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Woodland Issues Apology for Gypsy Moth Spraying Notification Mishap and Also Relays State ‘Apology’ Township and AG Department Maintain Different Positions About Who’s at Fault for Glitch With State Citing Missed Call
By Douglas D. M elegari Staff Writer
WOODLA N D —T he Tow n sh ip of Woodland has issued a public apology to its residents, and has also relayed one purportedly given to the municipality by the New Jersey Department of Agriculture (NJDA), after the local citizenry was not provided with promised advance notification of the specific date and time for gypsy moth spraying in town last month until it was too late for them to take any action. The lack of notification to residents happened despite previous assurances from officials that they would be notified in advance of any spraying for planning purposes. It wasn’t until locals reportedly observed an airplane in the sky that they learned of the May 17 morning spraying operation by the NJDA for gypsy moths, an insect now referred to by the state as Lymantria dispar dispar (LDD). In the aftermath of the apparent mishap, there was some finger pointing and discrepancies about what exactly happened. During the early afternoon hours of May 17, the township put out a Nixle, or emergency notification to residents, writing, “The twp. regrets to inform our residents that spraying did occur this a.m.” It was added in the message that the “NJ Department of Agriculture did
WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDED Photo By New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Firefighters defend a home June 3 in Medford Township against what was dubbed the “Flatiron Wildfire” in Medford.
Defensible Space, Structural Protection and Indirect Attack Used Successfully to Combat Wildfire in Medford That at One Point Threatened 40 Structures, with Forest Fire Service Chief Declaring, ‘We Were Really Lucky’ Given ‘High Potential for Property, Structural Damage’ in Urban Interface County’s Second Major Wildfire In Less Than a Week Also Scorched Area That Hadn’t Been Burned in Decades, 40-Year Area Fire Warden Points Out By Douglas D. M elegari Staff Writer
M E DFOR D — D e s p i t e a “ h i g h potential for prop er ty, str uctu ral damage” resulting from the “very early morning” June 3 Flatiron Wildfire that
developed in the “Wildland Urban Interface” of Medford Township, near Jackson Road, with first responding firefighters “quickly realizing the fire was spreading rapidly toward the structures,” any potential for disaster was adverted,
New Jersey Forest Fire Service (NJFFS) and township officials announced during a mid-morning press conference. “Through coordination between the See WILDFIRE/ Page 8
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