I have joined the New Jersey Highlands Coalition in its first annual Hike-A-Thon to protect the stunning and ecologically vital forests, clean water, wildlife, farms and other natural, historic, and cultural resources of the New Jersey Highlands! Proceeds will support the Coalition, which represents a diverse network of organizations small and large, local, regional, statewide and national and individuals. Our mission is to represent their common goal to protect, enhance and restore the New Jersey Highlands and to preserve the quality and quantity of drinking water both for the 850,000 people in the Highlands as well as the more than five million people in surrounding areas who depend on Highlands water.