What Environmental Commissions Do
Volunteers helping protect their communities’ environment
Environmental commissions use a wide range of information and approaches to inform local government and residents on environmental issues, laws and programs.
- Promote regional and long-range environmental planning;
- Reach local citizens through educational programs, publications and meetings;
- Work with neighboring commissions and other organizations to address regional and state-wide environmental problems; and
- Play a coordinating role among the diverse actors in environmental protection: the Department of
Environmental Protection (DEP), Soil Conservation Districts, local planning boards, boards of
health and utilities authorities.
Environmental/Natural Resource Inventories
Site Plan Review
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