NJDEP Requests Public Comment on New Inland Flood Protection Rules
On December 5, 2022, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) published its official proposal for the Inland Flood Protection Rules. These new rules apply to Stormwater Management and the Flood Hazard Area Control Act. NJDEP will be holding a virtual public hearing concerning these rules on January 11, 2023 at 1:00pm via Microsoft Teams.read more
Oppose New Logging on Sparta Mountain
Oppose Logging on Sparta Mountain Stand 18a On November 14, 2022 the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection released a new plan for logging on stand 18a at Sparta Mountain Wildlife Management Area that is expect to commence on November 16. This announcement – given less than two days in advance – is notread more
Spring Car Trek: Reservoirs of the Highlands
The Spring Car Trek will take place on Saturday, April 15. This Reservoirs of the Highlands trek will focus on the critically important reservoirs that provide clean, healthy drinking water to Jersey City, Newark, and dozens of communities throughout northern New Jersey. The accompanying tour packet shares insights into the natural and human history ofread more
Stop the Jaindl Warehouses
Tell NJDEP why they need to deny Jaindl’s application to pump sewage into the ground. DEADLINE is August 20, 2022 None of our concerns, our comments or our stories are inconsequential to this process. Please have everyone in your family, your neighborhood and beyond write a comment to NJDEP. It doesn’t have to be longread more
5th Annual Northwest New Jersey Rivers Conference
The Fifth Annual Northwest New Jersey Rivers Conference will be held on September 30th at The Lackland Center in Hackettstown. More information will be made available in spring 2023. The 2022 conference recordings will be made available as soon as possible. You can view the recordings for 2020 and 2021 at https://www.northwestnewjerseyrivers.org/recordings
Petition Gov. Murphy and NJ DEP to pass the Emergency Flood and Stormwater Regulations
New Jersey communities are among the most at-risk in the nation for death and damages caused by increased flooding due to climate change. New Jersey is the most densely-populated and developed state in the nation, with more people living in flood-prone areas than anywhere else. Flooding caused by increasingly intense and frequent storms will threatenread more
Highlands Highlights: The Great Waters of New Jersey
Highlands Highlights: Great Waters NJ_Feb 2022
Highlands Appointments Op-Ed_February 2022
Why is a Black woman’s nomination to an all-white environmental board being blocked? Opinion, Elliott Ruga (Feb 10, 2022)
CivicStory: Fresh from the Highlands
CivicStory: Fresh from the Highlands? Pressure on Newark’s Drinking Water Spurs Citizen Action, Feb 8, 2022
Highlands Highlight: New Jersey Forests Forum
Highlands Highlight: Stewardship of New Jersey’s Publicly Owned Forests (January 18th, 2022)
