2 July 1997 Dear Fellow Environmentalist, Bergen County is rapidly becoming overdeveloped. Unless more open space is secured now, the quality of life will further deteriorate.
Traffic congestion is already at nightmare levels and destined to get worse.
Our watersheds are threatened with encroachment on all sides which will burden future generations with the exorbitant cost of water purification and filtration. The Bergen Open Space Coalition is a grassroots initiative organized to address these issues. We are proposing a county referendum for the next general election in November calling for the establishment of a Public Trust Fund for Open Space as provided for in New Jersey State Law. We feel that the people of this county should have the opportunity to vote on this issue. Similar public trust funds have been established in 12 counties in New Jersey as well as dozens of municipalities.