This is in my neck of the woods. The changes that guy made to a string of abandoned moonscaped pits are staggering. He also assembled a lot off good ag parcels like the land you see near the Route 30 Ancora bridge.
I really hope the sporting dog part of McNeil's passions is preserved as it says in the article. If it becomes straight park property, I foresee a prohibition on hunting and firearms.
You can't have gundogs without the guns.