We asked people from all over Upper Darby and Delaware County why saving the Mozino Forest matters. Here's what they said:
"I grew up in that last block of Bond Avenue and pretty much lived in those woods during my elementary and junior high school years. It would be a travesty to destroy them."
~Media Resident
"UD already suffers from air quality issues because of losing the trees behind the transportation center."
~Pastor Nate, Bywood Resident
"Honestly, it brings tears to my eyes. It reminds me of every dystopian novel I’ve ever read. It’s heartbreaking to watch wildlife be displaced and to see how much of God’s creation we’ve already destroyed."
~Stonehurst Hills Resident
"Heavy rain events lead to flooding around the gas station and Fibbers on 69th St….to do anything that would increase flooding in UD or elsewhere knowing what flooding means for communities...isn’t something that I support."
~Springfield Resident
"It is very important because it is a shield of protection from wind and other weather disasters."
~Bywood Resident
"Saving the Mozino Forest means cleaner air: we have serious air quality issues in SE Delco, and every tree helps."
~Clifton Heights Resident
"We don’t need to jam more people in our community. We need to find ways to bring back more trees, more green space, for people to get relief from the day to day struggles."
~Bywood Resident
"Preserving it is an investment in cleaner air, healthier ecosystems, environmental education, and a legacy of stewardship that future generations deserve to inherit."
~Stonehurst Hills Resident
"I would say that the empirical loss of oxygen and gain of stormwater are changes that we do not need. Subjectively this affects my wife as an asthmatic and my town as a downstream community."
~Lansdowne Resident
"I drive by the Mozino tract at least 6 days a week. The beauty and peace of it, if it were developed, I would really feel."
~Springfield Resident