Deal to preserve 1,800 acres

[dogg57]

Open-space preservation groups are celebrating the imminent completion of a $7.5 million deal to conserve 1,800 acres in Jackson Township, one of the fastest-growing areas of New Jersey.
The area is in the Pinelands and encompasses the headwaters of the Toms River, which drains into ailing Barnegat Bay.
And it is just beyond the end of a runway increasingly being used for combat training at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, Ocean County's largest employer.
As such, the deal touches on many of the state's major issues - sprawl, water quality, the economy, and military readiness.
"This is a win for everyone," said Anthony Cucci, New Jersey director of the Trust for Public Land, a national conservation organization that shepherded the agreement. The trust has worked in the watershed for two decades.

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/n..._1_800_acres_in_N_J__watershed_near_base.html

 

[bobpbx]

Not such a great deal when you read it. More like a windfall to Clayton sand company. And what's this section here?

"A conservation easement - through which development rights are "bought" from the owners - includes provisions for some commercial development. But no residential development - a concern of both military officials and water-quality advocates - will be allowed......The $7.5 million will go to members of the Clayton family, which owns the land and the gravel-mining operation and is headed by William Clayton Sr. of Jackson Township. A family representative said they did not want to be interviewed."

WHAT commercial development is fair to ask. Say, petroleum refining, or battery production, or sulpher crushing?

 

[46er]

Not such a great deal when you read it. More like a windfall to Clayton sand company. And what's this section here?

"......The $7.5 million will go to members of the Clayton family, which owns the land and the gravel-mining operation and is headed by William Clayton Sr. of Jackson Township. A family representative said they did not want to be interviewed."

Sounds more like a family windfall as the company continues operation. Makes one think how many of these 'deals' brokered by a certain Ocean County freeholder would show a similar pattern.