DONSNOTES - Key Persons
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- VP of the United States under Thomas Jefferson, Born in Newark
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- Vice President
- Vice President of the United States under Clinton 1993 to 2001
Pete Seeger (1919-2014) - Folksinger, environmentalist, Civil Rights and anti-war activist.
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- Ecologist, Forester, and Environmentalist
Olmsted, Frederick Law Jr. (1890-1957) - Best known for his wildlife conservation efforts.
Ansel Adams - A Ric Burns documentary explores the meaning and legacy of Adams's life and work within the context of the great themes that absorbed him throughout his career. 2002, 101 minute.
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- American Environmentalist, Author, and Journalist
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- Englewood, NJ - Football Coach
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- Bell Labs and Telcordia Technologies Executive, Says in "New Jersey and Research - Together No Longer?"
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- First Executive Director of the Sierra Club
Dr. Edgar Wayburn (1906-2010) - Physician, 5 term president of the Sierra Club 1961-1969
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- Baykeeper & Executive Director and Andrew J. Willner Former ED of the NY / NJ Baykeeper.
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- Jim Walsh Eastern Region Director for Food & Water Watch
This probably comes as no surprise to anyone: that Bush makes this list. It is well known at this point that the Bush administration is known for their denial of Global Warming and their refusal to fund alternative energy. Bush has huge ties to the Oil Industry and under his terms, they reaped the highest income ever. On top of this he scaled back laws protecting air and water pollution, opened the Arctic Wildlife Refuge in Alaska for drilling, pushed logging, and promoted mountain top coal mining. Possibly the worst impact he had was on his denial of Climate Change and the setbacks he caused to the country.
Theodore Roosevelt also used the 1906 Antiquities Act to extend federal control over the West's scenic wonders. Although the law had been enacted to protect Native American artifacts and relics, which were being systematically looted from archeological sites, Roosevelt expanded its use to preserve historic landmarks.
Although the Antiquities Act remained on the books, since 1950 presidents have been more cautious in creating national monuments. Generally, the chief executive has consulted the House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee prior to issuing the proclamation. Unsanctioned monuments could go unfunded by Congress. Thus, the need for cooperation in achieving conservation goals combined with the "power of the purse" has meant a general reluctance to use the full power of the Antiquities Act in the manner of either Roosevelt.
One is quick to add, however, that the Antiquities Act was not discarded. It remained (and remains) the law, and Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Carter have all proclaimed monuments, usually with the prior approval of Congress, but sometimes in defiance of it.
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- Montclair Environmental Affairs Coordinator
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- Chairman of the Ocean County Group of the Sierra Club
Ted Glick - A co-founder in 2004 of the Climate Crisis Coalition and in 2005 coordinated the USA Join the World effort leading up to December 3rd actions during the United Nations Climate Change conference in Montreal.
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- the 22nd and 24th President of the United States
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- Businessman Bound Brook Community Leader
Herb Patullo was a local businessman and leader in local cultural organizations. Activities include the Washington Campground Association leadership, the Somerset County Cultural and Heritage Advisory Committee, the American Legion and Chamber of Commerce.
Herb was born in Bound Brook and lived his entire life in the Bound Brook area.
He served in the Navy from 1948 to 1952 on the USS Ware, a destroyer.
He ran Patullo's Restaurant on Vosseller Ave (Now Venue 518) known for it's greenhouse, for decades.
It started as a tavern at the site of his parent's grocery store. He was legendary for serving the coldest beer and juiciest hamburger, appropriately called the "Herbie Burger"
Patullo retired from the restaurant in 2000 but wanted to return to the business by opening a small restaurant, "Herbies," on Talmage Avenue just a few doors away from the Westbrook Bar and Restaurant.
Herb was one of the originators of the John Basilone parade held each September in Raritan and was Grand Marshal in 2017.
He was awarded the Martinsville AmVet award in 1987, Citizen of the Year by the Bound Brook Elks in 2005 and in 2008 was the recipient of the prestigious Chapel of Four Chaplains Legion of Honor award.
He lived off of Miller Lane in Martinsville, where he has a small museum with Revolutionary War memorabilia, called the Eagles Nest.
It is in the area on the first range of the Watchung Mountains referred to as Middlebrook Heights. He was an astute local historian with a prolific knowledge of the history of the Bound Brook area and the Middlebrook Encampment. As a child, his father instilled in him an awareness that their town and the heights above it provided the setting for many critical events during the American Revolution. This awareness led to his lifelong interest and efforts to preserve the historic encampment site from desecration by commercial and residential development.
In the early 1970s the property around his home today was offered for sale and was occupied by a single dilapidated building that housed a county home for the indigent. Herb Patullo became worried that encroaching commercial and residential development would soon envelop the historic place. When the county home was closed in 1974, he purchased the building and the three-acre lot on which it stood. Later, in 1988, he acquired the entire 40 acres along the ridge between Chimney Rock Road and Vosselor Avenue. This large swath covered the entire hilltop of the Revolutionary War campsite. He built his home on the site 12 years later and eventually sold most of the property back to Somerset County. The county added the historic land to the adjoining Washington Valley Park in 1994.
The Eagle's Nest Museum housed a modest eclectic collection of historic memorabilia as well as items from Patullo's personal life as a Machinists Mate in the US Navy during the Korean War. Two original paintings, by local artist Victor Temporra, are on display, which portrays scenes of the camp during the time it was occupied by Washington's Army. Many of the details depicted in the paintings were provided by Patullo.
The area by the museum and his house held an enthralling view of the valley below.
When I led hikes in Washington Valley Park for the Sierra Club, we'd stop by Herb's and he would give us a tour of the museum and his place. We'd sometimes spend up to an hour as he talked about everything from his service in the Navy to local history.
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- Actor, ( B. New York City, Grew Up in Neptune City )
Although it has been pointed out that Ronald Reagan (1981-1989) had been pretty solid on the environment as governor of California, he seemed to take a turn for the worse once he got to the White House.
More than any other Administration in history, Reagan gave leases to oil, coal, and gas development on National lands. Reagan appointed anti-environmental leaders to head the EPA and Department of the Interior which caused such laws as the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act to be rolled back. He also scaled back Carter's CAFE standards for gas mileage and slashed funding for alternative energy. Furthermore, he once famously or infamously said "trees cause more pollution than automobiles do."
His interior secretary, James Watt, was demonized sometimes unfairly. He once said:
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- Jim Walsh Eastern Region Director for Food & Water Watch
The Hewitt and Cooper families donated lands to the state Including Ringwood Manor and others. The Abram S. Hewitt State Forest is named after the patriarch, former NYC Mayor.
The Doris Duke Foundation operates Duke Farms in Hillsborough to inspire people to transform their approach to conservation and to start building a more sustainable future.
President Jimmy Carter signed the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA). The Act expanded the Arctic Range to approximately 18 million acres, renamed it the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, designated eight million acres as Wilderness, and designated three rivers as Wild.
1972 - Mill Valley's Huey Johnson, founder of the Trust for Public Land and former resources secretary for California, continues to develop ideas and organizations that promote green plans for sustainability.
1980 - Phyllis Faber and Ellen Straus were prime movers in establishing the Marin Agricultural Land Trust in 1980.
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- Republican Member of the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
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- Founder of the Campbell Soup Company Born in Camden County
Joseph Campbell (1817 - 1900) Founder of the Campbell Soup Company; born in Camden County.
President Lyndon Johnson signed the Wilderness Act, establishing the National Wilderness Preservation System and provisions for wilderness use and protection. 1968 President Lyndon Johnson signed the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, establishing the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, which protects designated rivers as either wild, scenic, or recreational.
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- Academy Award - Winning Actor, Producer ( New Brunswick )
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- Montclair Environmental Affairs Coordinator
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- Club Director Jeff Tittel
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- Co - Founder and Director of Environmental Research Foundation
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- Marine Biologist and Nature Writer Author of "Silent Spring
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- Morristown - Publisher, Businessman, .
He was a Republican candidate in the U.S. Presidential primaries in 1996 and 2000
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- Co - Founder in 2004 of the Climate Crisis Coalition
Ted Glick - A co-founder in 2004 of the Climate Crisis Coalition and in 2005 coordinated the USA Join the World effort leading up to December 3rd actions during the United Nations Climate Change conference in Montreal.
Roosevelt's signing of The Newlands Act in 1902 placed the federal government in an activist role in water management and reclamation. He created the US Forest Service in 1905.
Roosevelt created 150 national forests, 18 national monuments, 5 national parks and 51 wildlife refuges.
He protected 230 million acres of Americas wildlands often ignoring congress and demands from railroad, oil and timber bigwigs.
Although Grant was able to make Yellowstone the first National Park, he has huge black mark on his record. This mark is the 1872 Mining Law, which changed how mining worked. With this law large scale and destructive mining begun on public land with no payback to the taxpayer. This Law is still being fought by Environmentalists today and causes many battles.
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- Englewood, NJ - Coach of Green Bay Packers
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- Lawyer, Conservationist, and First Secretary of the Sierra Club
* Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), continued T. Roosevelt's conservation efforts in the west when he was President, but I couldn't find any evidence that he did much for the environment as Governor of NJ. He was Governor during a period of industrial expansion and there wasn't the concern for air and water quality back then.