Tag: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
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DEP launches program to help conserve and enhance wildlife management areas
Nature enthusiasts can help protect habitats and the wildlife that depend on them through a new Department of Environmental Protection Wildlife Habitat Supporter program directing contributions to conservation and education efforts across New Jersey’s 122 wildlife management areas, DEP Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette announced. The new program will create the opportunity to donate to a…
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Middlesex Water Company addresses drinking water notice; reports ‘no immediate threat’
WOODBRIDGE – It is safe for customers to use water received from the Middlesex Water Company’s Park Avenue treatment plant in South Plainfield. That is what Dennis Doll, the president and chief executive officer of the company, said he can’t stress enough at the first of several meetings held to address a drinking water notice…
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State agencies remind drivers to beware of deer on roads
The New Jersey Department of Transportation and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection are reminding drivers to be extra vigilant on roads this fall as mating season for white-tailed deer gets underway and daylight hours decrease. Deer are more likely to suddenly enter roads at this time of year, also known as the fall…
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Swaths of Atlantic white cedar forest totaling 10,000 acres to be restored
By Michele S. Byers Step into a mature stand of Atlantic white cedar trees on a hot day and you will instantly feel cooler. These towering native evergreens grow so dense that they shade out sunlight and create forest floor habitat for ferns, sphagnum moss, liverworts, insect-eating plants, rare orchids and swamp pinks. In turn,…
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DEP announces Red Bank as newest Drive Electric destination
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) celebrated National Drive Electric Week from Sept. 25 through Oct. 2 and encouraged residents to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions by announcing Red Bank as the third New Jersey municipality to become a Destination Electric community and unveiling a new website touting the environmental and economic benefits…
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Monroe Township awarded $94,000 Clean Communities grant from DEP
MONROE TOWNSHIP – Municipal officials in Monroe Township have announced that the township is the recipient of a $94,059 Clean Communities grant from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Solid Waste Division. Clean Communities grants are intended to help municipalities and counties promote volunteer and paid cleanup events, purchase equipment, and support enforcement…
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Officials seek to refurbish East Spotswood Park
SPOTSWOOD–The Borough Council approved a resolution authorizing Mayor Jackie Palmer to send a grant application to the Department of Environmental Protection for East Spotswood Park. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Green Acres Program of New Jersey, is providing grants through the Urban Parks initiative, according to the council. The borough desires to further…
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DEP announces trout season in New Jersey will begin on April 10
More than 500,000 freshly stocked rainbow trout will be available when anglers cast their lines in New Jersey waters this April, Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Acting Commissioner Shawn LaTourette announced. The official trout season kicks off at 8 a.m. April 10. To reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission, anglers are reminded to maintain a…
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Opinion: Save the Sourlands
I was having coffee with a friend once, and she said, “I’m not a birder. Why should I care about birds?” I said, “You love coffee, so you must love birds!” The brilliant scarlet tanager spends winter in Central and South America. Like lots of colorful songbirds, she spends her winter vacation in the dense…