Mud Run flows into the Lehigh River in Lehigh Gorge State Park. It is a long meandering creek that forms part of the boundary between Penn Forest and Kidder townships. Kidder Township, not noted for its commitment to the environment, gave preliminary approval to a developer to parcel out a tract along Mud Run. The property has been held by a fishing club Now it will be converted into large lots with high end houses.
According to an article by Chris Reber in the Times News, the developer is a partnership “committed to conservation focused on low density havens.”
Right. The lots will be priced between $600,000 and $$850,000 each. Builders will have on-lot septic systems. They will have asphalt driveways with impermeable surfaces. They will cut the forest into chunks. They will create run-off. They will disturb a large natural area. The good news is that this will make a developer wealthier and allow rich people to pretend they care about nature.
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