Drew students, Drew Forest advocates push for land sale grant as county vote approaches
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Drew students, Drew Forest advocates push for land sale grant as county vote approaches

"I'm here to represent the voice of the College of Liberal Arts at Drew. There are lots of Drew students here, from freshmen to seniors, saying that we're here in support of the grant for preserving the forest that we way it is," she said. "We, the student body, we want to have our voices heard." - Drew student, Luiza Vaskys Lima

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Keeping up the good fight: Ed Lloyd remembered as Drew Forest advocate in Madison
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Keeping up the good fight: Ed Lloyd remembered as Drew Forest advocate in Madison

“Environmental legend Ed Lloyd, who passed away on Aug. 5, has been lauded as a “crusading public interest lawyer” by Columbia Law School, “dedicated champion of climate action” by Gov. Phil Murphy and "open space protector" by the Pinelands Commission.

But right here in Madison, Lloyd was known for ‘keeping up the good fight.’”

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Madison applies for Drew Forest purchase grant funding, calls on university to cooperate
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Madison applies for Drew Forest purchase grant funding, calls on university to cooperate

By Graciella Dressler | Madison Eagle

“The borough has submitted its application to the Morris County Open Space Fund for $10 million in grant funding to contribute to a purchase of the Drew Forest from Drew University.

Mayor Robert Conley and Madison community members hoping to preserve the forest from development continued to implore the university to come forward and partner in the effort at a Monday, June 12 Borough Council meeting. The university has sought to have much of the forest rezoned for multi-family housing and sold to a developer to mitigate its financial troubles.”

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Harmonium sings for the mother ship, in Morristown
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Harmonium sings for the mother ship, in Morristown

By Marion Filler | Morristown Green

“Planet earth was a star this weekend.

The Harmonium Choral Society called its stellar show Earthsongs, and the sanctuary at the Morristown United Methodist Church provided the perfect space and acoustics for a hundred singers to raise their voices with a message:

The earth is in trouble and we need to fix it.”

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Sherrill to seek $5M in federal funding for Drew Forest preservation in Madison
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Sherrill to seek $5M in federal funding for Drew Forest preservation in Madison

MADISON - Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-11, has submitted a Community Project Funding (CPF) request of $5 million to the House Appropriations Committee to support the preservation of the Drew University Forest Preserve.

Sherrill submitted the request along with 14 other CPF requests for the 11th Congressional District for Fiscal Year 2024, according to a Monday, April 17 statement from the congresswoman’s office. The requests may be included in the text of the 2024 appropriations bill and marked up by the House Appropriations Committee later this year.

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LETTER: Drew student critical of university's 'short-sighted' forest development plan
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LETTER: Drew student critical of university's 'short-sighted' forest development plan

Michael George (C’23) | Madison Eagle

“I can imagine students learning about how we solved our financial problems by celebrating and making our beautiful campus even more of a biodiversity hot-spot, as well as becoming a national leader on how to promote biodiversity and carbon sequestration. Drew must continue to have the pride of promoting itself as the “University in the Forest.”

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Donations to save Noe Pond now benefit efforts to save Drew Forest
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Donations to save Noe Pond now benefit efforts to save Drew Forest

By Madison Eagle

“‘Nearly $13,000 remained of the funds raised through the efforts of Save Noe Pond and GSWA. We decided to put those resources to good use,’ said Rich Rein, one of the liaisons of Save Noe Pond.

The GSWA saw a natural connection with Save Noe Pond, a group dedicated to protecting the historic Noe Pond property from over-development that would bring substantial harm to the delicate wetlands and wildlife on and around the property, including the land adjacent to the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, GSWA Executive Director Sally Rubin said.”

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