| NJASLA
Executive Committee
President
Joseph D. Perello
President Elect
David G. Roberts
1st Vice President
Jay Petrongolo
2nd Vice President
Julie N. Blank
Secretary
Jerry A Lewis
Treasurer
Jeffrey Tandul
Past President
Nicholas Tufaro
Trustee
Jack Carman
Legal Counsel
Larry Powers
Management & Govt Affairs
Joseph A. Simonetta
Newsletter Editor
Nicholas Tufaro
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Event
Calendar
September
22, NJASLA Golf Outing
at Indian Springs Golf Course in Marlton, NJ
September
23 & 24, Tuesday and Wednesday
Governor McGreevey’s Conference on
Housing & Community Development
Atlantic City Convention Center
$200 before August 29
$250 after and on-site
Contact Mary Miller
609-278-7403
mmiller@njhmfa.state.nj.us
24 - 26
Public Spaces and Quality of Life in Cities Faculty of Architecture,
Technical
University at Brno & Civitas per Populi Porici EURA Conference in
Brno, Czech Republic, For information contact:
Dr. Vladimira Silhankova 5, 639 00 Brno, Czech Republic
E-mail: vladimira.silhankova@atlas.cz
30 & Oct 1, Tuesday and Wednesday
10:00 – 2:00
Landscape Architect Field Days
Moon Nurseries and Frank J. Schmidt & Son Limited bus trip Tuesday
Speakers: 9/30 - Paul Morris, ASLA President 10/1 – Rob Ryan,
Hughes, Good, O’Leary & Ryan Call : 410-755-6600
October
25, Saturday, 9:00 – 3:00
ANJEC Environmental Conference
Busch Campus, Rutgers Univ., Piscataway
Keynote Speaker:
Thomas Comita, Town Planner & Landscape Architect
Bradley Campbell DEP(invited)
For information:
info@anjec.org
30 - November 3
2003 ASLA Annual Meeting & EXPO
New Orleans, Louisiana
For Registration, Visit: www.asla.org
November
15, GRANT REQUEST DEADLINE
Money for Design & Installation
Riparian Buffer Enhancements in
The Upper Delaware Watershed
(Musconetcong River), Morris, Sussex,
Warren & Hunterdon Counties
For Info. And Applications:
www.northjerseyrcd.org
& click on
Riparian Forest Buffer Programs
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!
! ! ! Help Wanted ! ! ! !
We still need your help!! We need our ideas, your energy, your enthusiasm,
your muscle and your commitment for many activities that just won’t
happen if you do not participate!
The NJASLA Executive Committee can not provide a full program of services
without your efforts!
Volunteers are needed in the following positions and committees:
ANNUAL MEETING COMMITTEE
(Need volunteers assist in speaker search and event planning!)
DESIGN AWARDS COMMITTEE
(give recognition to great work of NJ Landscape Architects)
STATEHOUSE BREAKFAST COMMITTEE
(Make this success an annual event!)
FALL EVENT COMMITTEE
(Continue our Autumn Green Industry Connection!)
LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT LIAISON
(Meet your legislator to promote LA!)
Related Organizations Liaison
(NJASLA networks w/ your group)
NJASLA Today Assistant Editor
Parks & Recreation Committee
(Help find ways to save our parks!)
Contact our headquarters or any one of our listed Executive Committee
by phone, Email or letter.
Get involved with NJASLA, you’ll be glad you did! ! !
!
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NJASLA
Memorabilia 64-04 Search Begins
As noted in a recent mailing, 2004 marks the 40th year
of service for our Chapter. We will celebrate this milestone at the
2004 NJASLA Awards Dinner, February 9. With your help, we hope to present
a PowerPoint and perhaps a poster that will feature the many activities
and people that have distinguished our Chapter as a nationally recognized
leader in the support of Landscape Architecture and a bright spot in
our own lives.
To make this idea a reality, we need originals or copies of photos,
brochures, seminars announcements, pins and favors, drawings, state
and national award winning projects from the past, and newspaper clippings
that each of you may have collected in the course of your careers. Include
a short note describing the item and its significance. All items that
include a self-addressed envelope with proper postage will be returned.
And for those who may wish to personally carry a cherished memento to
the Dinner, please contact us as well. We will set up a special display
area for these items.
Send NJASLA MEMORABILIA ItemsTo:
Joseph
D. Perello
Schoor DePalma, Inc.
200 State Hwy 9
PO Box 900
Manalapan NJ 07726
As always, with the help of our members, we know we can produce a memorable
product for all to enjoy.
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East
Brunswick Environmental Commission Resolution
Click on image for larger view.
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Free
Guide To Creating Communication Programs To Build Support For Active
Living Communities
"Promoting Active Living Communities. A Guide to Marketing and
Communication"
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is pleased to announce the availability
of a guide to promoting Active Living Communities. The guide is designed
to help integrate communication strategies as you promote the value
of active living. This toolkit can be applied to promoting active living
on numerous levels - whether you're encouraging individuals to adopt
an active lifestyle, facilitate changes in the social environment, or
advocate for policy change by changing attitudes on a community-wide
basis. The guide offers:
- A step-by-step
approach to planning marketing and communication programs.
- Insights into
motivating, influencing, and persuading your audience.
- Examples from
other communication programs.
- Tools and resources
to help you apply the contents and learn more.
Hard copies (binders)
can also be ordered free of charge while supplies last by contacting
Ms. Bobbi Williams at 202-973-3656 or bwilliams@porternovelli.com.
Please include your mailing address and telephone number in your request.
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ASLA
Announces 2003 Awards
The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) has announced the
recipients of its 2003 Professional Awards, the Community Service Award,
and the Landmark Award. Of the 436 entries submitted, the nine-member
jury selected 33 projects to receive awards. The awards will be presented
during the ASLA Annual Meeting, October 30-November 3, in New Orleans.
You may view and download the list and photographs of these projects
at www.asla.org/awards/2003/awards.htm.
Additional photos are available upon request.
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President’s
Message
By Joe Perello, ASLA
The NJASLA has been active all summer
long planning for upcoming events still to occur in 2003, and we’re
planning for 2004 as well! We’ve had our initial kick-off meeting
to begin the planning of the 2004 NJASLA Annual Meeting and Exhibition,
but it is certainly not too late for additional interested members to
become part of the Annual Meeting Committee and help out on planning
the Chapter’s largest event for the year! The 2004 Annual Meeting
will be held February 8, 9, &10, 2004, at the Trump Taj Mahal Casino
Resort in Atlantic City, NJ. This year will be a milestone event since
2004 is the 40th Anniversary of our Chapter! The NJASLA would like to
thank Rich Bartolone for volunteering to serve as the Annual Meeting
Chair, and the committee has made excellent progress in theme development,
speaker notifications, and program planning. We still need more volunteers
to serve on the Annual Meeting Committee, so please contact Patricia
Brewer at NJASLA Headquarters (609-393-7500) if you would like to
be a part of the Annual Meeting Committee and be a part of the team
that makes this happen! Most of our meetings are held via conference
call, so your time commitment at meetings is very limited.
NJASLA also is planning other events, and will be participating in the
activities of other organizations that will interest our membership.
On September 30th and October 1, 2003, Moon Nurseries is having an “Open
House / Field Day” and NJASLA members are invited to attend. There
will be tours of the 800 acre nursery, a speaker on each day, and lunch.
On October 1st, bus transportation is available, departing from the
Mount Laurel, NJ area around 8 AM, and returning later that afternoon.
Registration for the events is on a “first come, first served
basis” and will be limited to less than 80 individuals. Look for
additional information in the newsletter, or contact Anna Martin at
Moon Nurseries directly at (410) 775-6600.
NJASLA will be exhibiting at and supporting the Association of NJ Environmental
Commissions (ANJEC) Conference on Saturday, October 25, 2003, from 9
AM to 4 PM at Rutgers Busch Campus Center, Piscataway, NJ. This event
is ANJEC’s 30th Annual Environmental Congress, and NJASLA has
agreed to co-sponsor the event, and exhibit at the conference. This
event is an excellent networking opportunity for landscape architects
and environmental professionals throughout the State. Look for additional
information in upcoming newsletters, or visit ANJEC’s website
at www.anjec.com.
The 2004 NJASLA Fall Golf Outing is in the planning stages and information
will be distributed shortly. Jeff Tandul has agreed to Chair this year’s
event, and is organizing a great day of golf, food and fun for all!
Look for upcoming information in the mail and on our website www.njasla.org.
Our Chapter can only be as successful as our membership is involved,
and we all work together as a TEAM! The NJASLA would
like to hear from you, obtain your input, and capture your energy. So
now’s your chance...GET OFF THE BENCH and become
a player! GET INTO THE GAME and you and those around
you will soon realize that you’re ALL-STAR material! Now that’s
what I’m talkin’ about! Get motivated…get involved…make
things happen!
Have a great, active summer!
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DEP
Releases Study Ranking Top Risks to New Jersey's Environment and Human
Health
Land Use Change Poses a Major Environmental Threat to State
On July 30, 2003, Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Bradley
M. Campbell released the final report of the New Jersey Comparative
Risk Project that ranks land use change, indoor and outdoor pollution,
and invasive species as major threats to New Jersey's environment and
people.
"A comprehensive review of current science has validated Governor
McGreevey's core priorities for strengthening public health standards
and natural resource protection," said Commissioner Campbell. "From
the battle for smart growth to the enforcement of tough new rules to
protect families as well as forests from emerging threats, this report
shows that the Administration's priorities are the right ones."
The final report of the New Jersey Comparative Risk Project, funded
by the DEP and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, was overseen by
a 19-member independent panel. Seventy-three experts analyzed and ranked
88 chemical, physical and biological factors ("stressors")
according to their relative impacts on human health, ecological quality
and socioeconomic conditions. The report provides 178 detailed analyses
of stressors from acid precipitation and benzene to West Nile Virus
and zinc. Its findings indicate that the conversion of undeveloped land
poses the top ecological and socioeconomic risk to New Jersey's environment
and people. Indoor pollution and outdoor air pollution pose major health
and socioeconomic risks, and invasive species pose serious ecological
threats to several New Jersey ecosystems.
In addition to ranking land use change and habitat alteration as the
greatest ecological threat, the report findings indicate that the greatest
human health risks resulted from various forms of indoor pollution,
such as secondhand tobacco smoke, lead, radon, indoor asthma inducers,
indoor pesticide use and carbon monoxide. For many of these stressors,
report findings indicate that children are among the most "at risk"
populations in the state because they are more susceptible to statewide
exposure levels.
The four major findings of the report are:
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Land use change produced by a wide margin the largest negative ecological
and socioeconomic impacts, including habitat and species loss, congestion,
air pollution, and increased flooding and stormwater flows due to
greater impervious cover.
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Indoor pollution, which includes exposure to chemicals and pesticides
and ingestion of lead, ranked among the highest human health and socioeconomic
threats.
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Invasive species, including certain plants, insects and organisms,
pose a serious ecological threat to the state's forests, waterways,
wetlands and other natural ecosystems. Invasive insect species accidentally
or deliberately brought from foreign countries have the potential
to destroy native forests while exotic plant species threaten biodiversity
and affect the native food source for wildlife.
- Outdoor
air pollutants, including ground-level ozone, sulfur oxides and nitrogen
oxides, continue to pose significant ecological and health risks despite
progress in reducing outdoor air pollution, removing lead from gasoline
and remediating brownfields sites.
Overall
findings of the report indicate that physical alteration of habitat,
a consequence of land use change, is one of the most compelling ecological
problems in New Jersey. Statewide, habitat loss and fragmentation are
leading to species loss and permanent destruction within several of
the state's ecosystems. Greater exposure to ultraviolet radiation from
the sun due to ozone depletion is highlighted as an ecological, socioeconomic
and human health risk. The historic use of chemicals and their persistence
in soils and sediments is also highlighted as a significant ecological
threat.
Invasive species are a significant ecological threat in New Jersey.
Insects such as the Asian long-horned beetle and the hemlock woolly
adelgid have the potential to destroy entire forest ecosystems. More
than 90 percent of the state's hemlock stands have suffered various
degrees of defoliation. The report also indicates that the zebra mussel,
a thumbnail-sized mollusk that has destroyed ecological communities
in waterways in dozens of states, poses a significant ecological threat
to the state's freshwater ecosystems.
Based on the New Jersey Comparative Risk Project findings, the Steering
Committee recommended 19 actions, including:
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The DEP should collaborate with state and local planning officials
to design and implement strengthened efforts to reduce the environmental
impacts of land use change;
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DEP and other environmental managers should join the Department of
Health and Senior Services to examine systematically indoor pollution's
impacts and management options, and to take action against these problems;
and
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Continued vigilance should be employed to combat threats posed by
invasive species and hazardous air pollutants.
Officials
of DEP and the state Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
have already begun coordinating to prepare an action plan for indoor
pollution. A representative of DHSS participated on the project's steering
committee.
Daniel Rubenstein, professor and chair of Princeton University's Department
of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, and Sheryl Telford, business
team manager for E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., served as co-chairs
of the 19-member steering committee.
A complete copy of the New Jersey Comparative Risk Project report is
available on the DEP web page at www.nj.gov/dep.
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DEP
Announces Workshops On Open Space Funding
Programs Help Local Governments in Applying for Funding for Open Space
Acquisition
(03/91) The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
Green Acres Program and the Environmental Infrastructure Financing Program
will hold four workshops in June and July to guide municipal and county
officials and nonprofit organizations through the state-funding application
process. These workshops are part of the McGreevey Administration's
continued commitment to promote open space preservation and to create
new parks and recreational areas around the state.
"Given the overwhelming demand from local governments and nonprofits
for funding to preserve open space, we wanted to help applicants navigate
the process more easily and explore additional funding opportunities
they might not otherwise use," said DEP Commissioner Bradley M.
Campbell. "Working with community partners to preserve open space
is a vital component of Governor McGreevey's smart growth agenda."
Governor McGreevey's other open space initiatives include a proposal
to provide capital gains tax waivers to landowners who sell their property
to the state. His constitutional amendment to invest an additional $150
million for creating and enhancing community parks and for preserving
open space and farms in the Highlands has passed the Legislature with
widespread support and will appear on the November ballot.
During the workshops, DEP will encourage municipal and county government
applicants who have a project with a water quality benefit to apply
to the Environmental Infrastructure Financing Program (EIFP) for acquisition
funds. By holding workshops early in the year, the Green Acres program
hopes to inform applicants of this opportunity in time to meet EIFP's
early deadlines and to qualify for EIFP funding.
The EIFP is a partnership between the NJDEP and the NJ Environmental
Infrastructure Trust (Trust). The EIFP provides low-cost financing to
municipal, county, and other local government units as well as to water
purveyors for the construction of wastewater, drinking water and stormwater
or nonpoint source pollution management projects, including open space
acquisition that provides a water quality benefit.
Financing through EIFP provides a rate equal to one-quarter of the current
market rate and results in a loan structure that reduces annual debt
service significantly when compared to local financing options. The
EIFP has no limit on the amount of money that a borrower can finance
to acquire land and the funds can be used as a local match for land
acquisition projects funded through Green Acres.
The Green Acres program protects environmentally sensitive open space,
water resources and other significant natural and historic resources
and provides parks for New Jersey residents and visitors to enjoy. Green
Acres partners with, and provides grants and low interest loans to,
qualifying county and municipal government agencies and nonprofit land
conservancies who work to further these same goals.
Since Green Acres was established in 1961, the program has protected
more than 517,000 acres of open space and developed hundreds of recreation
facilities. Statewide, more than 1.2 million acres of open space and
farmland have been preserved.
This year's workshops are scheduled for: June 27 at Cumberland County
College, Vineland, from 9:30 to 3:30, July 17 at Brick Township Municipal
Building, Brick, from 9 to 3, July 23 at Mercer County Boathouse, West
Windsor, from 9 to 3, and July 31 at Charles Watters Community Service
Building (formerly the Museum Building), Paramus, from 9 to 3.
Pre-registration is required for all workshops. There is a nominal fee,
which covers breakfast, lunch and handouts, of $25 per person and $20
for each additional member from the same municipality or organization.
To register, contact Nancee May, Green Acres workshop coordinator, at
(609) 984-0570.
For more information, visit the Green Acres section of the DEP website
at http://www.nj.gov/dep/greenacres.
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DEP
Responds To Senate Budget Proposal
(03/89) Trenton – Calling a budget proposal released on Monday
evening by Senator Littell and other members of the Senate Budget Committee
“irresponsible,” New Jersey Department of Environmental
Protection (DEP) Commissioner Bradley M. Campbell said cuts in funding
will hurt shore protection, open space and toxic waste clean up.
“This budget proposal reflects the wrong values for the people
of New Jersey. They will be weakening environmental protection under
the guise of fiscal prudence. Under the prior administration, DEP’s
budget was slashed, programs and personnel cut, and standards in enforcement
weakened,” DEP Commissioner Bradley M. Campbell said.
The Littell-led proposal for a $138 million reduction in the capital
construction project threatens $75.2 million constitutionally dedicated
for open space preservation throughout the state, $25 million for shore
protection, $30.7 million for hazardous waste cleanups, and $24.9 million
for underground tank cleanup and brownfield redevelopment.
“The McGreevey administration has identified clean air, clean
drinking water, a healthier environment and a better quality of life
among its highest priorities. The people of New Jersey share these values.
We are making real progress in our efforts to reverse the mistakes of
the past. Now that we have begun to turn the corner, this budget undermines
our progress and ignores the will of the people,” Campbell said.
The budget proposal targets programs that protect the quality of New
Jersey’s 127 miles of Atlantic Ocean coastline. Specifically,
funding for shore protection programs that would replenish beaches is
vulnerable under the proposal.
“The Jersey shore has made tourism one of the state’s highest-ranking
industries. Tourism along our coastal communities contributes upwards
of $16 billion to the state economy and employs hundreds of thousands
of people. In the face of those facts, the proposal to slash shore funding
is beyond all reason,” Campbell said.
The DEP budget would fund some 40 shore protection projects in coastal
communities including Absecon Island and Brigantine in Atlantic County;
and the Belmar to Manasquan beach fill in Monmouth County.
This year, the DEP received requests for more than $400 million for
open space preservation funding from local governments and nonprofit
organizations that are working to combat sprawl, provide local parks
and preserve New Jersey’s remaining precious, undeveloped land
resources. The proposed cuts would delay state support for many of these
projects.
The additional proposal to divert $5 million recovered in natural resource
damage settlements will prevent the state from undertaking restoration
projects to compensate New Jerseyans for economic and natural resource
losses caused by contamination of drinking water and fisheries. After
many years of neglect, the McGreevey Administration is stepping up efforts
to ensure that responsible parties for contamination and for lost use
of natural resources restore ecological injuries and pay damage assessments.
If the proposal is adopted, communities that have already waited too
long for the state fulfill its role as the trustee and protector of
the people’s natural resources will have to wait even longer.
This proposal will also effect hazardous waste cleanup funding for contaminated
sites where responsible parties either refuse or are unable to conduct
remediation work. Major projects include the Horseshoe Road, Roebling
Steel, and Higgins Disposal Superfund sites, which require state funding
to ensure federal trust fund monies are available for these cleanups.
In addition, these cuts would reverse the progress Governor James E.
McGreevey has achieved -- with bipartisan support in the Legislature
-- to make underground storage tank cleanup funds available to municipalities
and developers to restore brownfield sites to productive use.
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Some
Summer Adult Courses Of Interest To Landscape Architects
Arnold Arboretum
The historical mission of the Arnold Arboretum is to increase knowledge
of woody plants through research and to disseminate this knowledge through
education. Today this mission is carried out by the development, curation,
and maintenance of a well-documented collection of living woody plants
from around the world that are hardy in the Boston area; and the execution
of these responsibilities within the landscape of the Arboretum designed
by Frederick Law Olmsted, the development and curation of an herbarium,
library, and related information systems to support research on woody
plants, their associations in nature and their future conservation,
and the development of related programs for instruction, publication,
and public information.
These priorities derive from the Indenture of Trust of 1872, which created
the Arnold Arboretum as a trust held by Harvard University. The basic
premises of this instrument govern administration of the Arboretum and
permit its staff to provide instruction at Harvard University. As part
of the City of Boston's park system, the Arboretum's historic landscape
serves as an outdoor museum that is open to the public.
HOR 2203 Developing Ideas for Home Landscapes
Laura Eisner, Horticulturalist
Fee: $22
2 Thursday, August 7/6:30-8:30pm
WAL 184
Bamboos in the Garden
Susan Lucas, Garden Designer,
VP, American Bamboo Society
Fee: $22
Thursday, September 11/10:00-Noon
HOR 311 Fruit Tree Pruning & Care
Ed Palmer, Arborist
Fee: $54
Saturday, August 16/9:00am-2:00pm
HOR 351 Pruning Evergreens: A Natural Approach
John DelRosso, Head Arborist, Arnold Arboretum
Fee: $43
2 Sunday,September 14/9:00am-1:00pm
BOT 278 Identification of Grasses & Grass-like Plants
K.N. GandhiBotanist, Harvard University
Fee: $130
6 Tuesdays, Sept. 23,30 Oct7, 14, 21, 28/6:30-8:30pm
Design Workshop w/ Rick Darke at Garden in the Woods
Monday, September 29,2003
Click here
for more details and registration info.
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