News of Outdoor Happenings

DEP Offers Federal Funds to Support Forest Stewardship in the Highlands

(07/43) TRENTON - Working to encourage sound forest stewardship, Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Lisa P. Jackson today announced that $85,000 in federal funding is available to private forestland owners in the New Jersey Highlands.

"Forest cover dominates more than half of the Highlands, and this funding will provide the resources and the incentive private landowners need to become better stewards of these exceptional natural resources," Commissioner Jackson said.

With funding from the U.S. Forest Service, the New Jersey Forest Service will reimburse a qualifying landowner up to $3,000 to develop a forest stewardship plan for their property.

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DEP's FISH AND WILDLIFE DIRECTOR NAMED

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Elaine Makatura (609) 292-2994
Darlene Yuhas (609) 984-1795

(07/01) TRENTON * Governor Jon S. Corzine has approved the appointment of veteran wildlife conservationist David Chanda to serve as Director of the Department of Environmental Protection's Division of Fish and Wildlife, DEP Commissioner Lisa P. Jackson announced today.
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