Pinelands Commission on off-road motor vehicles at Wharton

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lj762

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I saw this on the front page of the 7/8-14 Pine Barrens Tribune: "Pinelands Commission Poised to Curb Use of Off-Road Vehicles in Protected Areas".
http://pinebarrenstribune.com/pinel...offroad-vehicles-in-protected-a-p1172-165.htm

I'm not sure if this is news or not - I don't really follow this issue - but I know people on this site are very interested in this topic.

It's from the June 30th meeting of the Pinelands Commission Policy and Implementation Committee.
http://www.state.nj.us/pinelands/home/meetings/index.shtml#3

Agenda item #5 is : Off-road vehicle activities in Wharton State Forest: Consideration of a resolution providing guidance to the NJ Department of Environmental Protection.

Pages 50-51 of the Meeting Packet have the resolution regarding motor vehicle use in Wharton.

From the article: "Since the key provision of the measure limits use of motor vehicles to roads already marked on the USGS Topological maps, the commission has made a USGS map of Wharton State Forest available..." The meetings page above has a link to the map. I took a look and was not impressed by the map.
 
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Jessica Noble, an executive assistant with the Pinelands Commission, said the measure will now go to the full 15-member commission for a vote. The vote has been scheduled for July 14 at 9:30 a.m. in the Richard J. Sullivan Center for Environmental Policy and Education, 15C Springfield Road in New Lisbon.

If the commission passes the measure, it will go to Governor Chris Christie, who has 10 days, excluding holidays and weekends, to approve it (July 27). However, if Christie approves it before that time, it takes effect immediately.
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G, I wonder if he will approve it :rolleyes:
 
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