CHESTER, NJ-The Highlands Council, a state-appointed body, hasreleased its final draft of a regional master plan for the nearly860,000-acre Highlands Region of northwestern New Jersey. Theregion provides much of the state's drinking water, and the planemphasizes water conservation while classifying almostthree-quarters of the land as "environmentally sensitive."

"The people of the Highlands Region have spoken, and we havelistened," says John Weingart, chairman of the Highlands Council,who notes that the plan includes everything from regional planprograms, to a series of technical reports on water availability,clustering, transportation and more. "We used input from ourconstituents to make a more comprehensive plan that responds on theregional and local levels."

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