Dr. Sara Webb honored for Drew Forest restoration in Madison
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Dr. Sara Webb honored for Drew Forest restoration in Madison

By Madison Eagle

“Dr. Sara Webb has been awarded the Morris Park Alliance's Individual Environment/Conservation Award for her work to preserve and restore the Drew University Forest Preserve.

The preserve, 53 intact acres with some of the oldest trees in Morris County, owes its biodiversity to 14 years of volunteer work and to Webb's dedication, according to the alliance.”

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Morris Township joins area towns urging preservation of Drew Forest
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Morris Township joins area towns urging preservation of Drew Forest

By Kevin Coughlin for Morristown Green

“Jim Hunt, an alumnus with Drew roots dating to 1964, said the Drew Forest is a legacy he wishes to leave for his grandchildren.

‘Every time we chip away with development at the recharge of the aquifer, in effect, we’re beginning to steal from the future,’ Hunt said.

Beseeching Morris County and the state to join the preservation effort, Mayor Mark Gyorfy also implored Drew ‘to give conservation a chance.’”

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Morris Township set to back preservation of Drew Forest in Madison
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Morris Township set to back preservation of Drew Forest in Madison

By the Madison Eagle

“The Morris Township Committee is expected to pass a resolution at its next meeting at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 16, supporting the preservation of the 53-acre Drew Forest.

The township would become the fourth in a string of municipalities to do so for the forest located on the campus of Drew University, joining the likes of Madison, Chatham Township and Chatham Borough in the fight.”

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Students Plead Community to Save the Forest
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Students Plead Community to Save the Forest

By Angelia Lobifaro for the Drew Acorn

Drew University students have been busy organizing urging Drew University President Thomas Schwartz to dispel the uncertainty regarding the potential sale of the Drew Forest and the university’s financial future. A student petition is circulating on campus, and Student Government has passed a resolution in support of a conservation sale to permanently protect the forest.

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Drew University student government calls for transparency on potential forest sale
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Drew University student government calls for transparency on potential forest sale

By Alex Parker-Magyar for Madison Eagle

“The undergraduate student government at Drew University is looking for answers from the school’s president on the potential sale and development of a portion of the Drew Forest preserve.

The elected body representing Drew’s College of Liberal Arts made several ‘demands’ of President Thomas Schwarz in a resolution dated Wednesday, Feb. 23, stating that unclear communications from the university ‘have caused confusion, and the transparency of decisions made in regards to the sale of the Drew Forest and the impacts therefore mentioned will directly affect the Drew community.’”

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A lesson in grassroots advocacy
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A lesson in grassroots advocacy

By Madison Eagle

“Have you heard of the Save the Drew Forest campaign? The answer, if you live in Madison or its surrounding towns, or if you went to Drew University, is very likely yes.

Frankly, if you are a resident of Madison, it seems it would be difficult not to have heard of the campaign at this point.”

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Strong Support For Drew Forest Preservation Continues
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Strong Support For Drew Forest Preservation Continues

By Tyler Barth for TAPintoMadison

“Mayor Bob Conley received a letter from the Friends of the Drew Forest and various shoppers during a visit to the Farmer’s Market recently, signed by over 90 people. He showed the letter during the Feb. 14 town meeting, held virtually.

Madison has repeatedly stated its vocal support for the preservation of the 53-acre forest, which has been under threat of possible redevelopment in the past few years, as Drew University sells off land to recoup financial costs. The Forest has endured nearby industrialization and large-scale redevelopment and has remained mostly unchanged throughout the past 150 years, one of the few swaths of land in New Jersey like this.”

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The Chathams back preservation of Drew Forest
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The Chathams back preservation of Drew Forest

By Claudia Ceva for New Jersey Hills

“Jim Connelly of Mountain Avenue said Drew Forest is a “gem of a property that needs to be secured as open space” in a written comment read by Township Clerk Greg LaConte.

Connelly said though the property is in Madison, it borders the township and any development there would have a negative impact on the area. “It would be preferential to maintain Drew Forest as the high-quality open space it is,” he said.”

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Chatham Borough is latest town to support Drew Forest preservation in Madison
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Chatham Borough is latest town to support Drew Forest preservation in Madison

“Following in Madison and Chatham Township's footsteps, Chatham Borough has become the latest town to state its support for the effort to save Drew University Forest Preserve from development.

The Chatham Borough Council unanimously passed a resolution to this effect at a meeting on Monday, Feb. 14, six days after the Township Committee did the same.”

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Chatham Township Committee Unanimously Passes Resolution in Support of Preserving 53-Acre Drew Forest; Media Upgrades Coming
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Chatham Township Committee Unanimously Passes Resolution in Support of Preserving 53-Acre Drew Forest; Media Upgrades Coming

By Ed Barmakian for TAPintoChatham

The Chatham Township Committee unanimously passed a resolution in support of preserving the 53-acre Drew Forest at its regular meeting on Tuesday night.

The forest located on the property of Drew University is a "wildlife corridor that connects Giralda Farms" in Chatham Township to the Loantaka Brook Reservation.

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Old-Growth Forest Network Founder, Ecologist, and Author Joan Maloof Calls for Preservation of the Drew Forest
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Old-Growth Forest Network Founder, Ecologist, and Author Joan Maloof Calls for Preservation of the Drew Forest

Dr. Joan Maloof added her voice to the chorus of calls for the preservation of the Drew University Forest Preserve at a virtual meeting of the Borough Council on Monday, Jan. 24.

Scores of people, mostly Madison residents and Drew alumni, have called for the forest’s preservation at council meetings and online over the past year, but Maloof is among the highest-profile advocates to speak out.

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