Daily News | New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection issues violation to itself for destroying land it was bound to protect
Environmental groups were outraged when a division of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection began clearcutting acres of mature forest and wetlands, as well as removing all trees and stumps at the Glassboro Wildlife Management Area in February to create habitat for the American woodcock.
habitat for the state’s threatened barred owl and endangered red-shouldered hawk. Gilbert said nearly 12 more acres described as having “exceptional resource value” were cleared of vegetation and soils by Fish and Wildlife’s habitat project. “NJDEP’s decision to clearcut 21 acres of mature forest in the Glassboro Wildlife Management Area and impact critical wetlands is reprehensible,” said Anjuli Ramos-Busot, New Jersey director of the Sierra Club. “They have caused irreparable harm to an area with trees over a 100 years old, destroyed rare and endangered animal and plant species habitat, and damaged critical wetlands.
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