NY/NJ Baykeeper Supports Saving the Drew Forest!

Since 1989, NY/NJ Baykeeper has worked to protect, preserve and restore the ecological integrity and productivity of the waterways and habitats in the most urban estuary on Earth. NY/NJ Baykeeper serves as the citizen advocate for the harbors, bays, streams and shores of the NY-NJ Harbor Estuary by preserving and restoring habitat, influencing land use decisions, stopping polluters, championing public access and educating the public.

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Regional Support for a Market-Value Conservation Sale:

• Towns

  • Caldwell Borough Council

  • Chatham Borough

  • Chatham Township

  • Madison Borough

  • Morristown

  • Morris Township

  • Parsippany-Troy Hills Township

• Environmental Commissions

  • Caldwell Borough Environmental Commission

  • Harding Township Environmental Commission

  • Long Hill Township Environmental Commission

  • Mendham Township Environmental Commission

  • Morris Township Environmental Commission

  • Mountain Lakes Environmental Commission

• Environmental Groups

  • Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions

  • Environment New Jersey*

  • Garden Club of America New Jersey

  • Great Swamp Watershed Association

  • Homegrown National Park

  • Land Conservancy of New Jersey

  • Native Plant Society of New Jersey

  • New Jersey Highlands Coalition*

  • New York / New Jersey Baykeeper*

  • Old-Growth Forest Network

  • Passaic River Coalition

  • Raritan Headwaters Association*

  • Sierra Club New Jersey Chapter

  • Schiff Nature Preserve

  • The Watershed Institute*

  • Ridge and Valley Conservancy

  • Whippany River Watershed Action Committee

  • Wildlife Preserves, Inc.

  * = cosigners

• Drew University Student Responses

  • Build elsewhere. Save Drew Forest. (November 13, 2021)

  • Drew University student government calls for transparency on potential forest sale (March 1, 2022)

  • LETTER: Drew students challenge university president on potential Drew Forest sale (May 9, 2022)

  • LETTER: Drew University must listen to students on forest issue (August 1, 2022)

  • LETTER: Does Drew really want to become the school that chopped down its forest? (August 23, 2022)

  • LETTER: Drew student critical of university's 'short-sighted' forest development plan (November 30, 2022)