[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 117 (Friday, September 24, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1702]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            HONORING DEDICATION OF FRANKLIN PARKER PRESERVE

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                      HON. RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 23, 2004

  Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the New Jersey 
Conservation Foundation's official dedication of the Franklin Parker 
Preserve--the largest, private land acquisition in our state on Friday, 
September 24, 2004.
  The 9,400-acre Franklin Parker Preserve includes 1,500 acres of 
reservoirs and thousands of acres of wetland and upland forests, 
including 600 acres of Atlantic white cedar swamp, and serves as a 
critical link in connecting state-owned forests.
  The Preserve has exceptional habitat for native and endangered 
species including bald eagle and the Pine Barrens tree frog.
  The site will be named in honor of Franklin E. Parker III, the first 
Chair of the Pinelands Commission from 1979 to 1988, who has been a 
long-time supporter of environmental causes throughout the country, our 
state and my Congressional District.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge you and my colleagues to join me in 
congratulating New Jersey Conservation Foundation, Franklin Parker, and 
so many individuals and groups that have made the Parker Preserve a 
reality.




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