News Archive

The Columbia dam removal project is complete and the project area is again open for recreation following additional welcomed improvements to the area.

Save the date for the next NJDEP Quarterly Brownfield Roundtable Meeting! Topics to be discussed include a Proposed Brownfield Tax Incentive Program, food deserts, Hazardous Discharge Site Remediation Fund, and more. 

Register today for a public information session on the recently announced Natural Climate Solutions Grant Program where you will learn more about applicant eligibility, project types, and the application process. This grant program will invest $15 million in projects across New Jersey that create, restore and enhance salt marshes, sea grass beds, forests, and urban parks that sequester atmospheric carbon in the fight against climate change. 

The NJ Department of Environmental Protection posted the Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) Freshwater Recreational Response 2021 Summary Report. This report summarizes HAB investigations, data, and monitoring enhancements during the 2021 season as well as comparisons to past seasons.

Rockingham’s Annual Children’s Day is finally returning, in-person, after a two-year pause! Come one, come all and bring your young ‘uns (and your inner child)! The historic site, which served as General George Washington’s final wartime headquarters, will be offering FREE activities and demonstrations of 18th-century life with support from the Montgomery High School Live Historians Club and the Rockingham Association.

Register today for a public information session on the recently announced Natural Climate Solutions Grant Program where you will learn more about applicant eligibility, project types, and the application process. This grant program will invest $15 million in projects across New Jersey that create, restore and enhance salt marshes, sea grass beds, forests, and urban parks that sequester atmospheric carbon in the fight against climate change. 

Next week on May 4, 2022, NJ takes a stand to Get Past Plastic. Make sure you have your reusable bags ready for your next shopping trip.

Join the Delaware Township Environmental Commission, Kingwood Township Environmental Commission, D&R Canal State Park, and the New Jersey AmeriCorps Watershed Ambassadors Program, planting native trees and plants at Bulls Island Recreation Area, Hunterdon County, Delaware Township. Help restore approximately 0.5 acres of degraded and compacted landscape along the new Inlet Trail at Bulls Island Recreation Area!

Take a 1-2 mile hike with our Park Naturalist! Cheesequake State Park’s uniqueness lies in its geographical location. Not only is it situated in the middle of the urban north and the suburban south, it lies in a transitional zone between two different ecosystems. Open fields, saltwater and freshwater marshes, an Atlantic white cedar swamp, pine barrens habitats and a northeastern hardwood forest await you.

This public meeting will be held virtually using Microsoft Teams. There will also be a call-in phone number available. Topics covered include current water supply conditions, legislation & regulation updates, and harmful algal blooms (HAB).