Open Space Preservation
Water Resources Protection
Pollution Prevention
Good Land Use
Information Resources

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 Growth Survival Kit.

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;
• Ways to meet present and future environmental, social and economic needs in Sustainable Communities;
• Reduce air and water pollution through Integrated Pest Management.

Good Land Use

• Protect health and environment in Urban/Developed Communities;
  
• Ways to meet present and future environmental, social and economic needs in Sustainable Communities;
  
• Ease traffic congestion and improve public health through walking and biking at Pathways for the Garden State (1.02MB) ;
  
• Practical approaches to managing growth in municipalities in Smart Growth Survival Kit.

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;
  • Environmental and smart growth planning
  • Local environmental protections
    
  • Open space preservation
    
  • Urban environment
    
  • Water resource protection
• 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 including
  • Pollution prevention and education,
    
  • Land use
    
  • Land & wildlife preservation and management,
    
  • NJ's special protection areas,
    
  • Open space preservation
    
  • Water resources management,
    
  • Parks and recreation,
    
  • Planning tools, community/urban issues and
    
  • Sustainable communities and green building.

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