SAVE OUR PARKS

9 Parks are Slated to Close

Reduced Hours and Services at Others

The Governor’s budget proposal will close nine parks, among them High Point and Shepard Lake. Reduction in services intended at others, including Ringwood Manor historic site. The Ringwood Manor reduction is drastic; it will affect school programs, tours, maintainence, special programs (Independence Day Celebration, reenactments, etc.), and collection management. In total, the Park Service will be losing 80 permanent positions.

PLEASE HELP: Contact your state legislators to let them know you are not happy with this. Ask them to help restore the money necessary to allow the parks to operate.

To find your district’s legislator: http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/districts/municipalities.asp and write to them, asking them to stop the cuts in the already understaffed parks.

The North Jersey Highlands Historical Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and interpreting New Jersey history and the rich local history of the North Jersey Highlands Region. For over 50 years, the Society has published the Highlander, a scholarly journal of regional history, as well as books, pamphlets and maps. We have also funded various historic restoration projects, produced annual conferences, field trips, exhibits and historical reenactments. The Society also operates the gift shop at Ringwood Manor and maintains at Ringwood Manor a historical reference library of some renown.

The public is welcome to attend Historical Society Meetings, held at 8:00 p.m. on the last Wednesday of each month at the Long Pond Ironworks Visitor’s Center, 1334 Greenwood Lake Turnpike, Hewitt, NJ. Educational programs are offered monthly and there is no fee to attend these programs. NJIT MSPTC