Environmental/Natural Resource Inventories
Site Plan Review
Open Space Preservation
Smart Growth
Water Resource Protection
Integrated Pest Management

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.
  

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