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LASN Letters January 200901-26-09 | News

Land Clearing






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I am writing in response to the ?EUR??,,????'?????< landscapearchitect.com). I live and work in northern New Jersey and parts of southern New York. Development regulations have been around for many years in these areas. They were at one time reasonable, their goal being to prohibit the wanton rape of the land, while still allowing the rightful owners the enjoyment of their land. Mr. Abbey?EUR??,,????'?????<

Mr. Abbey also writes of ordinances and laws that govern or totally restrict the use of wetlands, the habitat of threatened and endangered species and the degradation of streams and water quality. In New Jersey, the Wetlands Act with its associated buffers, the Highlands Act and Pinelands Act, to name a few, have prohibited the rightful landowners any enjoyment of their land, other than to pay taxes on it. If you refer to Black?EUR??,,????'?????<

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However, if you understand the title or fee simple can be likened to a bundle of sticks with each stick being a right, such as to build a home, farm or otherwise use the land for one?EUR??,,????'?????<

Martin L. Sikorski, PLS, CLA, PP, CPSI
Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.
Edison, New Jersey






Professor of the Year
Re: George Curry, RLA, Carnegie Foundation?EUR??,,????'?????<






Prof. George Curry, RLA, SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry, Syracuse, N.Y.


Congratulations Professor Curry on a well deserved award. It is so nice to see someone so deserving being recognized at the highest level. You were far and above my favorite professor during my four years (second through fifth year) in ESF?EUR??,,????'?????<

Thank you so much for all you meant to so many of us who never really had the opportunity to express our appreciation. The committee made a wonderful choice honoring you for all you have meant to the significance of landscape architecture?EUR??,,????'?????<

Wade Hall, RLA
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, N.Y. (class of ?EUR??,,????'?????< NYS OGS-D&C
Senior Landscape Architect
Schenectady, N.Y.






Diseased Elms
Re ?EUR??,,????'?????<www.landscapearchitect.com/research/article/11421, Juana Trafecanty writes:

I just wanted to add information that we have recently removed 18 American elms that were part of our historical landscape. These had been topped in the 1960s and caverns had collected water, which started a fungal/decay activity in branches. We worked with Valley Crest, in Sunol Calif. to grow wonderful ?EUR??,,????'?????<

Juana Trafecanty
Director of Grounds
Scripps College, Chino Hills




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