$900,000 To Fund Long Island Pine Barrens Stewardship Efforts

Dec. 6, 2011 - PRLog -- From an audio tape of the most recent Pine Barrens Commission (PBC) meeting, we learned that on November 16, 2011, the PBC met to discuss the allocation of $900,000. This is carry over funding secured by Raymond P. Corwin, the first PBC Executive Director. At this meeting the Pine Barrens Commission also received these documents as a memo. We don't have copies of them, so they can't be posted at this time:

   One page spreadsheet which shows specific allocation categories
   Summary document of budget categories
   More Detailed Narrative Document to discuss each of budget categories

"This is a capital budget, for special one time projects," according to the current PBC Executive Director.  "The money has to be allocated before March, 2012, otherwise it will be encumbered. And the means of deciding how the money will be spend is by the Commission staff and related agencies.  Further, the Request for proposals (RFP)  will be sent out to  universities, contractors consultants."

The categories include such items as: ecological assessment, monitoring and management, prescribed fire and ecological restoration, invasive species control,  grassland restoration projects,  ATV Mitigation,  funds for a Long Island Fire Tower, etc.


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http://www.qualityparks.org/2011/12/900000-to-fund-long-i...

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