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Resident asks Gloucester County to drop enforcement after timbering on private 85-acre parcel
Summary
A Gloucester County resident told supervisors his 85-acre Zach Road parcel was timbered on 10 acres with U.S. Forest Service approval and says county environmental staff have improperly penalized and trespassed on the land; he asked the Board to intervene and the county attorney to step back.
A resident told the Gloucester County Board of Supervisors that county environmental staff have unfairly pursued enforcement actions after he timbered about 10 acres of his 85-acre Zach Road property.
The speaker said he bought the wooded property in February 2022 and obtained U.S. Forest Service approval to timber 10 acres in February 2023. "The whole purpose of that project was to create a field usable area for my family to enjoy," he said, adding that debris removal after…
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