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DEP AWARDS $7.3 MILLION IN GRANTS TO ENHANCE ECOSYSTEMS AND WATER QUALITY FOR NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY RIVERS

May 4, 2021 - To enhance ecosystems and water quality in the Paulins Kill and Pequest River watersheds of northwestern New Jersey, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has awarded $7.3 million in grants to nonprofits and local government agencies Acting Commissioner Shawn LaTourette announced today.
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MURPHY ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCES NEW FUNDING ROUND FOR OPEN SPACE AND PARKS DEVELOPMENT

DEP Encourages Local Governments and Nonprofits to Make Applications for Green Acres Funding by June 30
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ACTING NJDEP COMMISSIONER LATOURETTE TO SPOTLIGHT NEW JERSEY’S LEADERSHIP ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE DURING EARTH WEEK EVENTS

EVENTS INCLUDE GLOBAL CLIMATE PROGRAM, RELEASE OF DRAFT STATEWIDE CLIMATE RESILIENCE STRATEGY AND EVENT AT LIBERTY STATE PARK
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	Tuesday, May 4th - How (Horseshoe) Crabs Saved us from COVID Hosted by the Bergen County Audubon Society - ON ZOOM, Tonight!!! Please contact Don for more information –Greatauk4@gmail.com Read more...
	Join D&R Greenway and Fyrefly Yoga Studio for OUTDOOR Yoga Stretch Outdoor Yoga with Fyrefly Yoga is back for 2021! De-Stress and Be Inspired in Nature... Read more...
	Cory Booker, New to Senate Ag Committee, Wants Change for Family Farmers 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...