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Is pleased to announce the 2023 Preserve New Jersey grant round!
Applications are due no later than 4:00pm on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. For this round, the Trust will be offering Capital, Historic Site Management, Municipal, County, and Regional Planning, and Heritage Tourism Planning grants.
For full details about each grant type, award limits, matching requirements, and eligibility, please see the 2023 Grant Guidelines. Click the links below to learn more about each specific grant type:
Click here for more information about Capital grants.
Click here for more information about Historic Site Management (HSM) grants.
Click here for more information about Municipal, County, and Regional Planning grants.
Click here for more information about Heritage Tourism grants.
Applications are due no later than 4:00pm on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. For this round, the Trust will be offering Capital, Historic Site Management, Municipal, County, and Regional Planning, and Heritage Tourism Planning grants.
For full details about each grant type, award limits, matching requirements, and eligibility, please see the 2023 Grant Guidelines. Click the links below to learn more about each specific grant type:
Click here for more information about Capital grants.
Click here for more information about Historic Site Management (HSM) grants.
Click here for more information about Municipal, County, and Regional Planning grants.
Click here for more information about Heritage Tourism grants.
GREEN ACRES PROGRAM ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR LAND ACQUISITION, PARK DEVELOPMENT, STEWARDSHIP, JAKE’S LAW AND URBAN PARKS FUNDING PROJECTS
Local governments and eligible nonprofit organizations interested in acquiring open space, creating or rehabilitating parks, completing stewardship projects, or creating inclusive playgrounds are invited to apply for Green Acres grant and loan funding
Funding for 2023 will be used to advance the DEP’s environmental justice and climate change priorities by prioritizing projects that offer equitable and meaningful public access and maximize social, environmental and health benefits to the public, particularly in neighborhoods identified as Adversely Stressed Overburdened Communities.
Deadline for Applications is March 1, 2023
More info about Green Acres go HERE and Application and forms are found HERE
Local governments and eligible nonprofit organizations interested in acquiring open space, creating or rehabilitating parks, completing stewardship projects, or creating inclusive playgrounds are invited to apply for Green Acres grant and loan funding
Funding for 2023 will be used to advance the DEP’s environmental justice and climate change priorities by prioritizing projects that offer equitable and meaningful public access and maximize social, environmental and health benefits to the public, particularly in neighborhoods identified as Adversely Stressed Overburdened Communities.
Deadline for Applications is March 1, 2023
More info about Green Acres go HERE and Application and forms are found HERE
ANJEC, in coordination with other nonprofits, community advocates, and local officials, is officially launching a campaign asking Governor Murphy to release the New Jersey Protecting Against Climate Threat (NJPACT) rules that he ordered the NJDEP to develop in January 2020 with Executive Order #100.
Visit NJPACTNOW.org to learn more about the loss of life, community and economic impacts of recent storms made worse by the climate crisis. We need to stop building in areas that we know flood now and will flood in the near future.
Please ask Governor Murphy to release common sense flood regulations backed by science by signing this petition now: https://www.njpactnow.org/take-action
Under Governor Murphy’s orders, ANJEC and many, many others worked diligently with the NJDEP to develop updates to the Flood Hazard Area Protection Rules that will save lives and support smarter development. In June 2022, DEP announced that they would publish updated regulations before the end of the month as an emergency rule to protect public health and safety.
Then, a coalition of 19 developer organizations advocating for their own economic interests, for the construction of affordable housing and other buildings in floodplains lobbied the Governor and the rules have been stuck in a void ever since.
We need your help to get New Jersey to adopt common sense regulations to protect all of us from the threats of flooding.
First, please sign out petition to Governor Murphy: https://www.njpactnow.org/take-action
Second, your support of ANJEC makes this work possible!
Please consider making a donation today as we ramp up the campaign to hold Governor Murphy to his word to make New Jersey a leader in combatting the climate crisis.
Visit NJPACTNOW.org to learn more about the loss of life, community and economic impacts of recent storms made worse by the climate crisis. We need to stop building in areas that we know flood now and will flood in the near future.
Please ask Governor Murphy to release common sense flood regulations backed by science by signing this petition now: https://www.njpactnow.org/take-action
Under Governor Murphy’s orders, ANJEC and many, many others worked diligently with the NJDEP to develop updates to the Flood Hazard Area Protection Rules that will save lives and support smarter development. In June 2022, DEP announced that they would publish updated regulations before the end of the month as an emergency rule to protect public health and safety.
Then, a coalition of 19 developer organizations advocating for their own economic interests, for the construction of affordable housing and other buildings in floodplains lobbied the Governor and the rules have been stuck in a void ever since.
We need your help to get New Jersey to adopt common sense regulations to protect all of us from the threats of flooding.
First, please sign out petition to Governor Murphy: https://www.njpactnow.org/take-action
Second, your support of ANJEC makes this work possible!
Please consider making a donation today as we ramp up the campaign to hold Governor Murphy to his word to make New Jersey a leader in combatting the climate crisis.
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ANJEC webinar recordings and resources
All of ANJEC recent webinar recordings are available on ANJEC's YouTube Channel (ANJEC Views) Click here to view recordings. Also available on ANJEC's website are presentations and other resources from webinars. Resources can be found here (https://anjec.org/conferences-workshops/) We hope you will find these resources helpful for reviewing webinars or catching up on missed events. As always, ANJEC is happy to assist you in your work, email us at info@anjec.org anytime. Highlands Open Space Partnership Funding Program
The Highlands Open Space Partnership Funding program is a matching grant program designed to support the acquisition of property for the protection of resources within the Highlands Region, and to further the goals of landowner equity as specified in the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act of 2004 and the Highlands Regional Master Plan. The Highlands Council shall provide a maximum grant award of 50% of the total purchase price of the property. Applications are accepted at any time; there is no application deadline. More info and application package 
NJ League of Conservation Voters Environmental Policy Guide Find out how jobs, health, equity, and justice all go hand in hand with environmental issues in this new policy guide Download
The Candace McKee Ashmun Memorial Fund
ANJEC has established the memorial fund to honor and celebrate our friend, colleague and mentor, Candy Ashmun. Donations to the fund will be used to support the ANJEC Open Space Stewardship Grant Program, an annual program for municipal environmental commissions to carry out local stewardship projects. Candy’s support of ANJEC’s mission and her unwavering belief in the power of the local environmental commission makes this program the ideal choice to remember her legacy for years to come. To donate to the fund: Mail a check to ANJEC, PO Box 157, Mendham NJ 07945, or click here to donate on our secure site. 
Jersey Water Works.org is live! Check out the website and get engaged with the collaborative effort to transform New Jersey’s inadequate urban water infrastructure.
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BROWNFIELDS IMPACT FUND- NJEDA
The Brownfields Impact Fund opened on January 20, 2022 The program offers loans of up to $350K with 1-2% interest and grants of up to $350K to government entities and non-profits. Learn more and prepare to apply at https://www.njeda.com/brownfieldsimpactfund. Application information can be found here 
Rutgers University Announces Updates to the NJADAPT Suite of Climate Planning Tools
NJADAPT is a suite of free web-based data visualization tools designed to connect scientific climate change data with other critical information so that residents, community leaders, state and local decision makers, businesses, and others can better understand the impacts of changing climate conditions on people, assets, and communities in New Jersey. Find the NJADAPT tools here. 
New guide for restaurants to avoid plastic pollution - Download
Environmental Film Library
ANJEC has the following films available to lend to your Environmental Commission or school:
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