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Waterview Bats

It's a scientific fact and already known by those who knew already; that wetlands are the cradle of life, for life for many species; including humans if we like seafood. Living in Lake Hiawatha, me sees bats at night flying about right here on Oneida Avenue. I; me thinks where to harbor themselves? Must be the large great Black Locust Trees with the thick bark or some other complicated space of nature left here in Par-sippo-nong , NJ. ( discovered bats living in rock crevices on ridges in the Kittatinny Mountains where you would never expect them).

 ENVIRONMENTALLY CRITICAL AREASAn area or feature which is/are of significant environmental value, including but not limited to: stream corridors; natural heritage priority sites; habitat of endangered or threatened species; large areas of contiguous open space or upland forest; steep slopes; and wellhead protection and groundwater recharge areas. Habitats of endangered or threatened species are identified using the Department's Landscape Project as approved by the Department's Endangered and Nongame Species Program.   So-Then ask why did most people move to Parsipanny to begin with; Nature right?? What else unless motivated by social forces for or against what ever at the times. To be closer to natural wonders; more trees, fishing, hunting, gods last claim of open space. Now here we are almost gone; but almost what is still, bats?? One must now ask what life forms may exist being no study was conducted concerning our Landscape at Waterview because it was zoned, perhaps unjustly for its time for "more office space" which is no longer desired; if needed it could be had elsewhere; easily. What matters here is land value for Community not market value. Let god do his work with his Holy Water and Aquifer; Parsipanny requires Waterview as its part of  all of us not its part of the market value. People matter, markets are not people; especially those like the bats of inhabitants.  Do the environmentally aware town fathers know about the white nose fungus that is destroying bat culture do they care perhaps there are bats living in the Waterview forest community, we don't know. We do know it does harbor our aquifer recharge that has been studied by Rutgers University.
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