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  2. New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry - Wikipedia

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    In the state of New Jersey, the New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry is an administrative division of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.In its most visible role, the Division is directly responsible for the management and operation of New Jersey's public park system which includes 42 state parks, 11 state forests, 3 recreation areas, and more than 50 historic sites and ...

  3. Environmental law in New Jersey - Wikipedia

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    The 1960s saw major amendments to the "Air Pollution Control Act" as well as the beginnings of a statewide land conservation program with the enactment of the "New Jersey Green Acres Land Acquisition Act of 1961." [6] This act devoted $60 million to land preservation and established the Green Acres program in the state. The 1960s also saw the ...

  4. New Jersey Conservation Foundation - Wikipedia

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    The New Jersey Conservation Foundation is a private non-profit organization that works to preserve land and natural resources in the state of New Jersey. Since its founding in 1960, the Foundation has protected 125,000 acres of open space, farmland, and parks.

  5. List of New Jersey wildlife management areas - Wikipedia

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    A majority of the wildlife management area properties are acquired through funding raised through the state's Green Acres Program. In association with public and private entities, the program aims to create "a system of interconnected open spaces, whose protection will preserve and enhance New Jersey's natural environment and its historic ...

  6. Private landowner assistance program - Wikipedia

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    Conservation Reserve Program - State Acres for wildlife Enhancement (SAFE) The United States Department of Agriculture USDA started the Conservation Reserve Program as part of the Food Security Act of 1985. The program is designed to provide assistance and incentive for farmers to maintain sustainable farming practices and to encourage the ...

  7. Conservation Stewardship Program funding available to Ohio ...

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    The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Ohio Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is accepting applications from landowners interested in the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) to build ...

  8. List of New Jersey state parks - Wikipedia

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    New Jersey's state park system includes properties as small as the 32-acre (0.13 km 2) Barnegat Lighthouse State Park and as large as the 115,000-acre (470 km 2) Wharton State Forest. The state park system comprises 430,928 acres (1,743.90 km 2)—roughly 7.7% of New Jersey's land area—and serves over 17.8 million annual visitors.

  9. Environmental stewardship - Wikipedia

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    Environmental stewardship (or planetary stewardship) refers to the responsible use and protection of the natural environment through active participation in conservation efforts and sustainable practices by individuals, small groups, nonprofit organizations, federal agencies, and other collective networks.