Feds subpoena documents in Seaside Heights carousel-for-beach swap
STEVE STRUNSKY / NJ.COM - Federal prosecutors have subpoenaed documents from Seaside Heights involving the controversial swap of 1.3 acres of public beach property [go to article]
Barrett’s Run project in Hopewell protects waterway, restores habitat
CHERYL VOSBURG / GREENSMITH / NJ ENVIRONMENT NEWS - The “Barrett’s Run Grassland Restoration” project is a 7.5 acre example of planning and collaboration [go to article]
Editorial: Get the green going for land preservation
NORTHJERSEY.COM - New Jersey is about to be flush with some fresh cash to pour into its open spaces [go to article]
$15.7 million approved for land preservation
GARDEN STATE PRESERVATION TRUST - The board of the Garden State Preservation Trust today approved $15.7 million in funding for the State Office of Green Acres [go to article]
Protections for Liberty State Park fail amid billionaire’s push to expand golf course into...
SCOTT FALLON / NORTHJERSEY.COM - An almost two-year effort to protect Liberty State Park from major development collapsed on Monday amid lobbying efforts [go to article]
New Jersey to buy 1,400-acre farm in historic conservation deal
FRANK KUMMER / PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER - The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has announced "one of the most [go to article]
Nature Conservancy, Partners Protect 477 Acres in Green Creek
CAPE MAY COUNTY HERALD - The Nature Conservancy, in partnership with the American Littoral Society, state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Green Acres [go to article]
Mountains in Ocean County? Yep. And 8,000 acres are being preserved for $15M
STEVE STRUNSKY / NJ.COM - In what environmentalists say is one of New Jersey’s biggest open space acquisitions in recent memory, Ocean County announced it had closed [go to article]
Hunterdon County proposes Milford riverfront open space preservation to aid tourism
NJ.COM - Hunterdon County is working with the State Green Acres program and Milford Borough on a project that would result in the county's first park [go to article]
Highlands Council awarded over $4.5 million for preservation projects
CAROLE ANN DICTON / TAP INTO - The New Jersey Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council (Highlands Council) will be receiving a $4,675,000 grant [go to article]
