50 Acre Protection Agreement

Hello park supporters!
It was great to see many of you at the cove on Saturday night for a night of celebration - and hopefully closure - of our effort to protect that wonderful place.

Commissioner Comegno's Promise to Protect
On Sat., Nov. 17, John Comegno, Chairman of the Burlington County Bridge Commission, updated me on progress concerning the agreement to protect the 50 acres. He said that by the end of the year, he expects to have the agreement written and signed.

Army Corps./DEP meeting on Nov. 20
Last week Fred Stine and I did a file review at the Army Corps. of Engineers offices in Philadelphia. We looked through all of the documents they have pertaining to Palmyra Cove Nature Park and found out some intestesting points, including:

-The Army Corps. knew as early as June that the emergency dredging of the Delaware would begin on August 14. Remember, they didn't tell the public when it would begin until Monday, August 13 at the public information session.

-Over and over again, Army Corp. documents point to the DEP's lack of maintenance on Burlington Island and Hawk Island as the reason the only available dredge cell in the region exists at Palmyra Cove.

-Charley Myers, the Army Corps' Project Manager, and the DEP are meeting on November 20 to discuss a long-term strategy for dumping dredge spoils. Hopefully they will identify and prepare alternative sites.

Check back in a few days to read more of these bullet points as I peruse through the files and add them.
Thanks!
Courtney