Shortly after the Ocean City vote, we were notified by a local resident, Terrance O’Neil, that Wildwood, NJ, twenty minutes north of Ocean City, had gone out to bid for tropical wood for renovations to their 3.5-mile-long boardwalk. The city engineers cited the 10-year Master Plan created by Ocean City's city engineer.

We quickly mobilized local opposition to the use of rainforest wood. After four months of campaigning that saw numerous press articles and seven or eight city council meetings packed with rainforest wood opponents, Wildwood’s City Commission voted to reject the use of tropical hardwoods.