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Residents and Pinelands advocates urge county action to defend Kirkwood‑Cohansey aquifer; commissioners signal support for Green Amendment resolution
Summary
Speakers from the Pinelands Preservation Alliance and allied groups asked Camden County commissioners to oppose Winslow Township’s legal challenge to Pinelands Commission rule changes and to pass a resolution supporting the proposed state Green Amendment; Commissioner Nash said staff will work with county counsel on a resolution for August.
Speakers at the Camden County Board of Commissioners meeting on July 9 urged the board to act to protect the Kirkwood‑Cohansey aquifer and to back a proposed New Jersey Green Amendment that would, supporters say, provide constitutional standing to defend environmental rights.
Heidi Yeh, policy director for the Pinelands Preservation Alliance, told commissioners the county’s Atlantic white cedar swamps are "the canaries in the coal mine for a looming water crisis," and said the aquifer that feeds many Camden County towns is being stressed by withdrawals tied to sand and gravel…
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