Save Our Amazing Ramapos-SOAR

10/12/2026

My Column.NJ Land Rush for Overdevelopment and sprawl- not necessarily any Affordable Housing

Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s housing plan risks turning a housing crisis into a sprawl program.

08/29/2026

Dolly Parton Amazing Legacy Includes Being an Environmental Champion

Her environmental legacy lives on

08/16/2026

My Column -Our Flood of Problems from Overdevelopment and Sprawl

We are drowning in political failure. Climate change brings heavier storms, but decades of overdevelopment and political inaction make the flooding worse.

08/12/2026

I am very proud and honored to have received the New Jersey Highlands Coalition Lifetime Achievement Capstone Award for my dedication and work to preserve the Highlands.

Yesterday marked the 22nd anniversary of the signing of the Highlands Act.

Here is the language from the award:

NEW JERSEY HIGHLANDS COALITION
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT CAPSTONE AWARD

Presented to Jeff Tittel

In recognition of his extraordinary advocacy in New Jersey as Executive Director, who has campaigned to block major campaigns to destroy the remaining forest parcels of the Highlands and Pinelands, the Great Swamp, and the Delaware River. Fighting for, and many more, for protecting Ringwood State Park, the Highlands, and other critical areas.

His leadership in countless battles, with an extraordinary knowledge and understanding of policy, politics, and strategy, and an uncanny ability to persuade allies and opponents alike, has…

With thanks and great appreciation from all who love and value the natural and cultural resources of the Highlands.

Wilma Frey
Former Highlands Coordinator
NJ Conservation Foundation

“There is no one that knows more about the Highlands or did more to protect the Highlands than Jeff Tittel.”

That recognition means a great deal to me.

My connection to the Highlands is deeply personal. I am a third-generation property owner in the Highlands Preservation Area, and protecting the Highlands has been a major part of my life and environmental work for decades.

Jeff Tittel
Founder, Original Highlands Coalition

Former Director, NJ Sierra Club — recognized as a lead advocate and lobbyist for writing and passing the Highlands Act.

Former Chair, Ringwood Environmental Commission and member, Ringwood Planning Board.

Some of the Highlands organizations and campaigns I was part of:

• Founder, Skylands CLEAN
• Founder, Sterling Forest Coalition
• Founder, NJ Highlands Coalition
• Founder, PUMA — Prohibit Uranium Mining Association
• Founder, SOAR — Save Our Amazing Ramapos
• Camp Midvale Original

I am deeply grateful to the New Jersey Highlands Coalition for this honor and to everyone who has stood with me in the fight to protect the Highlands.

The Highlands Act was signed 22 years ago, but the fight to protect the Highlands did not end that day.

There is still much more work to do. And I intend to keep fighting.

Sent from my iPhone

06/10/2026

Uncle Ed wants you!

05/24/2026

The Sellout Of The Highlands For Mega Warehouses- more Overdevelopment more Pollution-Shame on the Highlands Council

The project threatens drinking water, farmland and the future of the Highlands region

04/27/2026

My Latest Column on NJ Anti Environmental Earth Day -How we must Stand Up and Fight Back

We need to move from celebration to action. Environmentalists weren't allowed to testify at the Senate Environment Committee hearing on SCR 106/REAL.

04/16/2026

My Latest Column -The Highlands NJ Failure to implement the Law and protect the region -our drinking water and communities

A region vital to drinking water, open space, and local communities still awaits the full protections and funding promised under the Highlands Act