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ANJEC is a statewide non-profit organization that informs and assists environmental commissioners and interested citizens in preserving and protecting New Jersey's environment. Founded in 1969, ANJEC promotes the public interest in long-term natural resource protection and sustainable development through advocacy, research, publications, and forums for the exchange of ideas.
Richard Kane is the Director of Conservation for the New Jersey Audubon Society. In addition to his work for the Audubon Society, he has been a major contributor to the deliberations of the Great Swamp Watershed Advisory Committee and to other regional planning groups in New Jersey.
Stephen Miller is the Executive Director and one of the three founding trustees of the Isleboro Islands Trust in Maine. He lives with his wife and two sons in a timber frame house that was built from local materials. His sons are seventh generation Isleboro residents. Graduating from the University of Maine in 1972, he has become nationally recognized for his work on the economic benefits of open space.
Lisa Moore is an attorney for the Environmental Defense Fund and has worked in both their New York and Washington, D.C. offices. A specialist in property law and landholder rights, she has been influential in providing guidance in the complex issues of takings.
Anton C. Nelessen is a professor at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. Internationally known for his work on planning and urban design, he developed the Visual Preference SurveyTM to help local planners develop innovative zoning and land use decisions.
Robert Pirani is the Director of Environmental Projects for the Regional Plan Association. He is widely recognized for his analyses of community resources and models for the development of sustainable communities.
Alice Puleo has served as Project Director for the Morris County Parks and Land Conservancy and is currently a trustee of both the New Jersey Conservation Foundation and the Raptor Trust.
Nora Rubinstein earned a doctorate in Environmental Psychology in 1983 from the City University of New York. Recognized for her innovative research on the meaning of "home" and the effects of idealized environments on attitudes toward place, she teaches at Rutgers University and Pratt University, has worked for both profit and non-profit agencies throughout the region, and has been appointed to the Master Plan Committee of Ocean Beach, New York.
Stuart Udall served as Secretary of the Interior under President John F. Kennedy. He was influential in creating the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, which includes the first Wilderness Area created east of the Mississippi. His book The Quiet Crisis has remained a benchmark of environmental philosophy.
Robert D. Yaro is the Executive Director of the Regional Plan Association, which has been one of the most influential observers of both the pitfalls and benefits of the crowded urban environment along the eastern seaboard. Mr. Yaro is a recognized authority on the conservation of regional resources.
Leonard W. Hamilton, Ph.D.
Leonard W. Hamilton earned his doctorate in Biopsychology from the University of Chicago in 1968 and has been a professor at Rutgers University since then. Author of numerous research articles and books in his area of formal training, he has turned some of these skills toward environmental issues during the past decade. He has represented Long Hill Township as a member of the Great Swamp Watershed Advisory Committee, as Vice-Chair of the Ten Towns Great Swamp Committee, as Vice-Chair of the Long Hill Township Environmental Commission, and as a member of the Open Space Advisory Committee. Currently serving as Science and Technology Advisor to the Great Swamp Watershed Association, he has also served as a trustee of that group, as a founding trustee of the Black Brook Restoration Preservation and Protection League, and as a member of the Executive Committee of Friends of Long Hill. He lives with his wife, Robin Timmons, their daughter Emily, and their bloodhound Rumpole in a 235-year old house located in the middle of the Great Swamp in Morris County, New Jersey
I would like to thank Laura Szwak, who was very influential in the early conceptualization of this volume and in contacting and gaining the commitment of potential authors. She is the Assistant Director of the Morris Land Conservancy (MPLC), a non-profit organization founded in 1981 to initiate and assist land preservation in Morris County; monitor support and protect existing public parks and preserves; and foster awareness of ecological issues important to the environment of Morris County. She has been a major contributor to the goals of the MLC, and in 1997 was voted Chair of Mt. Olive's newly formed Open Space Committee. Her contributions are very much appreciated.
I am also indebted to Karen Parrish for her outstanding and professional editing of the final draft. Without her patient expertise, the published volume would have many more errors; had I taken all of her advice, it would have fewer.
Finally, I am grateful to Rumpole for sleeping through most of the compilation and editing.
Leonard W. Hamilton
Meyersville, N.J.
October, 1997
Funding for the Benefits of Open Space was provided by The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, The Victoria Foundation and The Schumann Fund for NJ.
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