Tools and Resources
How to use open space preservation, water resources protection, pollution prevention and good land use to protect the environment and our health
Environmental Resource Inventories (ERIs)
Open Space Preservation
- Identify key areas for development and preservation in Environmental/Natural Resource Inventory(ERIs/NRIs)
- Preserve Open Space through planning, acquisition and regulation
- Practical approaches to managing growth in municipalities in Smart Land Use.
Water Resources Protection
- Improve Water Quality through
- Flood Hazard Area regulations
- Freshwater wetlands protection
- Municipal action for clean water
- Environmental and land use ordinances
- Stormwater management
- Wastewater management on sewers and septics
- Reduce air and water pollution through Integrated Pest Management.
Pollution Prevention
- Improve Water Quality through
- Flood Hazard Area regulations
- Freshwater wetlands protection
- Municipal action for clean water
- Environmental and land use ordinances
- Stormwater management
- Wastewater management on sewers and septics
- Protect health and environment in Urban/Developed Communities;
- Reduce vehicle emissions in your town
- Ways to meet present and future environmental, social and economic needs in Sustainable Communities;
- Reduce air and water pollution through Integrated Pest Management.
Sustainable Communities
Sustainable practices are those that meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own environmental, social and economic needs.- Local Environmental Efforts
- Pathways to Sustainable Communities
- What's Happening in New Jersey?
- Ordinances
- Ideas from Other Areas
- Events
- Funding Opportunities
- Resources
- Useful Web Sites
Information Resources
- Work with your environmental commission to schedule an ANJEC Road Show to address specific questions and issues
- Online PDF and printed ANJEC publications provide data, tools and contacts;
- Contact the ANJEC Resource Center by email
or call at (973)539-7547 to obtain additional information on environmental
issues;
- EnviroLINKS offer web links to non-profit organizations and government agencies
- Workshop Materials view presentations and handouts from the Environmental Congress and other workshops
- Environmental Commissioners' Handbook offers full range of community items for Environmental Commissions
- Smart Land Use has practical approaches to managing growth
- Information Request Form contact ANJEC directly for answers to specific questions
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