• Barbara Tillman

• Kathleen Haines

• Susan Soesbe

  Cedar swamps are my favorite areas of our forests. I love the coolness (especially on hot days), the foliage, and the beautiful old cedar trees. Please don't destroy these habitats!

• Holly McDonald

  It is imperative to protect all old growth forest, especially that which is in Wharton State Forest.

• Thomas Nolan Jr.

  Support reasonable restoration of cedar trees in the Pinelands by abiding by the assurances listed on this petition.

• Erika Pearson

  It doesn't make sense to saw down the tress to restore them.......our wildlife and surroundings need to stay undisturbed

• Kathleen Latshaw

  there should not be more harm than good in a 'restoration'

• Linda Mullaney

  The Pinelands is a unique habitat and we have to do everything we can to preserve it.

• Eloy Hernandez

  We must save our natural patrimony for future generations!

• Cheryl Kobran

  Please be an advocate for the white cedars and for all living things that rely heavily upon its existence. Don’t allow it to be a lost resource for future generations. Preserve the remarkable beauty of the Pine Barrens. Let NJ be known as a state that fights to protect and preserve its natural beauty and resources, not trample and destroy them. Let your legacy reflect the good that you did for the environment and the community as a whole.

• Marc Chiarelli

  Seems like a over the top wood grab that for a long time will do more harm than good.

• Johanna Schwachter

• Sara Diaz

• Amgela Pinto

  to protect the pines as it is!

• Donald Ullmann

  The Pinelands--and, importantly, the watershed that lies beneath them--need to be protected. The DEP plan to restore 10,000 acres of cedar trees would be a very strong addition to the recreational value of the Pinelands, whereas any significant logging increase would be a detriment. Please move forward with the DEP plan! Thank you.

• Chris Kuhar

• Glenn Senter

  As an owner of many acres of old and younger growth Atlantic White Cedar, I favor a conservative ,well thought environmentally sound approach to cedar reforestation.

• Rita Roedig

  I understand the importance of maintaining the balance of nature in the Pinelands and trust the recommendations of the Pinelands Alliance.

• Andres Ortiz

  This petition advocates for reasonable amounts of transparency and a responsible plan of action. The pines are an important ecosystem to protect, not a resource to be irresponsibly harvested. Therefore, any projects done within the pines should be done with the an appropriate amount of responsibility and respect.

• Dominick Savoia

  We all need to care more about our environment especially when we have an administration that's trying to destroy everything just for profit

• John Poole

• Janet Rolnick

• David Long

• Heidi Yeh

• Rebecca Free