Venezuela to give island to New Jersey

[Teegate]

The island is home to a pair of American bald eagles as well as several great blue herons and state-endangered black-crowned night herons, New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine said in a news release Wednesday.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/04/23/venezuela.island/index.html


Guy

 

[james ungehajer]

The island is home to a pair of American bald eagles as well as several great blue herons and state-endangered black-crowned night herons, New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine said in a news release Wednesday.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/04/23/venezuela.island/index.html


Guy

Thanks Guy for posting this, here is some History of the Island, hopefully it is factually correct in it's entirety.
http://www.ushistory.org/philadelphia/petty.htm

On the old side, but this article discusses the years on politcal battles about the Island.
http://www.conservationresourcesinc.org/NJReporter.htm

Jim

 

[BlueMoonMuskrat]

they say it won't happen before 2020

 

[46er]

Just what we need; another cleanup site. Should have let PA have it, the birds wouldn't care one bit.

 

[kayakmac]

2 Million from Citgo eh? That dictator thing must be working out for him!