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ON MARCH 2, NEW JERSEY’S STORMWATER RULES GET GREENER

On March 2, 2021, all New Jersey municipalities and the Department of Environmental Protection will begin implementing new green infrastructure rules to manage stormwater runoff generated by developments across the state, DEP Acting Commissioner Shawn LaTourette said today.
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CONSERVATION SUCCESS IN NEW JERSEY: DEP REPORTS RECORD NUMBER OF BALD EAGLE NESTS, WITH EAGLES CONFIRMED IN ALL 21 COUNTIES

More than 40 years after facing near-extinction, New Jersey’s bald eagle population is soaring and reaching new milestones, including confirmation for the first time of nesting pairs found in each of the state’s 21 counties, Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Catherine R. McCabe announced today.
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MARKING CONTINUED PROGRESS ON LEAD REMEDIATION IN NEWARK, NJDEP LAUNCHES NEW RESOURCES AND RESOLVES LITIGATION WITH NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL

Furthering the Murphy Administration’s comprehensive plan to reduce lead exposure and protect the safety of New Jersey’s drinking water, the DEP and the City of Newark have committed to new measures that will better protect public health and increase transparency while also resolving longstanding litigation with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Acting Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette announced today.
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	Cory Booker, New to Senate Ag Committee, Wants Change for Family Farmers February15, 2021 - Cory Booker has made it abundantly clear that he is no fan of corporate agriculture. Booker is the New Jersey senator who introduced the Farm System Reform Act last year which, among other provisions, would ban large-scale concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs, by 2040. Read more...
	Video - Preserved Land Tells Stories of African Americans in Central New Jersey D&R Greenway worked with the Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum and the Sourland Conservancy to acquire land for their new headquarters and museum. Read more...
	Attack At NJ Bald Eagle Nest After 1st Egg Arrives At Duke Farms HILLSBOROUGH, NJ — January 20, 2021 - The first egg of 2021 at Duke Farms in Hillsborough has arrived and with it came some distress as an intruding bald eagle was caught on video coming into the nest on Wednesday morning. Some excitement was caught on Duke Farm's Eagle Cam on Wednesday morning when a tussle broke out between an intruder and the mother eagle at the nest. Read more...
	Federal 2021 Budget Includes $10 Million for Delaware River Conservation The Delaware River Basin Restoration Program (DRBRP) received $10 million in funding as part of the fiscal year 2021 Interior Appropriations bill approved by Congress and signed by the President, a modest increase from $9.7 million last year. Read more...