Welcome to our newest partner, Extinction Rebellion!
Essex County, NJ
Our legal team sent a notice of intent to sue if development proceeded on areas our environmental consultant determined were wetlands. Our complaint prompted the NJ Department of Environmental Protection to conduct its own off-site evaluation. And their findings backed up ours!
At the August 11, 2021 West Orange Planning Board meeting, the attorney for Essex County stated, “There are no legal boundaries to the zoo. It is part of the reservation.” This is a historic Reservation intended to be preserved for the generations. So our work continues until boundaries are defined and expenditures for preservation replace the county’s multimillion expenditures on wreak-creation alone.
TOGETHER WE:
- Mobilized a 27 member coalition of conservation and civic organizations
- Educated the public and garnered support for land preservation
- Garnered more than 12,000 signatures on a petition sent to County officials
- Lobbied town governments and environmental commissions to pass resolutions opposing the amphitheater & support continued protections for the reservation
- Organized a student-led rally attended by over 300 students, families & elected leaders
- Received extensive media coverage including in The Star Ledger and News12
- Marshaled environmental, architectural, engineering and legal experts to stop the wasteful $8 million-dollar taxpayer-paid amphitheater
Your contribution is TAX DEDUCTIBLE, thanks to our Coalition partner Our Green West Orange. To help save our reservation, please click the button below. -Thank You!