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Fall 2001 The Great Swamp Watershed Association Vol. 21 No. 3
GALA 20TH ANNIVERSARY SINCE THE LAST ISSUE
WE HAVE...
ANNUAL DINNER SCHEDULED
• Mailed information on best manage-
FOR NOVEMBER 16 ment practices to over 250 property
owners in Harding, Bernards,
This year, in honor of the Watershed
Bernardsville, Mendham Township, and
,
Association’s 20th anniversary the Annual
Mendham Borough who own property
Dinner will have a new flavor.
adjacent to the Upper Passaic river or
The Roaring 20 will be the theme
Primrose Brook in an effort to reduce
for the evening, which will include din-
nonpoint source pollution and preserve
ner, dancing, honoring special guests, and
the high quality of those waters.
a silent auction. The celebration will be
held at the Westin Hotel in Morristown. • Installed a virtual walkthrough of our
In keeping with the evening’s theme, Education and Conservation area in
swing dancing will be provided by Harvey Harding Township on our website,
Kaiser and the Kansas City Sound. Spe- which highlights various physical and
cial guests to be honored include the Hon- biological features of the property.
orable Richard Bagger, Joanne Casadeval, Abigail Fair, of Green Village, is one of the
special guests to be honored at the 20th
• Made presentations of our Enviroscape
Sally Dudley, Abigail Fair, Helen Fenske,
Anniversary Dinner. She is one of the founding model demonstrating nonpoint source
the Honorable Rodney Frelinghuysen,
members of GSWA. pollution to over 750 students in area
Michael Henderson, Penny Hinkle, Will-
schools. We also trained the staff at the
iam Koch, Sarah Dean Link, and the Hon- Cost of the dinner is $100 per per-
Somerset County Environmental Edu-
orable Robert Martin. Corporate sponsor- son and invitations were sent to watershed
cation Center in the use of the model.
ship is being provided by American Home association members. Help celebrate this
Products, AT&T, Briarpatch, Integrated historic (and fun) occasion by attending • Increased our email address file for
Communications, King’s Super Markets, the annual dinner. If you did not receive members to 500.
Novartis, PSE&G, Recorder Community an invitation, or need more information, • Gratefully noted that this year s en-
Newspapers, Schering-Plough, and call the Watershed Association at dowment contributions exceeded
Thonet Associates. 973.966.1900. $85,000.
GSWA Spearheads Landmark Purchase
of 58 Acres in Morris Township
This June, the Great Swamp Water- GSWA, the increased stormwater runof f purchase included the Ten Towns Great
shed Association (GSWA) and Morris would have dramatically increased pollut- Swamp Watershed Management Commit-
Township took title to a 58-acre parcel of ant levels, downstream flooding, erosion, tee, Great Swamp National Wildlife Ref-
land known as Jockey Hollow Top VI. and siltation. uge, the National Park Service, Harding
The $1.7 million purchase culminates an This steeply sloped property lies just Township, and the Morris Land Conser-
eight-year GSWA campaign to preserve above the headwaters of Great Brook, one vancy.
this property. of the five principal streams in the water- According to Somers, This pur -
The property lies on the western side shed. This landmark purchase was funded chase has not only protected an environ-
of Route 202 in the southern part of Mor- by a Green Acres Grant from the NJDEP mentally valuable property, but also en-
ris Township and development was origi- and Morris Township’s Open SpaceTrust. courages the members of the Great Swamp
nally proposed for this site. Had devel- Somers also said that this is one of the Watershed Association that their work has
opment on the property been permitted by most critical land acquisitions to be made value. She continues, Though preser -
the Morris Township Planning Board, in the Great Swamp watershed. In addi- vation of this tract was truly a team effort,
says Julia Somers, Executive Director of tion to GSWA, other supporters of the we’ve been working on it for eight years.
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TRANSCO PIPELINE UPDATE Across the Watershed is a quarterly
By Beth Romero publication of the Great Swamp
Watershed Association. GSWA
After being hoodwinked for three torney general to file a lawsuit in federal
works to protect the ecological, his-
years by Williams/Transco, the Federal court to stop this project.
toric, and cultural integrity of the
Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) The forcefulness and effectiveness
Great Swamp and its watershed. The
finally realized what the people of New of New Jersey’s opposition was due in
Association promotes the conservation
Jersey had been saying all along there great part to its non-partisan nature and
and restoration of the watershed’s natu-
was no market need for the MarketLink the active participation of local, state and
ral resources and encourages land use
Expansion Project. On April 26, 2001, the federal representatives. From my experi-
that is compatible with these goals.
Commission issued an order denying per- ence with a national pipeline safety coali-
mission for Transco to proceed with
"Phase III" of the project which included
tion, I can say without hesitation that this
was truly a unique situation. Rarely do
Board of Trustees
construction through the Great Swamp. politicians beyond the local level oppose Officers
David A. Budd, Chairman
(That "phases" in the project even existed the oil industry and certainly not across Robert E. Blanchard, Vice Chair
testifies to the manipulation and control party lines. We were fortunate to have the Linda Wilson, C.F.A., Treasurer
of this federal agency by the industry it active support of our representatives at all George Cassa, Secretary
purports to regulate.) levels of government and from both sides
Trustees
In May 1998, Transco filed an ap- of the aisle.
William A. Aiello, Ph.D.
plication with the FERC to construct and Without this concerted effort, many Marshall P. Bartlett
operate about 155 miles of pipeline loop of us would now be looking out our win- Paul C. Becker
between Leidy, Pennsylvania and Bergen dows at construction crews and piles of Michele E. Blanchard
County to create 700,000 decatherms per 42" pipeline. Richard C. Clew
day of new capacity. Over 90 miles of the Unfortunately, the current situation Laurence B. Chase
new pipeline was to be built in New Jer- is just a temporary respite. In denying Nancy P. Conger
sey through Hunterdon, Somerset, Mor- Transco’s request to subdivide Phase III, Nancy S. Foster
Eugene R. Fox
ris and Passaic Counties. Locally, the the FERC left open the option of a new Daniel D. Harding
route, known as the Stirling Loop, was to application. To no one’s surprise, Transco Pamela Harding
pass through the townships of Bernards, filed an application for the "Leidy East" Christine Hepburn, Ph.D.
Long Hill and Chatham. Almost immedi- project in June. While it contemplates less Julie A. Keenan
ately, the Great Swamp Watershed Asso- than 10 miles of new pipeline in New Jer- Edward G. Kirby, Ph.D.
ciation and local residents became in- sey as opposed to the original 90 miles, it Judith A. Kroll
volved in what eventually became a state- will be no less devastating to the John A. Malay, Jr.
Nancy Miller-Rich
wide movement opposing this pipeline homeowners whose property is on the Dorothea Stillinger
project. route. The argument that there is no mar-
From the outset, the opposition was ket need is no less valid for Leidy East Staff
based on the argument that there was no than it was for MarketLink. But on such a Lisa Butera, Financial Director
Bonnie Gannon, Development Director
market need for this new pipeline. This downsized project, there are now very few
Jan Malay, Land Steward
position was factually supported by data people interested in making the point. Karen Patterson, GIS Analyst
and statistics compiled by national orga- My advice to you if you were going Missy Small, Communications Di-
nizations as well as by calculations by the to be affected by MarketLink put your rector
New Jersey Board of Public Utilities. So house up for sale now and move far away. Gina Snell, Membership Director
convincing was the evidence that the State "Divide and Conquer" has worked for a Julia M. Somers, Executive Director
of New Jersey formally entered the FERC thousand years and Transco is making the
proceedings and fought the project at ev- best of it. Leidy North, Leidy West, Leidy Across the Watershed
ery level. Gov. Whitman authorized the at- Chatham, Leidy Nutley are coming soon. Editor:
Missy Small
Association Welcomes Contributing Writer:
Beth Romero
New NJ Watershed Ambassador Layout:
Recent Roger Williams University graduate Michelle Burke joined GSWA this Don Hinkle
fall as part of the state-sponsored W atershed Ambassador s program aimed at edu-
cating the public about the importance of local water quality.
In this, our second year of participation in the program, which is funded by the
federal AmeriCorps program, Michelle will spend nine months at Watershed Associa-
tion Headquarters in Madison. She will educate the public on watershed management
issues, train volunteers on how to monitor the health of their local streams, and en-
courage people to attend public planning and zoning meetings. As one of 17 statewide
participants in this program, Burke will put in 1,700 hours of service with GSWA.
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NANCY MILLER-RICH
APPOINTED TRUSTEE
Nancy Miller-Rich, a 15-year resi-
dent of Morris County, with the last eight
in Mendham Township, has been elected
to a three-year term as trustee, according
to David A. Budd, Chairman of the Board
of the Great Swamp Watershed Associa-
tion
Miller-Rich has been involved as
a volunteer at the Watershed Association
and lent her expertise to a variety of
projects including the recent Do The
Swamp Thing promotion. Nancy
Miller-Rich s appointment will add to the
diversity of the board because she brings
with her more than 20 years of consumer (From left): Honorees Frank Stillinger, Joan Kirsten, Mayor Susan Hoag, Kathy Abbott, and
marketing experience in the pharmaceu- GSWA President David Budd at the recent Great Swamp Watershed Association bi-annual
tical industry and a true love of environ- volunteer recognition celebration.
mental issues, Budd said.
Ms. Miller-Rich is Vice President
of Business Development at Schering-
Plough HealthCare Products, where she
GREAT SWAMP WATERSHED
has worked for 11 years. Her career en- ASSOCIATION HONORS VOLUNTEERS
compasses 20 years in the pharmaceuti-
cal industry and she has held a wide va- Julia Somers, Executive Director of Great Swamp Watershed Association (GSWA)
riety of positions in sales, marketing and announced that four volunteers were honored at their bi-annual Volunteer Recognition
business development. Budd continued, Party this spring. In addition, the Honorable Susan Hoag, Mayor of Chatham Town-
W e re looking forward to her participa- ship, was the recipient of GSWA’s 2001 Abbie Fair Good Government Award.
tion on the development committee and According to Somers, the Abbie Fair Good Government Award is given to an
the board. Her appointment brings the elected official who has high ideals and puts "good government" into action.
number of Watershed Association board The Honorable Abigail Fair, a founding trustee of GSWA, former Chatham Town-
members to 22. ship Mayor and current Chatham Township Committeewoman says: "Sue Hoag is ex-
tremely hardworking, yet always cheerful. She’s volunteered her time to keep her
town residents informed by editing the local newsletter. She reached out to the volun-
CONTRIBUTIONS teer firefighters and worked with them to bolster membership and obtain some retire-
ment benefits. She rolled up her sleeves and wrote the town’s valuable open space
Generous contributions were plan and is leading its acquisition efforts. Hoag is a genuine public servant, epitomiz-
made in memory of: ing good government in action and truly deserves this award."
- William E. Austin by Mrs. Somers also said that Frank Stillinger of Chatham Township, Kathy Abbott of
Lee Nordholm; Chatham Township, Joan Kirsten of Chatham Township, and Angelina Monti of Madi-
- Cary Cassa by Bruce and A.
son were the recipients of this years’ volunteer awards from GSW Selected from a
Kathryn Galton; group of nearly 100 volunteers, they were chosen because they have worked extremely
- Shane Padraig Mulvey by hard and are indispensable to the Watershed Association in many ways.
Jim Mulvey; "Frank Stillinger has worked tirelessly on GSWA’s ConservationArea at LaBarre.
- Marie Kelly Roberts by He has done everything from designing and building bridges to physical labor as we
AT&T Wireless Services, Betsy restore the property. Kathy Abbott is editor of Swamp Watch, GSWA’s bulletin on
Austin, Brian Boden, Daisy local issues and is Vice Chair of the Local Issues Committee. She puts in countless
Bolden, Direct Marketers on Call, hours working to ensure that the information printed in our newsletter and posted on
Ann Marie Gibbons, Robert our website is accurate, informative, complete and fair. Joan Kirsten has volunteered
Giangrande, Karin C. Mason, Rod in GSWA’s office since we moved to 36 Main Street in 1998. We are extremely lucky
and Alida McRae, Quinn Fable Ad- to be the recipient of her organizational skills and help. Angelina Monti is one of our
vertising, and Dr. J. and S. Sanborn. guardian angels and has worked many, many hours for more than six years and has
Thanks also to the Ferriero never declined to help with a project." Somers continued, "We are indebted to all of
family for their generous donation our volunteers for their dedication. It is through their generosity that we’re able to
in honor of Danny Ferriero. provide diverse and high quality programs."
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Swamp Watch:
Bernards Township
Editor s note: Swamp Watch cov- to sell the 1.7-acre portion of Young’s
Update on Bernards Deer ers important land-development is- Road to Eckert, but was unable to prove
sues in each of the ten towns of the ownership of the road. The borough’s case
Control Proposal and Counter watershed: Bernardsville, Bernards, was not considered to be strong enough
Proposal Chatham Township, Harding, Long to go to Court to prove ownership. By
Results were released in mid-June Hill, Madison, Mendham Borough vacating the property, the borough relin-
of a town-wide aerial survey of the town- and Township, Morris Township and quishes the public’s right to use Young’s
ship deer population. The survey showed Morristown. If you do not see your Road, enabling Eckert to claim title.
1,376 deer in the township, or 56 per town included below, it s because we - Ann Parsekian
square mile. The survey was conducted in do not have someone to cover that
March, prior to fawning season, when the town, not because there are no devel- Chatham
herd can increase by as much as 40 per- opment issues occurring. If you are
cent. Township officials would like to get interested in covering your town for Chatham Tries to Preserve
the herd population down to a post-fawn- Across the Watershed, please phone Side Yard Size
ing population of 495 deer by 2004 by Julia Somers at 973.966.1900. In April, the Chatham Township
combining sports hunting and sharpshoot- Swamp Watch is edited by Kathy Committee had introduced an amendment
ing efforts. Last year sports hunting killed Abbott. to preserve current yard sizes. The need
about 270 deer. Sharpshooters would have for such an amendment arose from the
to kill about 500 deer in order to achieve current trend to redevelop existing lots to
Avenue. The property, known as the
the first year goal of 770 of the deer re- the maximum building envelope allowed
Crane Farm" will cost $515,000, which
duction program proposed by the Bernards by current building ordinances. The
will be appropriated from the township’s
Township Deer Study Task Force. Ber- amendment proposed to increase side yard
Open Space Trust Fund. The property,
nards Citizens for Rational Deer Manage- setbacks in the predominant half-acre R-
which is adjacent to the county-owned
ment members released a 68-page coun- 3 zoning areas to a combined 40 feet, in-
Lord Stirling Stables, includes a house and
terproposal, which supports pursuing con- stead of the current 30 feet. The amend-
a farm stand. Township officials have not
traception, roadside reflectors, and public ment did not pass, because of concerns that
yet finalized plans for utilization of the
education as components of a non-lethal it would put too many existing homes out
property, which had been identified by the
deer management program. The group of conformance.
Open Space Committee in their acquisi-
questions the accuracy of the recent aerial The Planning Board then decided to
tion plan. - Ann Parsekian
survey and the scientific basis for the task review the legislation in order to reintro-
force study. duce it in a more palatable form. Such an
Bernardsville
amendment is designed to preserve
Train Station Cell Tower Plan Bernardsville Settles Chatham s ability to absorb its storm wa-
Omnipoint Communications is
seeking a use variance to erect a 100-foot
Tree Dispute ter and recharge its aquifers, as well as
In July, Bernardsville settled its dis- preserve the rural aesthetic character of
high tower at the Basking Ridge train sta-
pute with property owner Alfred C. Eckert Chatham.
tion, in place of an existing 60-foot high
NJ Transit tower. The residentially zoned III, over the borough’s tree-cutting ordi-
nance. Eckert agreed to donate two trees Toxic Cleanup in Ground Water
train station is located in a neighborhood,
which includes a number of historic to the borough and both parties agreed to Continues at Kessler Site
homes. Residents object that the tower will dismiss all litigation. Last year Eckert was The New Jersey Department of En-
impact the character of the community and charged with violation of the borough’s vironmental Protection (NJDEP) reported
township officials hoped to persuade tree protection ordinance after a contrac- in May that, since it began site remediation
Omnipoint to become a tenant of a new tor failed to obtain a permit prior to re- in March 2000, it has recovered an esti-
tower proposed by Sprint Spectrum for the moving a substantial number of trees from mated 2,588 gallons of free phase hydro-
municipal complex. However Omnipoint Eckert’s estate. Eckert then filed suit in carbons that were floating on the ground
claims that the municipal site would not State Superior Court challenging the con- water under the site of the former Hickory
cover a transmission gap along Interstate stitutionality of the law. Eckert claims that Tree Garage. The layer of floating petro-
287. The Board of Adjustment will continue he has already planted hundreds of trees chemicals has been up to one foot thick at
hearing the application in September. on his property and intends to plant 200 some of the monitoring wells, according
more. to data taken from monitoring wells since
Township Committee to The day before the settlement was 1995. The carcinogenic chemicals found
announced, the borough council voted to to violate the NJDEP Groundwater Qual-
Purchase Open Space Tract vacate a portion of Young’s Road to help ity Standards are Methyl Tertiary Butyl
In late July, the Bernards Township
preserve the privacy at the rear of Eckert’s Ether (MTBE), benzene, toluene,
Committee passed an ordinance to acquire
38-acre estate. The Borough had intended ethylbenzene and xylenes (BTEX), and
4.68 acres of property off South Maple
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Local Environmental “Hot SPOTS”
Tertiary Butyl Alcohol (TBA). of $578,500, to the township for only ant Plains Road, bordered on two sides by
The DEP reported in July that the $300,000. Since the state Green Acres the Great Swamp National Wildlife Ref-
floating free product was removed by a Grant pays up to 50 percent of the assessed uge. Mrs. Bayne was very involved in lo-
vapor extraction system, and that only a value, or about $290,000, all that Chatham cal efforts to establish a new national wild-
"sheen" was left. The next step is ground would have to pay from its own budget life refuge in Great Swamp and it was the
water extraction, which Hickory Tree ex- would be about $10,000, plus the costs the intent of the Baynes that their gift form
pected to begin in August, after replace- Foundation incurred from holding the part of the nascent Refuge. Wildlife Pre-
ment of a burned out motor. The ground property. - Kathy Abbott serves, Inc. has held onto the property ever
water is to be cleaned by a low profile air since and managed it as a sanctuary with
stripper and liquid phase granular acti- Harding Township no hunting permitted.
vated carbon, and then discharged back There is a common theme to each On August 16, Woodmont Builders
into the aquifer on the Kessler property. of the Harding matters reported on in this LLC appeared before the Board of Adjust-
To detect the extent of the contami- issue: each is now or was before the Board ment seeking a use variance from present
nant plume, Hickory Tree Garage recently of Adjustment seeking, among other zoning to construct a large house plus an-
installed a new monitoring well behind the things, a use variance. Such a variance cillary structures on part of the property.
Chatham Hill apartments at the intersec- requires the applicant to prove both the Present zoning is farmland, recreation
tion of Hickory Place and Green Village affirmative and negative criteria, establish- and conservation. The property has been
Road, which is approximately 500 feet ing why such a variance from today s zon- tax exempt for many years. While the
from the site. A ground water sampling ing is warranted (i.e., proof the applica- property is subdividable, subdivision has
from this new well on March 30th, 2001 tion is an improvement over the existing not been proposed at this time. Woodmont
indicated no ground water contaminants zoning consistent with the goals of the has a contract with Wildlife Preserves to
had traveled to the well. Master Plan and the property is particu- purchase the property.
Yet MTBE has been detected at high larly suited for the proposed use — af fir- Letters have been received by the
levels at a closer monitoring well behind mative; and negative — proof the applica- Board of Adjustment from members of the
the apartment complex, and is therefore tion is not a detriment to the public good Bayne family stating that it was the do-
flowing under the apartments. The DEP and does not impair the intent and purpose nors intent the property become part of
says, however, that the MTBE "does not of the Zoning Plan.) Zoning is based on the Refuge. This application has had its
pose an immediate human health risk, best achieving a community s Master Plan first hearing and there will be more to re-
since the contaminant level is too low to goals. Eight of Harding s eleven Master port in the future. It will be closely fol-
pose a vapor threat to the area and there is Plan goals focus on protecting the envi- lowed by GSWA.
no ground water use within this area." ronment.
The DEP also stated, "the Great Darcy School
Swamp is not at risk from the discharges Morris Animal Inn Also on August 16, the Darcy
at the former Hickory Tree Garage site." In June, the BoA approved the ap- School s founder, Kristen Mullens, was
This is in part due to the intervention of plication of the Morris Animal Inn to invited to begin the school s application
Chatham Township in 1997. The Town- double in size. This non-conforming use to Harding Township, which seeks to con-
ship did not approve of the original DEP is situated in a residential zone. Reasons struct a new school on the site on Sand
plan to discharge the treated ground wa- cited by Board members for approving the Spring Road. A number of variances from
ter into the storm sewer. use variance included the fact that the town land use ordinances (including a use
Animal Inn has a history of employing variance) are needed for this application.
State Green Acres Grant teenagers and the Township has a history The school would accept 192-200
Approved for Chatham of hosting dog shows. The Board did not students Pre-Kindergarten through 6th
On Monday June 4, the NJ State find the commercial application to violate Grade. The 24-acre site would be subdi-
Senate approved a Green Acres funding the goals of the Master Plan. The decision vided into two 6-acre residential sites
bill that grants Chatham Township has been appealed to the Harding Town- served by a separate road, and a 12-acre
$500,000. The township expects to use ship Committee by a group of neighbors site for the school with its own driveway
some of its Green Acres funds by the end and is expected to be heard some time in off Sand Spring Road. One of the existing
of this year to acquire three lots totaling the late fall. homes that sits close to the road would
35 acres off Green Village Road. The New remain on the new school property.
Jersey Conservation Foundation has held Wildlife Preserves, Inc. Ms. Mullens explained the school s
this open space for nearly a decade, with On December 27, 1957, the late philosophy and why she believes it is a
the purpose of eventually selling it to Howard Bayne and Louise vanBeuren special place for its students. A meeting
Chatham. The transaction will be a "bar- Bayne gave a 62-acre piece of land to dedicated to this issue was scheduled for
gain sale," in which the foundation sells Wildlife Preserves, Inc. It is located on September 12. - Julia Somers
the land, which has a total assessed value Long Hill Road opposite the end of Pleas-
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Annual
Report
July 1, 2000-June 30, 2001
LOOKING BACK; LOOKING FORWARD
By David A. Budd, Chairman of the Board of Trustees
As we proceed through our 20th Anniversary year, both directly and indirectly. On June 20, the Watershed
I've spent some time looking back to our humble begin- Association participated in a closing on the 58-acre Jockey
nings as well as looking ahead to our goals for the future. Hollow Top 6 property in Morris Township. This $1.7 mil-
While we are proud that progress has been made, we know lion purchase culminated an eight-year GSWA campaign
that much work remains to be done. to help to preserve this property. The property is steeply
Incorporated on March 31, 1981, the Watershed As- sloped and lies just above the headwaters of Great Brook,
sociation has from the beginning been concerned with alert- one of the five principal streams in the watershed. A Green
ing its members, and the residents of local communities to Acres Grant from the NJDEP and Morris Township's Open
the impact of poorly conceived development on the Space Trust funded this landmark purchase.
watershed's fragile ecosystem and consequently on Great Our Streamways preservation project was launched
Swamp itself. While the objective has remained constant, this spring and is already achieving some success. We have
what has changed is how we have grown, in terms of so- recently learned that we will receive, by bequest, an eco-
phistication and effectiveness. For the first ten years, the logically important 15-acre property in Bernardsville bor-
work of the organization was carried on solely by volun- dering headwaters of a stream that ultimately enters Great
teers. In 1991, Lisa Butera, now the Association's Finance Swamp. Direct and indirect preservation of the land bor-
Director, became a Project Director and our very first paid dering streams, lakes, ponds and wetlands is a priority for
employee. At the time, there were fewer than 500 associa- GSWA.
tion members and an annual operating budget of about Also new this year is a conservation easement do-
$5,000.00. Today we are fortunate to have six full time nated to Great Swamp Watershed Association by Benjamin
equivalent paid staff members, 65 wonderful volunteers, and Lois Wolkowitz on 1.35 acres of their Madison prop-
22 Trustees and nearly 2,500 regular members. Our annual erty. Although a relatively small piece, this is an important
budget has grown a bit as well and now is approaching milestone for the borough of Madison and the surrounding
$450,000.00 (an 89 fold increase), funded entirely through watershed because it serves to protect a critically impor-
your generous charitable contributions, membership dues, tant glacial kettle hole that might otherwise have been eli-
foundation grants and income from our endowment. We gible for subdivision. Since a conservation easement is re-
sincerely thank you for your continuing support! corded by deed and becomes part of the property, the land
At our Annual Dinner on November 16, 2001 we will will be permanently protected from development and sub-
reflect (briefly) on some of the milestones and major ac- division. We encourage all members to consider the ben-
complishments of the last 20 years. I hope you will make efits and merits of granting conservation easements and/or
plans to attend this celebration, which will include recog- contributing sensitive lands to the Association. We will be
nition of deserving individuals, a silent auction (to assist happy to discuss the tax benefits that can accrue to donors
in balancing that budget) and dancing to an excellent swing as well as the enormous value such conservation perma-
band. Some of you will be happy to learn that this year we nently offers to the community at large.
will not feature a speaker. Our acquisitions, of which the above are a part, bring
Land Acquisitions Growing our cumulative direct land ownership to 45.59 acres and
The most significant news of 2000/2001 is that we our cumulative conservation easements to 3.85 acres. While
have continued to increase our land acquisition program these diminutive figures validate that we've made some
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initial progress in directly protecting our watershed, I would streams. This same watershed model has been demonstrated
like to see the watershed association continue to acquire to a number of officials of towns within the watershed and
land and conservation easements and I would like us to it is gratifying to see the light of comprehension glow as
continue to actively assist other conservation entities in the individuals understand for the first time what a watershed
acquisition of sensitive lands and easements. The remain- actually is. We will have the watershed model on display
ing amount of critically important open space in the water- at the annual meeting so that our members and their guests
shed is steadily being improved through development can take turns farming, polluting or being a thunderstorm.
and as we all know, the amount of remaining open space is You will be able to see first hand how a watershed works
a fast disappearing finite quantity. and you will understand why uncontrolled development
Ecological Restoration represents a threat.
Under the direction of biologist Blaine Rothauser and Thanks to the technical expertise of Project Director
other volunteers, our ecological restoration at the 23-acre Karen Patterson, we have created the maps for Madison
GSWA Conservation and Education Area in Harding Town- Borough’s Environmental Resource Inventory (ERI) up-
ship (on Tiger Lily date and sent data about
Lane) is going strong. our Geographic Infor-
Our volunteers have mation System (GIS)
spent countless hours data to the NJDEP as
studying the topogra- part of a federal grant to
phy, biology, and New Jersey to improve
unique characteristics the quality of, and ac-
of the site. Based on cess to, GIS data
such studies a plan was throughout the state. We
evolved to clean up the are also nearing
site, remove invasive completion of our com-
plants, clear trails and prehensive buildout
install nesting boxes. analysis of the Great
Our volunteers have Swamp Watershed and
erected deer exclosures will be unveiling the re-
and also planted over a sults of this analysis at
thousand native plants (From left): Katey Erck, Olivia Shelton, teacher Lisbeth Decotiis, and Griffin our anniversary celebra-
representing 35 species. Gannon modeling their Great Swamp Watershed Association Swamp thing tion in November.
We estimate that regu-
t-shirts during a watershed model presentation at the Harding Township Public A review of the
School this spring. year would be incom-
lar watershed associa-
tion volunteers, along plete without mention-
with corporate, civic and religious groups, collectively spent ing the historic Do the
1,500 man-hours to accomplish the project. This spring, in Swamp Thing promotion. Numerous local environmen-
celebration of the progress we ve made on the Conserva- tal organizations worked together to celebrate earth month.
tion and Education Area, we updated our website (http:// The Great Swamp Watershed Association took a leader-
www.greatswamp.org) to include a virtual tour of the site. ship role by coordinating sponsors like Recorder Newspa-
It includes an interactive map on which you click on dif- pers and Kings Super Markets and published and distrib-
ferent areas of the site and (in effect) walk a swampy part uted widely a consolidated calendar of events. It was a
of the watershed without actually getting your feet wet. If major undertaking that brought politicians, environmental
you own a computer and have Internet access, please visit. organizations, and the public together to celebrate and en-
If you don’t mind wet feet or own some decent boots, please joy the treasure that is the Great Swamp Watershed.
visit the site in person. As usual it has been a fascinating year at the Water-
As another way to bring learning to life, from Sep- shed Association and we’re looking forward to meeting the
tember 2000 through June 2001, the Watershed Associa- challenges of the coming year. Our 20th anniversary is a
tion made presentations demonstrating nonpoint source time of celebration and reflection and I sincerely hope that
pollution to more than 750 students in towns in and around you’ll join us at this year’sAnnual Dinner. Please put it on
the watershed. The classroom presentations focus on a your calendar right now: November 16th 2001-The Great
three-dimensional tabletop watershed model, which is an Swamp Watershed Association 20th Anniversary Celebra-
interactive educational tool that vividly illustrates how hu- tion. We think that it will be the hot ticket of the week.
man actions affect the water quality of lakes, rivers and Bring your dancing shoes and prepare to have some fun.
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Financial Report for the Year ended June 30, 2001
ORGANIZATIONAL REVENUE EXPENSES
Contributions $228,394 Programs
Grants Projects $125,727
Restricted 101,151 Local Issues 102,953
Unrestricted 56,500 Education 57,851
Interest Income 10,728 Land Conservation
Miscellaneous 13,519 and Restoration 54,542
TOTAL ORGANIZATIONAL Total Program Expense $341,073
REVENUE $410,292
Management and General 48,322
ENDOWMENT REPORT Development 46,108
Contributions $85,639 TOTAL EXPENSES $435,503
Market Value at 6/30/01 $444,460
NET LOSS ($25,211)
Unaudited statements. Audited statements available upon request.
GSWA Supporters for 2001
Ms. Katherine Harper
Mr. Louis Ares, Jr. Mr. Robert A. Cramp
BERKELEY HEIGHTS Mr. Edward Atwater Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Dankosky
Mr. Michael Hartwig
Mr. Leonard Berkowitz Art Havighorst & Barbara Meserole
Ms. Adrienne Petite Auerbach Mr. Mike Davitt
Bruce & Eve Biegel Mr. Jacob Hays
Mr. Jerry Ballanco Ms. Anne L. DeAngelis
Mr. Walter L. Brown Mr. & Mrs. William H. Heald
Mr. Giorgio Balzer Mr. Lewis T. Decker
Mr. Jeffrey Burnett Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Helland
Mr. Ronald Barkley Mr. & Mrs. Michael Dee
Mr. Frank Ferrando Barbara & Bill Herkner
Basking Ridge Animal Hospital Ms. Ruth Degutis
Ms. Sue Ficken Ms. Renee Herman
Mr. Paul Becker Ms. Elizabeth H. Dillon
Dan & Kathy Geary Mr. Ivan Herzog
Mr. & Mrs. Alex Bedrosian Ms. Laura E. Doeringer
Ms. Margaret L. Guyton Mrs. Frank Hesse
Elllie & Greg Bedrosian Klaus & Lydia Dorfi
Mrs. Phoebe Hahn Mr. & Mrs. Walter Hines
Ms. Patricia Beltrani Ms. Carole Dowling
Ms. Virginia T. Hale Kim & Doug Hiscano
Robert & Margaret C. Beringer Mr. Ronald Dreesen
Mr. James N. Horne The Horner Family
Ms. Jean Bettler Charlotte & James Drinkwater
Mr. John Ingato Mr. & Mrs. William F. Hough
Mr. & Mrs. Harold Bieber Mr. Jeffrey N. Edwards
Mrs. Alice L. Johnson Mr. Robert M. Huggins
George & Rose Bienenstock Mr. William V. Engel
Will & Mary Leland Mr. John Hughes
Mr. Robert Bischoff Mrs. June P. Enyingi
C.W. Lonnquist Mr. Robert W. Hull
Mr. Richard Blake Ms. Linda L. Fagerstrom
Ms. Audrey Lord Ms. Jane Husk
Mr. Carl L. Blesch Mr. & Mrs. Robert Falzon
Ms. Dottie Montouri Robert & Anne Ingal
Ms. Colleen Bondy Eileen & Jim Farley
Mr. Paul L. Noble Caren L. Cadra & Ed Janos
Sally & Jon Booth The Hon. Hugh H. Fenwick
Mr. John Ream Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Jaye
Neil & Cathy Borman Ms. Elizabeth Fernekess
Mr. Nigel Roden Ms. Diana C. Jecas
Mr. Jeff Bowne Mr. Finkel
Mr. & Mrs. T.D. Roth, Jr. Ms. Marie D. Johnson
Mr. Wesley Boyce Ms. Karen Fleshman
Mr. John M. Rowell Mr. Douglas Jones
Mrs. Lewis D. Brounell Preston & Judith Flower
Marc & Ilene Schneider Mr. & Mrs. Fred Kamps
Ms. Mary Beth Bubert Edward & Anna Forzani
Mr. Art Seif Mr. & Mrs. Rich Kane
Ms. Vera Burkardt Elizabeth & William Fraser
Mr. George Skorinko Ms. Mary E. Kemmerer
Mr. Matthew Burns Mr. James Furst
Mr. Peter W. Traub Mr. Glenn Kendall
R. Cameron & Karen I. Witt Steve & Libby Galpin
Allan & Nancy Tubbs Mr. J. Christopher Kersey
Ms. Evelyn Caprio Dr. Christine Ganitsch
Mrs. Edith Weiss Dr. Edward Kirby
Ms. Elisabeth Carducci-Staehle Mr. David Gaus
Ms. Norrie Zaret Mr. John Kissane
Stella K. Casnocha Ms. A. Gibson
Ms. Dee Klikier
Ms. Pat Cauldwell Mr. & Mrs. James Gibson
BERNARDS TWP. AND Mrs. Cam Cavanaugh Mr. Louis Gonzalez
Ms. Virlea W. Klingenburg
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Knudsen
BERNARDSVILLE Ms. Kerry Chappelear Mr. James A. Gregoire
Mr. William Koonz
Ms. Jeanette M. Abbott Andrea & Louis Chiafullo Mr. Kenneth D. Gursky
Miriam Kotsonis & family
Mr. & Mrs. J. J. Adamczyk Kate & Ben Ciravolo Ms. Jean A. Haley
Ms. K.A. Kuna
Mr. Chris Allen Ms. Dorothy Clair Eleanor & Robert Hallstrom
Mr. Robert Kurz
Ms. Randy Allen Ms. Elizabeth L. Clark Mr. Richard Halperin
Ms. Edna M. La Vecka
Ms. Jodi Lee Alper Mr. Jim Cleary Mr. & Mrs. William G. Halsey
Fred & Donna Lackland
Ms. Barbara Glynn Alves Dr. & Mrs. Bayard Coggeshall Mr. & Mrs. James Hamerschlag
Ms. Linda S. Lancaster
Ms. Ilona Ansons Mr. & Mrs. Forrest F. Collier Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Harding
Bertram Levinstone, MD
Ms. Barbara Arell Barbara & Nicholas Conca Miss Tory Harding
Mr. Eugene J. Lewandowski
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Sheila & Gary Lobel Edward A. Schroeder, IV John & Ann Bennett Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Franklin
Ms. Janice Logg Mr. Robert G. Schulz Wendy & Jeff Benton Ms. Cecilia Fuentes
Mr. Thomas A. Loughlin, Jr. Ms. Christina Mantey Schwartz Mr. Robert Bergmann Ms. Cordelia O. Fuller
Dr. Donald Louria Ms. Lynn Scolarice Rick & Carol Berg Mr. Bob Garbowitz
Mr. Allan Luisi Mr. Al Sferra Theresa & Thomas Berry Jerry D. Gardner, M.D.
Laurie & Michael Lutz Ms. Murali Sharma Mr. Duncan T. Bethune Mr. John Geddes
Ms. Alison J. Mahan Ms. Ava Shypula Mr. Samuel T. Blandino Mr. Stephen Geiger
Mrs. Louis Malavarca Susan & Lawrence W. Siebl Mr. Eugene I. Blount Mr. Frank A. Ghiselli
Mr. & Mrs. John Malay Mr. Gary W. Skarka Nick Boon Mrs. Jack Gill
Mr. Fred R. Marder Eileen & Barry Smith Mr. & Mrs. Blair Boyer Julie & Daniel Ginns
Ms. Robin Marion Ms. Deborah Smith Mr. & Mrs. George Boyer Carmelyn R. & Christopher P. Godziela
Mr. Joseph Mastellone Ms. Dorothy L. Smith Mr. Guy F. Boyle Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Gold
J. Albert &. Adrienne Mastro Doug & Cecile Smith Ms. Barbara A. Brack Mr. Raymond Grafje
K. Mathiesen Ms. Edith D. Smith Mr. Robert J. Brady Ms. Eileen Grimm
Mr. Michael McDermott Ms. Jean Snable Mr. Randall Brown Ms. Marie Gruol
Mr. David M. McGuire Ms. Pat Sodolak John & Lois Burns Cathy & Paul Hackett
Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. McPhillips Mr. Tom Southard Mr. Bill Burress Anna Hackman & Robert Gelber
Ms. Janice Meharg Mr. David Spring Mrs. J.K. Burton Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Hall
Mr. Michael Menza Ken & Susan Strahs Ms. Lisa Butera Mr. & Mrs. David G. Hardin
Mr. Francis M. Miller David & Andrea Strong Ms. Katherine Canavan Ms. Charlotte J. Hartshorn
Mr. Henry Miller Mr. & Mrs. Eric E. Sumner Tom & Donna Capetta Tom & Valerie Haverty
Debra & Howard Miller Mr. & Mrs. T. Swayne Mr. Sal Capizzi Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Heller
Mrs. Patricia Moody Mr. Joseph Tag Lou & Kathleen Caprioglio Miss Joan V. Hellsten
Miss Alberta V. Mount Mr. Gary Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Stewart Carr Elizabeth & Peter Henrici
John & Joann Munn Bob & Eleanor Taylor Charles & Mary Carson Cecily & Michael Hewes
Daniel E. Murnick, Ph.D. Mr. Philip H. Thayer Seaneen & John Carton Mr. & Mrs. Ervin Hoag
Ms. Pat Murphy Ms. M. Thiebaud Chatham Twp. Art League Lyla Meader & David Hodgdon
Mr. & Mrs. Francis Mustaro Mr. Stephen G. Thurber Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Churchill Mr. Emil I. Horak
Mr. & Mrs. Scott Nafie T.P. & P.L. Tien Jonathan & Sandy Citron Jeffrey & Dawn Howell
The Nickersons Sara Frazer & John Tinker Mr. & Mrs. W. Gerould Clark IV Ms. Nancy Howie
Mr. Nicholas R. Noviello, Jr. Ms. Carol Tokar Mr. Jay Cogswell Mr. David F. Hoyle
Mr. Michael J. Ogden Mr. Jan Toncar Mr. Clifford S. Conner Gayle Chamberlin Hoyt
Mickey Magee Onofrietto Mr. Robert Verbrugge Mr. Robert Contri Mr. Bradley J. Huke
Mr. Ron Orlando Mr. Louis Vitale and Ms. Fern Ehrlich Mr. J. Christopher Craig Mr. Michael T. Inzerillo
Mr. George Paril Mrs. Ellen Vreeland Ms. Margaret W. Cranmer Mr. & Mrs. Emil Ippolito
Ms. Marion Parks Mr. David I. Wallis Ms. Victoria Cronenberger Mr. Steve Izzo
John & Ann Parsekian Sally & Alec Walsh Mr.& Mrs. James J. Cronin Ms. Kathleen James
Robin Patric Ms. Marian M. Ward Mr. & Mrs. Edward G. Crum, Jr. Tim & Jo Ann Jecko
Ms. Karen Patterson Ms. Jacquelyn Washburn Mr. Brian Danenberg Mr. Roland Johnson
Vincent & Marilyn Pepe Ms. Carol Weingaertner Ms. Nancy Daugherty Mr. Brian Johnston
Mr. George Peterson III Mr. John Weller Ms. Gail C. Davies Bennett & Kathryn Julian
Oscar & Anne Petraglia Mrs. Stephen K. West Elise & Herbert Davis Mr. Thomas C. Kahler
Alex & Suzette Petronella Martine & John White Ms. Sally Deatly Mr. Vincent Kane
Ms. Joy Petzinger Spencer & Johanna Wissinger Ms. Ruth Decker Mr. & Mrs. Vahram Kashmanian
Ms. Cathleen Rahlfs Mr. J. Wreszin Joel & Janet DeLisa Ms. Mary Keane
Mr. J. Rakszawski Mr. George Wright Ms. Katrina Demma Miss Elizabeth A. Keat
Lindsey & Patrick Regan Mr. Charles E. Wulff Mr. David J. Dempsey Kal & Helen Kecskemety
Ms. Margaret Reheis Mrs. Charlotte S. Wyman Frank & Carolyn Deodene Ms. Lynn Keffer
Mr. John Rehm Mr. & Mrs. Leo York Dr. R.T. Dewling Mr. Wolfgang Kehr
Mr. Robert R. Reichenbach Mr. Adam Zborowski Mr. Carl Dinger Mr. Kevin Kelley
Mr. & Mrs. Richard T. Richards Ross & Susan Ziskind Ms. Susan Dlugosz Mr. Richard H. Kelley
Mrs. H. K. Rickey Mr. Joseph F. Zubko Mr. & Mrs. George Doherty Mr. Frank Kelly
Christine & Doug Roberts Dr. Dorothy L. Zufall Ms. Elizabeth Domigan Ms. Joan E. Kelly
Ms. Chi Rockoff Ms. Denise A. Dubel Robert Kettenmann & Marilyn Wiles-
Marc & Debi Roelke CHATHAM Mrs. Ella A. DuBose Kettenmann
Mr. Ronald A. Ross Katherine & Kenneth Abbott Ms. Diane Du Brule Mayor Herbert H. Kiehn
Mr. John Ryan Lisa & Peter Adamczyk Ms. Elizabeth Dudderar Fred & Jo Kies
Mr. Paul Saccone Ms. Carol Allan Daniel & Amy Dziemian Mr. & Mrs. George King
Mr. Anthony Saitta Mrs. Robert Allardice Ms. Sally Eisenreich Joan & Ken Kirsten
Ms. Diane Sallans Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Allen Mr. Donald Engesser Mr. & Mrs. Frank Kling
Ms. BiBiana Santiago Ms. Kathleen Anthony Vince & Kim Falone Ms. Jacqueline Klisart
Randy & Janet Santoro Ms. Mary C. Appollina Mrs. Dale Feeney Ms. Caroline Campbell Knott
Mr. Ben Sattely Mr. Scott Bagish S.G. Feitlowitz Ms. Alexandra Brittain Knox
Kerby & Lisa Saunders Mr. Joseph A. Barrett, III Ms. Rose Finnegan Eileen O’Reilly & Roman Kraynyk
Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Schacht Joyce & Richard Barrett Mr. & Mrs. Richard Fischer Mr. Peter Kurey
Frederick & Sandra Scheel Mr. & Mrs. Charles R. Barton III Mr. Charles V. Flemming Mr. & Mrs. Joseph La Gregor
William & Sanna Scheuerman Ms. Virginia Baumgartner Ed Fobben, M.D. Mr. Robert Latzer
Ms. Susan Schlichting Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Behling Mr. & Mrs. Charles Foster Mr. & Mrs. Robert Leamer
Richard & Barbara Schmidt Ms. Roberta Bell Ms. Roberta Francis Mr. John J. Lehner
Mr. William Schmidt Mr. Doug Frank Mr. Leonard Lepore
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Mr. Richard Ligertwood Mr. Kurt Richter Mr. D. B. Wilcox Mr. & Mrs. William Dana
Ms. Doris Lissaman Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Rigal Kathy & Steve Wilkerson Ms. Christine Davies
Mr. Bradner Littlehale Mr. & Mrs. Carleton B. Riker, Jr. Charles & Ellen Wilkinson Susan & Peter Deeks
Mr. Joseph D. Loudermilk Michael & Linda Rindos Ms. Mary M. Williams Mr. Frank E. DeMotte
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Lukasik Ed & Betsy Roland Diane Duffy & Walter Willinger Ms. Mary Ann Dickson
Ian & Elizabeth MacCallum Beth Nelson & Will Romero Carole & John Wilmot David Dietz & Jane Kendall
Mrs. Gail MacNeil James & Linda Rommer Mr. Thomas J. Wilson Mr. & Mrs. William H. Dodd
Ms. Abigail P. Maddi Dr. R. Rosen & Dr. M. McIntyre W. B. Wilson Vincent & Anita Dolan
Ms. Virginia Maguire Mr. & Mrs. John B. Rovick Mary Anne & Ray Wood Ms. Katharine Dougherty
Ms. Cathy Maloney Mr. & Mrs. Robert Rowan Mr. Thomas L. Woodward Mr. & Mrs. John Downing
Ms. Maryann Mann Howard & Nancy Rundquist Ms. Elizabeth Zanders Ms. Sally Dudley
Jayne & Michael Marano Ms. Patricia Rush Ms. Pamela Zave Mr. John Duffy
Ms. Nancy Marion Mrs. Marian Russell Andrew & Stephanie Zecca Mr. John L. Dugan
Mrs. Mary C. Marshall Ms. Christine Sakach Mrs. Harriet Ziegler Rosalind & Yves Dujardin
Mr. & Mrs. William Marshall Mr. & Mrs. David Sandelman Aline & Chip Zimmer Mr. & Mrs. M. Douglas Dunn
Bradley, Barbara & Benjamin Massam Mr. & Mrs. Edward L. Scanlon Ms. Kristin Elliott
Ms. Joanne Mazurki Dr. & Mrs. H. P. Schad HARDING TWP. Mr. & Mrs. Robert Essner
Robert & Elizabeth McCarthy Norman E. Schaefer, M.D. Ms. Lillian Albrecht Ms. Epsey C. Farrell
Mr. William T. McCutcheon Mr. John Schmidt Mr. Chris Allyn Roger & Caroline Ford
Mr. Harold F. McElraft Dr. Gail Schrimmer Travis Anderson & Betsy Harvin The Hon. Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen
Mr. J.J. McGrath Mr. Louis A. Serpe Ms. Carolyn R. Antonaccio Mr. & Mrs. John F. Fritts
Richard & Janis McGuire Mr. Michael L. Sherman Mr. Gerald Aresty Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Gannon
Mr. Jerry Medina James & Stacy Sibona Andy & Brenda Armstrong Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Gant
Mr. Standish Medina Mr. Robert Sizelove Cynthia & Edward Babbott Dr. & Mrs. Allan Gardner
Ms. Catherine F. Menendez Robert Slaughter & Diane Askwyth Ms. Diane Bakst James & Cordelia Gelly
Haylee & Jay Messing Mr. Daniel B. Smith, III Mrs. J. William Barba Robert & Barbara Gill
Mr. Steven D. Meyer Ms. Eleanor L. Smith Mr. John Barry Ms. Gail F. Ginnett
Mr. & Mrs. James Meyers Ms. Lillian Smith Marshall & Margaret Bartlett Ms. Joan Goldman
Esther & Ralph Milnes Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd Snyder Dr. George Baumgardner Mr. Walter Gorzegno
Ms. Barbara Minor Ms. Ann Stachenfeld Charles & Mary Becht Ms. Kathy Grano
Ms. Barbara Montague Dr. & Mrs. Steven J. Stanzione William & Patricia Becker Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Gray
Robert & Leonora Moore Mr. Roger L. Sternberg Ms. Marcy Beitle Stephen & Marilyn Greene
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Mulligan Mrs. Joan M. Stettler Dr. Ira Berger Mr. Roger Greenway
Mr. & Mrs. Donald E. Munson Ms. Phyllis Stevens Mr. & Mrs. Philip Berman Mr. Anthony Grillo
Mrs. Beatrice Murphy Mrs. Dorothea Stillinger Mr. & Mrs. James Biello Lisa Van Tassel & Robert Grohskopf
Dr. Joseph J. Murphy Eric H. Stochholm, Esq. Mr. E. L. Billington Mr. & Mrs. L. Grotta
Mr. W. H. Murphy Ms. Donna Stockl Dr. & Mrs. Sheldon Birnhak Martin & Blanche Gruen
Mr. Christopher Murray Mr. & Mrs. Walter Strack Mr. Frederick Blake Ms. Eleanor Haeberle
George & Betty Murray Martin Strauss & Anna Gilbert Mr. & Mrs. Clifford Blanchard Mr. Richard Harris
Ms. Marilyn Murray Nancy & John Stricko Ms. Michele Blanchard Mr. & Mrs. James Hartnett
Arnold & Roz Mytelka Ms. Sally Strunc Mr. Robert Blanchard Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Healey
Ms. Dolores Navarino Mr. Arthur E. Sutton Aimie & Joe Bloom Mr. & Mrs. Harold Healy
Mr. & Mrs. George Newcombe Caesar & Peggy Sweitzer Mr. John M. Blume James & Susan Heineman
Ms. Margaret Nicolais Mr. & Mrs. John F. Swift Mr. Anthony Bonelli Ms. Demi Herbert
Mr. Russell L. Nielsen Ms. Eda F. Tato Mr. Lionel Borkan Penny & Don Hinkle
Mrs. Jean B. Nilson Harry & Norma Taylor Mr. Lawrence Brady Cathy & Bill Huff
Ms. Heather Nolle Mrs. Glenn D. Thompson Richard W. Brenner Mr. & Mrs. J. Paul Humphrey
Mrs. Lee Nordholm Mr. Robert Thompson Margo & Eric Brundage Mrs. King Irwin
Mrs. Doris K. Nubel Mr. & Mrs. R. Donald Thomson Barbara & David Bugen Dr. & Mrs. Bruce I. Jacobs
Ms. Vern Oakley Ms. Joan Thuebel John & Irene Bush Bette D. Jacobson
Mr. Charles Olson Ms. Susan Towler Mr. & Mrs. Willis Canada Ms. Patricia Jennings
Mr. & Mrs. John O’Neill Mr. & Mrs. J. Patrick Trench Mr. Eric Carlson Mr. Ronald Johnston
Ms. T. J. O’Shaughnessy Ms. Cynthia Trepko Mr. & Mrs. Rene Castenschiold Raymond E. & Theresa M. Jones
Herbert E. & Eleanor I. Pappky Ms. Mimi Tsang Mr. Raul E. Cesan Mr. Peter Kafaf
Mr. Greg Paschenko Laura & Scott Tucker Carol & Ed Cimilluca Mr. & Mrs. William Keefauver
Mr. & Mrs. J. Patel Laird & Dorothy Tuohig Mr. J. David Clayton Mark & Pamela Kerschner
Joan & Joe Patti Mr. William Van Arsdale, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Clew Mrs. Alexander L. Keyes
Ms. Bette Schultz & Mr. Paul Payton Mr. Christopher Van Wyk Jan & Gary Colby Mr. Edmond M. Kirby
Mr. Tom Pepe James & Mary Venezia Ms. Anita Cole Ms. Carolyn Kohn
Jean & Frank Pfeffer Ms. Jacqueline Verity Mr. Verner H. Condon Mr. & Mrs. James Kovacs
Mr. Henry Pfeiffer Janet & Don Vespia Mr. Donald R. Conklin Mr. Frederick Kurtz
Mr. & Mrs. Denis Phalon Ms. Nancy Vroom Mr. Myles Connor, Jr. Mr. Clinton W. Lane, III
Mr. Charles C. Philipp Mr. Clark D. Wagner Mr. Granville E. Conway Yvonne & Louis Lanzerotti
Ms. Therese Pick Laura & Shane Wagner Mr. Horace Corbin, III Nancy & John Lasser
Jillian R. Pincus, MD David & Julia Warren Bob & Mary Courtemanche Mr. & Mrs. James Lee
Mr. Scott Pinkus Ms. Cynthia Weaver Martha & Douglas Coy Judith & Lester Lieberman
Ms. Daria Pishko Mr. & Mrs. G.G. Wells Mr. & Mrs. James L. Crawford Ms. Cherry Liloia
Mr. & Mrs. James D. Porter, Jr. Janice & Emery Westfall Mr. & Mrs. Paul Creager Mr. & Mrs. Frank Lindeman
Anthony & Dorothy Rastelli Ms. Elga R. Wheeler Dr. & Mrs. William Crutchlow The Lovell Family
Mr. Leonard Resto Miss Ruthann Wichelman Ms. Ruthelizabeth Lovretin
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Mr. & Mrs. David Lustbader Mr. Lindley Scarlett Stephen & Carol DeMeritt Ms. Joyce Payeur
Ms. Jane MacDougall Joseph & Wendie Schleifer Mr. George M. Dengler Mr. William F. Pearce
Mr. John T. Magnier Irene & Chris Sciales Mr. Ron Dickhardt Peter & Penny Pefanis
Mr. Ed Mahler Mr. & Mrs. Peter Segal Mr. William Dietrich Mr. Steven M. Peloso
Ms. Jeanne Manley Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Sharples Mr. Carlo DiGiorgio Ms. Sheila Pfafflin
Mr. Spencer Marsh III Mr. J. Peter Simon Mr. Ed Doklan Ms. Carolyn Pflanzer
Mr. Charles Mayfield Richard & Susan Simon Mr. & Mrs. John Early Guy & Sandra Piserchia
Mr. & Mrs. James W. McClelland Mr. & Mrs. Tom Snell Roger & Alberta Edwards Ms. Gloria Poole
Mr. George McClellan Mr. Paul Spatz Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence R. Fast Mr. & Mrs. David Prosser
Ms. Marybeth McGee Ms. Ann W. Stallard Mrs. Frederick A. Fellows Ms. Cheryl Prudhomme
Rosemary S. & Philip J. McGee Ms. W. C. Stark Ms. Yvonne G. Fletcher The Raptor Trust
Mr. Robert McKeown Mrs. E. E. Stowell Ms. Patricia Flynn Ms. Anne W. Robbins
Mr. James McNamee Jessie Stuehler Mr. & Mrs. Bentley Fredane Peter & Suzanne Rowland
Lorenna & Tracy Meerwarth Nancy & Byron Sugahara Steve & Joan Fronapfel Mr. & Mrs. Paul Scanlon
Ms. Mary Meissner Mr. & Mrs. Brian Sullivan Mr. Roy Garms Larry & Bev Schellhammer
Mr. & Mrs. Karl Meister Mr. Hugh Symonds Mr. Gerald Gennario Suzanne Klein & Allen Schultz
John & Caron Menger Mr. William H. Taft, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Joel Goldberg Mr. Edward G. Schweiger
Mrs. Russell Meslar Ms. Jean Taylor Ms. Elaine Goldman Mr. & Mrs. James A. Sebold, Jr.
Mrs. Paul Miller Mr. John R. Thornton Ellen & Stuart Goldstein Mr. Avelino Simoes
Rosemary & Joseph Misko Janet Tribus Denise & Robert Goodnow, Jr. Ms. Joyce Stapperfenne
J. Brian & Cynthia Moran Mary Jane & Doug Turnbull Ms. Carole Gray Ruth Ann Barrick & Jerome Starr
Mr. Dennis R. Morgan Ms. Audrey Van Acker Larry & Barbara Griswold Ms. Edith Stewart
Mr. and Mrs. James Morgan Mrs. Martha W. Van Allen Mr. Ron Gross Ms. Meredith Swenson
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Morris Mr. & Mrs. Peter Vermylen Stephen & Jenny Gruber Mrs. Marcella D. Teele
The Motiuk Family Mrs. William Virtue Ms. Litty Hado Thornton Family
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Mowbray Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Von Zuben Mr. Len Hamilton Dr. & Mrs. William Toth
Mrs. Virginia Muchmore Philip & Phyllis Waldorf Jane Hecht Mr. & Mrs. Edward Traub, Jr.
James & Sigrid Mueller Ms. Elizabeth Waterman Jim Hoagland & Marie Cassese Mr. Theodore Vogel
Ms. Gail Mulvihill David & Nancy Weil Stephen & Gail Hopper Mrs. Diane Vogt
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Muratore Mr. & Mrs. Skippy Weinstein Mr. Malcolm Hutchison Mr. Charles L. Vollherbst
J.D. & L.L. Nally Mr. S. F. Wentz Mr. Bill Ippolito Mr. Hugh Wallace
Lisa & Roy Naturman Mr. Joel A. Wolff Russ Jones & Lynda Sandersen Mr. Peter Walsh
Doug & Betsy Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Keith Wood Mr. Richard E. Joyce Mrs. Margaret Washington
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen North Ms. Joyce Young Robert & Cynthia Kastner Mr. & Mrs. W.O. Watts
Anthony & Lee Anne Nugent Ann & Arshad Zakaria Iris and John Keim Mr. Douglas Weaver
Carole O’Brien & Robert Skeele Mr. Jack Ziebarth Mr. Carl F. Kielblock Cathy Wilkes & Gregory Zubrycki
Mr. Francis X. O’Connor Mr. S.A. Zimmerman Mr. Haim Kilov Ms. Nadine M. Wilson
Mr. Joseph O’Donnell Joe & Susan Kinsella James, Amy & Liza Wolf
Ms. Martha R. Ohaus LONG HILL TWP. Teeny & Don Kuhn Ms. Susan Wright
Ms. Isobel Olcott Mr. James Angelo Ms. Kathleen S. Langner Ms. Patricia Young
Mr. Gerald O’Loughlin Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Arbesfeld Mark Lazar Mr. Michael P. Zanchelli
John & Sandy Olson Mr. Samuel B. Barnes Ms. Patricia Leahy Mr. Bob Zilg
Mr. Dominick Orefice Debra & Michael Barnet Mr. James O. Lincoln
Gladys Cool & Margaret Packie Anita & David Beechner Mr. & Mrs. Shen Lin MADISON
William & Gloria Paknis Mr. Arthur Beringause Mr. William J. Loughan Bill Aiello & Karen Parrish
Dr. & Mrs. Fred Palace Mr. Charles Berman Elizabeth Parker & Mark Magyar Shona Douglas & Hiyan Alshawi
Mr. P. Pallantios Mr. Robert Bilodeau Dr. Jay Mahoney Mr. Erik Anderson
Ms. Christine Pearson Ms. Alice Boemio Ms. Karen Margolin Steve & Martha Anderson
Mr. & Mrs. David Pennock Ms. Lynne Bott Sao Marto Mr. & Mrs. Nev Avci
Mr. Nick Platt Frank & Susan Bridges Ms. Joan M. McCloskey Mr. Joseph L. Balwierczak
Mr. & Mrs. Ron Ponder Mr. & Mrs. Briney Ms. Jeannie McGurran Richard & Nancy Barrett
Mr. & Mrs. Roger Pratt Glen & Mimi Brown Ms. Linda McKenna Mr. Andrew Becker
Ron & Judy Preiss Mr. Thomas W. Burtnett Mr. Eugene W. McMahon Ms. Valerie Behrens
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Prendergast Mr. Scott D. Bush Ms. Ann McMullen Dr. & Mrs. Rolf Bessin
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Probert Ms. Patricia Campbell Ms. Pat McPherson Tom & Joanne Bintinger
Andrew & Kathleen Pruzick Matthew Carracino &Bernadette Ms. C. Melise Mr. Patrick Boroian
Mr. Jay Pultz Rubbo Ms. Susan Melito Mr. Donald J. Bowen
Ms. Mary F. Quinn Ms. Lorinda Cherry Mr. Bob Mellea Ms. Judith S. Boyd
Michael & Virginia Ranger Dr. & Mrs. Nick Cicchetti Mr. John Mihal Mr. Paul Brennan
John & Leslie Reed Bill Cohen Mr. Donald N. Miller Mr. Marc Brodeur
David & Nancy Resnick Sue & Chris Collins Diane & Steven Minassian Mr. Walter H. Brown
Mr. Michael Rolland Mr. & Mrs. John C. Collins Ed & Nancy Mink Nancy & Larry Bruce
Christopher & Cynthia Rooke Mr. Andrew Compton Charles & Gail Moizeau Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Burchett
Mr. & Mrs. William Rooke Nancy & Bill Conger Marlies & Mel Mraz Mr. A. Dean Burling
Mr. Brian Rotchford Mr. Joseph F. Connolly Mr. Jim Mulvey Ms. Kathleen J. Caccavale
Ms. Caitlin Rotchford Kent, Savannah & Alexa Coules Mr. John Munsey Ms. Nancy Callan
John Ruffle & Joslin Leonardson Ms. Joan Coyne Ms. Katherine Nelson Mr. Edward J. Campbell
Mr. & Mrs. J.R. Sambrook Mr. Frank Cuoco J. Northington Mrs. David Cassa
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Sanford Mr. Neil L. Davis Mrs. M. A. O’Connor Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Clark
Paul & Antoinette Santucci Mr. Leonard P. Parkin, II
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Bob & Titi Conley Ms. Cynthia W. O’Donnell Mr. & Mrs. P. Wayne Frey Glenn & Eleanor Coutts
Mr. E. H. Cooper Mrs. Frances Oppenheimer Ms. Jennifer Gemberling Ms. Alice Darlington Cutler
Mr. John Copeland Mr. David Ouimet Ms. Joan Gunning Mr. David F. Darche
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Coultas Mr. Robert G. Patterson Ms. Ann Hesselink Mr. Roger Darling
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Crnkovich Mr. Charles W. Paul Mr. & Mrs. Michael M. Horn Chris & Thelma DeCarlo
Ms. Kelley Curran Mr. Michael Perry Mr. Fred R. Huettig Mary & Malcolm Dick
Mr. L. Arthur D’Asaro Mr. Perry Philp Farley Hunter & Arleen Phillips Mr. Richard E. Doremus
Rory Devlin Ms. Linda Pierce Ms. Penny C. Jones Mr. & Mrs. Irwin Dorros
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth R. Diehl Ms. Joan Pittis Ms. Sherry M. Jones Ms. Anne M. Dunphy
Mr. Edward Domber Lee & Sylvia Pollock Ms. Alice Jurist Mr. James Dykema
Calvert Dooman Mr. Scott Porter Ms. Marion J. Kingsford Ms. Desiree Ellerthorpe
Donna & Rob Dughi Jeff & Susie Pribor Tracy M. Kinsel Family Barry & Irene Fisher
Ms. Jeanne Eisele Tamara Pearsall & Joseph Profaci Dr. & Mrs. David E. Knoop Ms. Barbara Flanagan
Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Elmendorf Barbara Howe & Arthur Protin, Jr. Ms. Penny Kopcsik Ms. Marie Gensch
Mr. P.R. Faber Ms. Nancy Purdy Ms. Lori Kruse Mr. Lazarus M. Gordon
Lydia & Richard Feldman Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Rapp Mr. George LaRoza Mr. William A. Granzen
The Ferriero Family Ellen & Paul Reader Arjen Lenstra & Gusta van Dobbenburgh Ms. Harriet Grose
Ms. Eileen Feurey Mr. Jay C. Rippard Victoria Ponte & Mark Leone Ms. Marion O. Harris
Dorothy Meaney & Mark Fitzgerald Mr. P.E. Roggi Mr. John MacBride Richard & Barbara Hartman
Bruce & Kathryn Galton Ms. Winifred Sue Rowe Ms. Isabel K. Malin Mr. & Mrs. W. E. Hasker
Mr. Norman Gilchrist Mr. Henry Ryan Mr. & Mrs. Peter Mastrantuono Bob & Nancy Hedinger
Ms. Margaret Gilhooley Mr. & Mrs. Walter T. Savage Ms. Marian H. Mundy Mr. & Mrs. James Higgins
Mr. Stephen Gray Ms. Barbara Schlichting Mr. & Mrs. Franklin Parker Mr. & Mrs. William Hittinger
Ms. Pauline Gyorgy Mr. & Mrs. Bryan R. Shelby Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Patton Ms. Inez Hoffman
Mr. G. Ward Haefelein Craig Smith & Beth Fell Mr. & Mrs. James M. Porter Mr. Matt Hoffman
Mr. Jay H. Hagerich Ms. Carol Smith Barbara & Linda Posunko Ms. Theresa A. Hudzina
Mrs. Paul L. Hammann Ms. Elaine L. Smith Ms. Linda Resh Mr. Joseph Insinga
Mr. Robert Hartel Mr. & Mrs. Frank Smith Ms. Lucy Shurtleff Slacik Mrs. Leon Israel
Ms. Carol Head Ms. Kay Smith Ms. Mollie Vogt Mr. David E. Jones
Ms. Sara Henry-Corrington Kermit & Patricia Smith Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Walker Mr. Theodore E. Jones, Jr.
Ms. Chris Hepburn Peter & Gillian Smith Mr. Alan Willemsen Mr. Michael J. Juras, Jr.
Keith & Barbara Hightower Dr. Gilbert B. Solitare Ms. Barbara B. Jutila
Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Hoffman Mr. Daniel A. Soltis MORRISTOWN AND Mr. & Mrs. Gustav Kane
Patrice Lawall & Ernst Hofmann Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Stires Mr. James C. Kellogg
MORRIS TWP.
Ms. Harriet Honigfeld Mr. William D. Stroker Mr. H. Kimmich
Mr. Louis Absalon
David Johnson & Dorothy Wilson Ms. Sarah Joyce Sullivan Murray & Mercedes Klayman
Dianne & Doug Ackerman
Mr. Thomas G. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. James Swartz, Jr. Mr. Harold A. Klingsporn
Kathryn P. Alberti, MD
Mr. William Johnson Mr. Woodrow Sweeney Mr. & Mrs. H. R. Kuchler
Mr. Edward Andersen
Ms. Nancy Josephs Mr. Berkley A. Tague The Kurlander Family
Dr. Joseph Arvay
Mr. Robert Kay John & Lucy Tscherne Peter & Marthe Lablans
Mr. Joseph Attamante
Ms. Margaux Kelleher Mr. & Mrs. David Tyson Ms. Jean La Platte
Ms. Mary Averill
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Kelly Tom & Betsy Uhlman Ms. Susan Lausell
Ms. Pat Davis Back
Mr. & Mrs. Ellwood Kerkeslager Mr. Aaron Vogler Mr. & Mrs. Paige L’Hommedieu
Mr. David Bagish
Dr. Terry Kidner Edward & Susanne von der Linde Mr. Jerome S. Lieb
Mr. Mark Bagish
Astri Baillie & John Kimball Mr. & Mrs. Gert von der Linde Dr. & Mrs. Donald Livingston
Ms. Betti Baldan
Ms. Ellen T. Kirch Mr. Steven P. Walldorf Dr. William Lupatkin
Ms. Martha S. Bardin
Mr. Ellis D. Klingeman Beverly & John Wand Ms. Mary R. MacArthur
Mr. Richard E. Batherman
Barry & Judith Kroll Mr. & Mrs. William E. Watson Mrs. Ethel K. MacNeal
Ms. Margaret Bennett
Mr. John Lawson Ms. Sara Webb Mrs. Richard A. Maker
Alan H. & Ann S. Bernstein
Anne & Joe Leahy Ms. Claire Whitcomb William & Paula Marino
Eileen Bevan, DC
Mr. Lawrence Lee Mr. & Mrs. Albert Wickens Mr. Thomas McLaughlin
Mrs. Helene B. Billings
Mr. William List Dr. Susan Wieler Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Metz
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Bitar
Ms. Joan Lovell Mr. & Mrs. John Welles Wight, Jr. Ms. Winifred Michiels
Robert & Janet Boni
David & Sylvia Luber Mrs. Susan Wijdenes Mr. Robert B. Miller
Tom Bowmaster & Jill Anderson
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Lynch Ben & Lois Wolkowitz Caroline & Sam Morgan
Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Boyd
Mr. Michael G. Maguire Ms. Ruth J. Zowader Ms. Virginia Moriarty
Pete & Jacki Brady
Mr. Richard Malishchak Mr. Reid Morrow
Mr. & Mrs. James Brown
Ed & Julie Malmstrom MENDHAM Mr. Paul Brubaker
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Moyer
Mr. Harry A. Marshall Ms. Molly B. Adams Mrs. Mabel Murphy
Mr. & Mrs. David Budd
Mr. William Marshall Mr. Robert Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Morgan J. Murray
Mr. & Mrs. A.H. Buschmann, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Marsh Mr. Fred Bartenstein, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Grant V. S. Parr
Mr. Richard Capone
Ms. Deborah McDonough Ms. Vallie Beckwith Mr. Brad Patterson
Wendy & Brian Carroll
Jim McKie Roger and Meg Berlin Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Pearce
Mr. Chip Carver/Ms. Anne Delaney
Dr. & Mrs. Edward McLean, Jr. Mr. Stuart Brunet Ms. Cecilia Polaski
Ms. Roxana Castillo
Rod & Alida McRae Mr. Keith Bubrow Mr. Aaron Preiser
Mr. C.B. Clancy III
Mr. Richard Meyer The Curtis Family Mr. Martin Prentice
Mr. Richard A. Coradeschi
Ms. Marilyn A. Miller Mrs. Lois Ellis Ms. Alice Puleo
Mr. Robert Corman
Ms. Angelina Monti Mr. Sam Fairchild Ms. Susan Reich
Rori & Debi Corrigan
Mr. & Mrs. Farley Moran Robert & Marie Fox Mr. & Mrs. Aaron A. Rich
Mr. Edward F. Corson
Peter Niceberg & Sharon Okamoto Jeff & Nancy Rich
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Ms. Lois Robertson Mr. & Mrs. Michael O’Connor Ms. Maureen Wimmer Lorraine & Joseph Hughes
Mr. George A. Roeder Ms. Monica Otte Mr. & Mrs. Henry F. Wood, Jr. Mrs. Avis C. Hyde
Mr. Edward G. Rogers Mr. Thomas Pate Andrew I. Zablow, M.D. Mr. Robert E. Kaus
Mr. Paul Rosenberg Mr. Anthony R. Smith Ms. Dorothy D. Kautzman
Mr. Henry Rosenthal Mrs. Rohna M. Solodare SUMMIT Ms. Julie Keenan
Ms. Barbara Ruane Mr. & Mrs. David Unger Mr. Richard Abouchar Ms. Shirley Keeney
David & Sue Rudd Ms. Susan Weinberg Ms. Carol Aronson Mr. John A. Kelleher
Mr. Michael A. Russo Mr. Carl L. Austin Susan & Henry Keller
Mr. Walter Saffer SHORT HILLS Mr. Michael S. Azzolina Mr. J. Gordon R. Kenney
Dr. J. & S. Sanborn Mr. Thomas J. Barnet Mr. Mark Beatty Ms. Victoria King
Ms. Heidi Schleifer-Fleischman Gadi & Suzanne Ben-Menachem Ms. Andrea Benisch Mr. John Knight
C. E. Schmid, Ph.D. Mr. & Mrs. W. W. Betteridge Ms. Sallie Bernard Mr. Thomas Knoop
Mr. Norman J. Schonfeld Ms. Evie Bharucha Ms. Barbara A. Bilancioni Mr. Mark F. Koernig
Barry & Susie Schub Mr. James Birney Mr. & Mrs. David H. Blair Ms. Laura E. Korfmann
Mrs. Deborah Seymour Lorraine & Gilbert Bohen Mr. Thomas B. Boak Mrs. William Kranichfeld
Ms. Pamela A. Sharples Mr. Frederick Cezer Robert B. Bourne & Carolann Clynes Ms. Leslie W. Kreuzer
Mr. Norman Shaw Mr. Stephen Cohen Mr. Sanford Bristol Mr. Samuel J. La Motta
Mr. Daniel W. Shea Mrs. Jean F. Cunliffe Mr. & Mrs. Henry J. Brucker Mr. Matthew S. Lambert
Mr. Jackson Shepard Mr. & Mrs. Dickinson R. Debevoise Dawn & Geoff Buchan Keith Langworthy & Diane Joseph
Mrs. George Shinn Mr. William DeCamp Ms. Ann Burgmeyer Anita & Jeffrey Liebman
Drs. Don & Lynn Siebert Mr. G. Leon R. Desbrow Mr. Laurence Chase Ms. Maryann Lyon
Janet Simon Robertson Martine & John Donofrio Mr. Steven Christensen Mr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Mangin
Ms. Karen Smith Mr. Edward Dreyer Ms. M. Christiano Cynthia & Richard Martin
Mrs. Clifford W. Starrett Ms. Ursula Enderlin Mr. Alan G. Chynoweth Carl & Janet Maulbeck
Mr. & Mrs. William F. Steinen Ms. Suzanne B. Engel Marguerite Brennan & Gregory Cohen Mr. William S. Mauskopf
Mr. Clifford Stern Ms. Lauren M. Fass Ms. Jean D. Collins Mr. & Mrs. Heath McLendon
Mr. Peter D. Stocke Thomas & Stephanie Favia Ms. Elizabeth Compton Mrs. E. F. Melick
Ms. Margaret Stone Ms. Barbara Fort Mr. Joseph H. Condon Ms. Carmen E. Metzner
James & Carol Taft Mr. Gary French Ms. Anne L. Conover Mr. David M. Miyamoto
Mr. Al Tomkins Frederick W. Fuller, M.D. Ms. Joy Cox Mr. David M. Muldowney
Mrs. Leslie M. Townsend Mr. & Mrs. John R. Getz Ms. Karen Cramer Ms. Carole Myers
Ernest Tucker, MD Mrs. Jeremy Gordon Mr. Michael Creem Ms. Anna Nagy
Mr. Francis Tweed Mr. Geoffrey Harris Mr. Anthony De Santis Ms. Linda Nellis
Ms. Susan Uustal Mr. & Mrs. R. Herbst William & Brandon Deatly John & Susan Nicholas
Mr. Harvey Van Zandt Mrs. Edward L. Hinckley Terence & Monica Deeks James & Elizabeth Northrop
Mr. Jacob Varsano Mr. Thomas Howard Mr. H. W. Diefendorf Tony & Pat Obst
Mr. & Mrs. Walter Wary Ms. Ellen P. Ivey Mr. Kevin Dowling Mark & Laurie Parkin
Branch Watkins Ms. Morrene Hubbard Jacobs Ms. Nancy K. Dunn Mr. & Mrs. Francis I. Perier
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Wegner Carol & George Jacobstein Ms. Phyllis K. Dunn Mr. William Petersen
Mr. Charles P. Wentz Mr. Mark H. Jay Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Ehinger Joe & Patsy Petri
Mr. Gunther Wertheim Ms. Renee Kahn Stephen & Sharon Ertz Mr. & Mrs. Hugo Pfaltz
Mr. Stephen Westaway Mr. Charles Kalmanek Ms. Jean Evertsen Mr. Edward Pizzi
Mr. David B. Wills Louis & Julie Karchin Mr. & Mrs. David C. Farrand Dr. & Mrs. Henry Pollak
Linda & Blaine Wilson Mr. Michael Karp Mr. Eric Flanagan Ms. Dorothy Post
Mr. Walter Wolf Mr. & Mrs. Carl Klemme Mr. Eugene Fox Mrs. Elizabeth H. Potter
Jean & Jan Wotowicz Laurie & Stuart Leitner Mr. Joe Frank Mr. Donald Quinn
Ms. Lee Wuenn Mr. F. Lieberberg Dr. Hatsuaki Fukui Mr. Alfred Rancke
Ms. Tamar Wyschogrod Mr. Austin W. Lohse Mr. George Fuller Jesse & Myrene Reyes
Mr. Robert J. Wyse Mr. Walter J. Luby Mr. Robert J. Gartside Ms. Kathleen M. Reyes
Mr. Charles Young Ms. Anne McNulty Mrs. Henry Gibson Mr. Henry Riordan
Ms. Serie Zimmerman Mrs. Ann Michels Ms. Marian Glenn Mr. Paul Rissman
Ms. Maureen Ogden Florence & Nathan Goldberg Mr. & Mrs. Luther S. Roehm
NEW PROVIDENCE Mr. Fred Orlan Mr. & Mrs. Craig Goodall Mr. & Mrs. William Rosen
Michael & Kim Amoia Ms. Sandy Peinado Ms. Priscilla C. Goss Mr. Michael Rush
Mr. Leo Bogdan Ms. Carol Perrin Mr. Robert J. Gunhouse Ms. Barbara Sayres
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Bottazzi Mr. Stephen Peters Dr. Thomas Hakes Michael Scheer & Lynn Royer-Scheer
Mr. C. M. Breining Mr. Phil Platzman Mr. & Mrs. Mark Hassert Ms. Claire Schiff
Michael Duffy & Marianne Bachynski Mrs. William Ridgway, Jr. Mr. Arthur Hausker Dr. Don Seifert
Mr. Joseph Dunn Mr. Jeffrey D. Roth Mr. Peter M. Hay Mr. Matthias Sheeleigh
Ms. Jane Fela Mr. & Mrs. Richard Rumery Ms. Kathryn Head Mr. & Mrs. WV Shipley
Barbara & Eric Friedman Mr. Norman Samkoff Ms. Elsa L. Heid Mr. M. L. Siegel
Mr. David Hoerl Mr. Russell A. Schaible Mr. & Mrs. Donald F. Herbst Ms. Kitty Simpson
Ms. Anne Kane Eric & Randi Sellinger Sally & Bill Hespe Anneliese L. Sitarz, MD
Ms. Elsa C. LeBlanc Ms. Greta Skolnick Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Hill Ms. Grace Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Robert K. Lesnewich Ms. Ruth E. Southwick Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Hilzenrath Ms. Lori Sorensen
Mr. William Mathis Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Spining John & Sue Hirner Arden Southard
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Matko Ms. Mary R. Stackhouse Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Hite Charles Stocklein & Lori Tannenbaum
Ms. Lisa McCrea Mr. & Mrs. George C. Watt Mr. Lee M. Horner, Sr. Mr. George W. Sullivan
Mr. H. E. Newell Dr. Lennard Wharton Eric & Susan Hubbard The Tartaglia Familly
Ms. Katharine Thomas
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P. Thomas & F. Bell Charles Schwab Corp. Foundation Ms. Faith Brancato Mr. John F. McIlwain
Mr. A. Carl Tietjen Chase Manhattan Foundation Mr. Peter Braun Carole Mead Davis & George G. Mead
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Tobitsch The Chubb Corporation Mr. Ernest J. Brito Mr. Peter A. Messina
Juan Torres, MD CR Bard Foundation Adele & Roger Brodkin Mr. Philip C. Mezey
Mr. Ray Vacca Deutsche Bank Mr. Arthur Brody Mary Lee Miller & Kate Mason
Mr. & Mrs. Edgar H. Vant, Jr. The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation Dr. Frank Browne Ms. Suzanne L. Miller
Dr. & Mrs. Melvin P. Vigman Foundation Michele Byers & Ted Stiles Ms. Sue Ann Moeller
Josh & Roberta Weinreich Equistar Chemicals, LP Ms. Catherine Campbell Mr. David Moore
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Weinstein Hoechst Celanese Foundation Ms. Mary B. Capozzoli Mrs. Patricia Moran
Ms. Gail Weis Honeywell International Foundation Ms. Mary Rose Cassa Mr. Edmond N. Moriarty III
Dr. & Mrs. Donald H. Wernsing IBM Mr. Edward T. Coll Mr. Edward Morrison
Ms. Mary M. Yannotta Illinois Tool Works Foundation Lee Lusardi Connor Ms. Evelyn S. Morton
Mr. W. Robert York JP Morgan Charitable Trust Ms. Jean Cooper Mr. Jerry Nedelman
Merrill Lynch & Co. Foundation Charles E. Crandall, MD Mrs. Robert A. Newhouse
CORPORATIONS Pfizer Foundation Ms. Therese Crowley Ms. Jane Nogaki
Automatic Data Processing Inc. Philip Morris Companies Inc. Thomas & Brenda Curnin Ms. Karen A. Olden
American Home Products Prudential Foundation Matching Gifts Mr. George Cushman, Jr. Ms. Donna M. Paino
AT&T Wireless Services RJR Nabisco Ms. Susan Dammer-Jones Ms. Barbara Palmer
Briarpatch, Inc. The St. Paul Companies Mrs. Viola H. Danciak Natalie Anderson & Rob Panco
CA Dept. of Toxic Substances Control Thomson Financial Services Ms. Carolyn Daurio Ms. Martha Parrish
CBM Fine Garden Design Verizon Foundation Mr. John P. de Neufville William & Joan Patterson
CG International, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Sidney G. Dillon Mr. Carl N. Pauli
Direct Marketers on Call, Inc. Mr. Nelson Dittmar Mr. & Mrs. Gary Petersen
ORGANIZATIONS Ms. Susan J. Dumais Ms. Eleanor M. Pfaff
GPU Energy
Basking Ridge Garden Club D. & J. Engelhart Mr. Edward Poplawski
Hoffman Associates Architects
Bernardsville Garden Club Mr. Nicholas C. English Ms. Natalie Powell
Kings Supermarkets, Inc.
EFNJ Mrs. Jeanette Epstein Mr. John Raby
Lucent Technologies Foundation
Four Seasons Garden Club Ms. Nancy Farrell Ms. Fern Relkin
Navigators Insurance Co.
Fun Sprouts.Com Anne & George Fritz Mrs. Margaret S. Robbins
PSE&G
Garden Club of Madison Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd Gang Dr. Patricia Rossi
Quinn Fable Advertising, Inc.
Garden Club of Montclair Ms. Catherine Gillen Ms. Carole Roth-Sullivan
Dan Raviv Associates, Inc.
Garden Club of Watchung D. Glogovcsan Susan Rowley, MD
Red Oak Bank
Hackensack Watershed Association Mr. Robert Grady Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Russo
Thonet Associates, Inc.
League of Women Voters, Morristown Ms. Karen O. Hahner Ms. Cathryn Sabo Rotolo
Tree Tech, Inc.
Morris Land Conservancy Mr. Paul Hahn Ms. Barbara Sandargus
Van Cleef Engineering Associates
New Vernon Garden Club Ms. Elaine Harrison Mr. William Santoriello
NJDEP Mr. & Mrs. Gates Helms Hawn P. D. & R. R. Savage
FOUNDATIONS NY/NJ Baykeeper Mr. & Mrs. David Helck Mr. Jay Schechter
Baker Street Trust Plainfield Garden Club Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Hinson Kenneth & Yvonne Schley
Brisgel Charitable Foundation Recorder Publishing Co. Mr. John C. Hirsch Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Sell
M & A Cestone Foundation, Inc. Rolling Hills GC of Short Hills Mr. John S. Hirschoff Mr. & Dr. R. M. Senyk
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Residents for Rural Harding Mr. John Irwin Ms. Barbara L. Simpson
R.M.Ellis Foundation Short Hills Garden Club Ms. Susan G. Jackson Mr. Paul Skettini
The Fanwood Foundation Short Hills Home Garden Club Ms. Judy Jengo Mr. Donald A. Smith
The Frelinghuysen Foundation Sprout House Mrs. W.R. Johnston Mr. J. Robert Starkey
The Fund for New Jersey Stonybrook-Millstone Watershed Assn. Mr. Arthur A. Julius Dr. & Mrs. Patrick R. Thomas
E.J. Grassmann Trust Summit Meeting of Friends Mr. & Mrs. Burton H. Kapner Mrs. Lois Thomsen
William & Marie Henderson Fnd. Summit Nature Club Ms. Catherine Keim Ms. Karen Timmons
Hyde & Watson Foundation
Mr. Robert Kelly Mr. Ross Trube
The Jana Fund OTHER Ms. Karin Kettenring Bob Tucker & Joan Luckhardt
The Janes Family Fund
Ms. Susanne K. Albert Mr. Carl A. Klemme Mr. Neil Upmeyer
Joy St. Foundation
Ms. Katina Ansen Kate & Chris Kogler Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Vag
Charles & Lucille King Family Fnd.
Mr. & Mrs. Byron Arison Mr. Benedict M. Kohl Ms. Grace Vitelli
F.M. Kirby Foundation, Inc.
Ms. Betsy Austin Louis & Dorothy Kreyer Ms. Emily Voytek
Fanny & Svante Knistrom Fnd.
Ms. Penelope Ayers Robert Kucharski, Ph.D. Mr. Curt Weaver
The Koven Foundation
Mr. Allan P. Banks Ms. Christina M. Lands Mr. Morton Weinstein
The Leavens Foundation, Inc.
Mr. Joe Barton Ms. Cecilia G. Laureys Judith & Peddrick Weis
Gladys & Raymond Pearlstine Trust
Ms. Sandy Batty Ms. Ann Lesk Ms. Nancy L. Werber
Fred C. Rummel Foundation
Ms. Maria Baulch Mr. Maxwell Lester, III Mr. & Mrs. C. Wetzel
Lawrence Schacht Foundation
Mr. William Baumann Mr. Sheldon Lipton Ms. Jane Whitcomb
Schoolbell Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. P. Robert Bechtolt Ms. Lorrie Losapio Mr. Roger Yockel
Summit Area Public Foundation
Mr. Gregory J. Becker Ms. Doris Love
Union Foundation
Mr. Robert E. Beers Mr. Robert Love
Victoria Foundation, Inc
Ms. Nedra Behringer Ms. Louisa Lubiak
Mr. Donald Bender Mr. Lester Luedecker
MATCHING GIFTS Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Bernard Robert & Lois Lummer
Aetna Foundation, Inc. Tarun & Christina Bhalla Ms. Mildred Mangas
American International Group, Inc. Andrew K. Boszhardt, Jr. Ms. Florence McBride
American Express Foundation Ms. Dinah Bourne Mr. Tom McFadden
C N A Foundation Mr. Richard M. Bradshaw Mr. Bernard J. McGovern
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Swamp Watch, continued from page 5 State of New Jersey. The State often ref- assistant pastor. Neighbors downslope of
Long Hill Township erences Madison’s all-volunteer group as that site have already voiced concern over
a model when assisting other municipali- increased storm water runoff and cite ex-
Menza Gets ties to start a shade tree board. isting water problems on their properties.
Best Site Plan Award
The Ten Towns Committee s award SEAMLESS Madison’s First
for best site plan of the year went to Several Madison residents, along Conservation Easement
Michael Menza (Menza & Beissel, Inc.) with residents of Chatham Borough, Madison residents Ben and Lois
for an 8-lot subdivision in Long Hill Chatham Township, Morris Township, Wolkowitz, have placed a conservation
Township. The merits of the project, cur- Hanover, Long Hill Township and other easement on their residential property,
rently under construction along the south- municipalities, continue to gather and deeded to GSWA. The family has trans-
ern portion of Pleasant Plains Road, in- share information regarding regional de- ferred the development rights for 1.35
cluded best management practices for velopment in southeast Morris County. acres of the 2.56 acre lot to the Associa-
stormwater, significant conservation ease- SEAMLESS (the SouthEast Morris tion, ensuring that the aptly named
ments around every house, and preserva- League for Strategic Solutions) seeks to Dellwood property, which includes
tion of an existing historical house on the understand, share information and offer heavily wooded dells from ancient glacial
site. The award was presented at the Ten solutions to mitigate the negative impacts deposits, cannot be subdivided and/or de-
Towns Committee s sixth anniversary of regional development, including in- veloped by a subsequent owner. The
meeting by Len Hamilton, vice-chair of creased traffic and transportation conges- Wolkowitz’s desire was driven in large part
the Ten Towns Committee, and Long Hill tion, environmental impacts - especially by their concern about the continued en-
Committeewoman Suzanne Dapkins. to wetlands, water quality and quantity, croachment of development in the few
public safety, loss of open space, and other remaining wooded lots in the Borough.
Long Hill Focuses New Master concerns. Commercial development ap-
Plan on Open Space proved in southeast Morris County dur- Madison Matters — Making an
Long Hill has also launched its Mas- ing 1999 and 2000 exceeded 5 million Impact
ter Plan 2002 project by re-examining its square feet; and in the County as a whole, A citizen’s group concerned with
open space and recreation element. The an astounding 11 million square feet has land use, open space, and character of the
new master plan is expected to set aside been approved. Among the planned activi- town, Madison Matters will celebrate its
some significant parcels of land as open ties of SEAMLESS in the fall are educa- first anniversary this September. Founded
space, provide additional protection for tional presentations to local groups and by a group of residents alarmed by the
historic roadways, strengthen the require- advocacy through public meetings of mu- nature and impact of zoning and planning
ments for conservation easements, and nicipal bodies. Visit the website for more variances, the group’s leaders include
give special attention to potential devel- information: www.rosenet.org/seamless. Chris Hepburn and Judy Kroll, GSWA
opment within the Great Swamp water- trustees and veterans of land use battles.
shed. - Len Hamilton
Residential Subdivisions The positive impact of MM became clear
Troubling earlier this year when planning and zon-
Madison Watershed members are closely ing board members included almost all of
Shade Tree Debate watching three applications currently be- the group’s recommendations in their or-
fore the Madison Planning Board. Two dinance revisions. Particularly critical are
Quietly Resolved involve subdivisions of large residential storm water and steep slope revisions,
After nearly a year of sometimes properties within the watershed with steep which have been discussed informally for
boisterous debate involving citizens, slopes and all three involve properties ly- some time but have yet to be adopted by
members of the Madison Shade Tree Au- ing within prime aquifer recharge areas of the Borough. Visit the website at
thority, the Mayor and the Borough Coun- the Borough. Testimony is continuing on www.madisonmatters.org.— Judy Kr ll o
cil, the controversy surrounding the re- the first, involving Block 4402 Lots 4 and
naming and re-alignment of Madison’s all- 35 (Midwood Terrace and Green Avenue), Mendham Township
volunteer shade tree organization was qui- and is expected to be extensive, as neigh-
etly resolved this spring. The Borough Girl Scout Village
boring residents have secured professional
Council voted unanimously to adopt an The Morris Area Girl Scouts Coun-
experts to testify to already existing storm
ordinance drafted by the Shade Tree Au- cil still has not presented plans to
and ground water problems. The second
thority (after the original one drafted by Mendham Township for its proposed new
application, Block 4903, Lot 10
the Mayor was scrapped), renaming it the village-style recreation facility. In their
(Dellwood Pkwy South), will likely be-
Shade Tree Management Board and keep- spring 2001 newsletter, MAGSC an-
gin in September. The third application
ing it’s organizational structure, scope of nounced that effective June 28, 2001 Su-
before the Board involves Block 4501 Lot
responsibilities and authority largely in san A. Harwood, Chief Executive Officer,
3, a property on Garfield Avenue between
place. The discussions focused attention was leaving them after more than 15 years
Green Avenue and Green Village Road,
on the exceptional work of the Authority, of service. Since that announcement,
owned by the Madison Baptist Church,
and brought to light that the program has Shirley Valentine has been hired as Interim
which hopes to build a residence for an
received more than one grant from the Executive Director. — Julia Somers
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What’s Happening in the Swamp: A Calendar of Events
Following is a highly selective listing of events and activities offered to the In addition to programs and activities, many of the agencies are also staffed by
public by private and county agencies that have facilities within and near the naturalists and maintain extensive hiking trails, nature-center displays and ex-
Great Swamp watershed. Many of these organizations offer far more activities hibits, and book sales. For many listings, advance registration is required; for
than those listed, including day and weekend trips to other areas. Call for com- all, it is advised. To register, to receive additional information, or for directions,
plete information. call the telephone numbers given below.
October November December
14 Survival Basics. 2-4 p.m. Great Swamp 3 Winter Hiking in New Jersey by au- Ongoing. Gingerbread Wonderland Hagerty
Outdoor Education Center, Chatham. thor and explorer, Arline Zatz,. Great Education Center, Frelinghuysen Arbo-
Learn how to keep yourself safe, if you Swamp Outdoor Education Center, 2 retum. Display of holiday gingerbread
are lost in the woods. Preregister. p.m. 973.635.6629. houses designed by adults, children,
973.635.6629. 3 Watch candles being made at the Wick families, and youth groups.
14 Take a History Hike at Jockey Hollow, Farm, 1-4 p.m. 973.543.4030. 973.631.5151.
1 p.m. 973.543.4030. 10/ Discover the role of women and children 1/2 Somerset County Park. Commission,
20 Learn how apple butter is made at 24 who assisted soldiers with the daily Lord Stirling Stables. Winter Holiday
Wick House, 1-4 p.m. 973.543.4030. chores of camp life at Jockey Hollow, Festival. Free admission-hay rides, pony
27 Join a park guide and learn about the 1:30-3:30 p.m. 973.543.4030. rides, decorate ornaments, Gingerbread
personal and military history of some 11 A veteran of the American Revolution Barn and Horse contest. 908-766-5955.
of America s first generals. Museum, returns to tell stories about his life as 7-16 Somerset County Environmental Educa-
Morristown Headquarters, 1:30, 2:30, an enlisted man in Washington s Army. tion Center, Basking Ridge. Over 50 trees
and 3:30 p.m. 973.543.4030. Museum, Morristown Headquarters, decorated by community groups and in-
28 Introductory Ride, Lord Stirling 1:30, 2:30, 3:30 p.m. 973.543.4030. dividuals, silent auction, musical perfor-
Stables. One hour ride through trails at 16 Annual Dinner, GSWA. Dinner, danc- mances. Call for details. 908-766-2489.
Lord Stirling Park. Call stables for times ing, silent auction, at the Westin Hotel. 8 Music from an 18th Century Christ-
and details. 908.766.5955. Reservations required. 973.966.1900. mas. Morristown Headquarters. 7:30
28 Learn about folk art, superstitions, 17 Endangered species. Great Swamp Out- p.m. 973.543.4030.
Halloween, ghosts, and important door Education Center. Larry Feeley 27 Eagle Watch. Great Swamp Outdoor
people of 18th century Morristown in from the DEP will present a slide discus- Education Center. Join the OEC staff for
a tour of the graveyard of the Presbyte- sion about NJ s endangered species. Free. a van trip to the Delaware River to look
rian Church on the Green, 2 p.m. Open to all. 973.635.6629. for the Bald Eagle. Bring a lunch, bin-
973.543.4030. 25 Learn about the role of Native Ameri- oculars, and warm clothing $20.00. Pre-
cans in the Revolutionary War. Ford register. 973.635.6629.
Mansion tour, 1,2,3, and 4 p.m.
973.543.4030.
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Swamp Watch – 4
Transco Update – 2
20th Anniversary Gala – 1
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New Vernon, NJ 07976 Post Office Box 300
Organization Association
Non-Profit Great Swamp Watershed
16 - www.greatswamp.org
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