A.
Marketing Carbon Credits:
Opportunities for Ag and Forestry
Thursday, April
30th, 5:30PM to 8PM.
Pequest
Trout Hatchery and Natural Resource Education Center Located
between Great Meadows and Buttzville on Rt. 46 approximately 8
miles west of Hackettstown (www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/peqdirct.htm)
Fee: $15.00 Topic: Agricultural
Carbon Trading
Farms and forests have a lot to contribute to New Jersey’s healthy
soils, clean water, and clean air. Cap and Trade programs offer
opportunities for agriculture to market and sell carbon
credits. North Jersey Resource Conservation and Development
(RC&D) is hosting a carbon trading workshop for forest and farm
landowners, agricultural producers, private consultants and agency
staff. If you are interested in learning more about how carbon
trading can benefit you, complete and submit the registration form
below.
Topics that will be covered in the program include an introduction
to carbon trading, an overview of the sources of greenhouse gases
from agriculture, natural resource opportunities for carbon
trading, and examples of individual experiences with carbon
trading.
The program will be held at the Pequest Trout Hatchery and Natural
Resource Education Center. Sandwiches will be served and
registration will begin at 5:30 PM with the program beginning at
6:00 PM and ending at 8:00 PM. Informational materials will be
provided.
This program is cosponsored by North Jersey RC&D, Central New York
RC&D, Inc and NESARE.
Reservations are limited to the first 100 people. Please complete
the registration form and submit with your payment by April 27th.
See attached or
Click here for
the registration form Please
feel free to contact me for more information on the program. Many
Thanks, Michelle Rollman Michelle
Rollman Administrative
Assistant North Jersey RC&D 54 Old Hwy 22, Suite
201 Clinton, NJ 08809 Phone: 908-735-0737 ext. 101 Fax:
908-735-0744
B. Plant Sale, Saturday, May 2nd, 1PM - 4PM and Sunday,
May 3rd, 1PM - 4PM. EARTH Center, Rutgers Agricultural Experiment
Station,
Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County,
42
Riva Avenue, South Brunswick, NJ. Further
information contact Mr. David T. Smela, Public Information
Assistant, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County co.middlesex.nj.us/extensionservicesn
For
more information call 732-398-5262.
C. The State of Biodiversity in The Rahway River Watershed
- Conference, Friday, May 8th, 9AM to 3:30PM.
Rahway Library, 2 City Hall Plaza, Rahway. Registration $40
includes 1 Yr membership of Rahway River Association. www.rahwayriver.org
D. 1st Annual Sustainable Raritan River Symposium -
Restoration Conference by the Raritan River Collaborative.
Heldrich Conference Center, 30 Livingston Ave. New Brunswick,
Friday, May 15th, 8AM to 5PM.
Free registration - limited space. Register early. www.blueraritan.org
Also, you may register by sending name, affiliation, address,
phone, Fax and e-mail to
raritan@rci.rutgers.edu
E.
Pinelands Preservation Alliance
is celebrating its 20th birthday all year long, and you are
invited to attend. HQ, 17 Pemberton Road, Southampton, NJ 08088
-
Special 20th Birthday Field Trips:
Join us for a series of special field trips taking place
throughout 2009. For a complete description of the following
field trips click
here. More field
trips will take place during 2009.
-
Birds
of the Barrens
Sunday,
May 17, 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Splendid Savannas Sunday, June 21, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00
p.m.
-
Registration is required and the cost is $10/person. For
more information or to register for these events, contact
Tom Dunn at (609) 859-8860 x14 or
tomdunn@pinelandsalliance.org
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For more
information about PPA's birthday/anniversary events, check
out the
20th Anniversary Page
on the PPA website.
email:ppa@pinelandsalliance.org phone:
609 859-8860 x11 www.pinelandsalliance.org |
F. New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (NEIWPCC)
20th Annual Nonpoint Source Pollution Conference,
Eastland Park Hotel, Portland, Maine.
Monday, May 18th - Wednesday, May 20th. Program
now available on-line.
Non-profit
Registration $165 before May 1st, $195 later for all three days. NEIWPCC
(Att'n Annual NPS Conference), Boott Mills South, 116 John Street,
Lowell, MA 01852-1124 Phone (978) 323-7929 Fax (978) 323-7919
e-mail
mpiazza@neiwpcc.org
www.neiwpcc.org/npsconference
G. Central Jersey Invasive Species Strike Team - Plant
Identification Workshop and Steering Committee Meeting, Wednesday,
May 20th, 9AM to 12 Noon and 1PM to 2PM. Duke Farms,
80 Route 206 South, Hillsborough, NJ For information and to
register, please contact Melissa Almendinger, at
melissa@urwa.org
H. The Sustainable Incubator at Fairleigh Dickinson
University - 2009 Green Ventures Conference "Jumpstarting the New
Green Economy". Tuesday, May 19th to Thursday, May 21st, Tuesday,
5PM onwards, Wednesday, 8AM to 8PM, Thursday, 8AM to 6PM.
285 Madison Ave., Madison, NJ More info contact Jonathan Cloud,
jcloud@fdu.edu (908)
581-8418 Registration
www.reg.nciia.org/1000175
New Jersey Issues
I. New Jersey's Clean Energy Newsletter.
Available at
www.njcleanenergy.com
J. Clean Water Action - Now Hiring. Jobs in grassroots
organizing. www.cleanwateraction.org/njef
Belmar 1002
Ocean Ave. Belmar, NJ 07719 Tel: 732-280-8988 Fax: 732-280-0371
Montclair 559
Bloomfield Ave. Montclair, NJ 07042 Tel: 973-744-3005 Fax:
973-744-3069
K.
New Jersey Water Supply Authority (NJWSA)
currently
has
an opened position as an Assistant Watershed Protection Specialist
in our
Watershed Protection Unit office in Somerville, 74 East Main
Street, Somerville, NJ 08876-2312. Please refer to
our
NJWSA website--
http://www.njwsa.org/html/employment.html
Environmental Regulatory & Advocacy Issues
L.
The Governor's Office of Volunteerism wants your opinion!
Dear Colleagues: The New Jersey Governor's Advisory Council on
Volunteerism and Community Service (GAC), in collaboration with
the New Jersey Governor's Office of Volunteerism, is interested in
your opinion on an important issue affecting us all.
Do high gasoline prices affect the ability of New Jersey's
nonprofit organizations to attract and retain volunteers?
While prices have come down of late, we think this is still an
important issue, and will be in the future. We would appreciate
it if you could take a few moments to complete our on-line survey,
which you will find at the following link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=LyrwEdtpGVmow35nMp6yHQ_3d_3d
To get the widest response from across the state, we also ask that
you forward this email to your network of associates.
If you have questions about this survey, you may contact Rowena
Madden at (609) 984-3470 or Rowena.Madden@SOS.STATE.NJ.US
Results will be communicated back to the entire New Jersey
nonprofit community. Thank you for your assistance, and for all
that you are doing to make New Jersey better. Our best wishes in
2009!
Sincerely, Jack Callahan - Chair, Governor's Advisory Council on
Volunteerism and Community Service Rowena Madden - Director,
Governor's Office of Volunteerism
PS: The link to the Survey is: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=LyrwEdtpGVmow35nMp6yHQ_3d_3d
M. Federal Stimulus Plan
Stimulus Plan Will Create Sustainable Jobs That
Will Protect Public Health
(Washington, D.C. – Feb. 19, 2009) The economic recovery plan
signed by President Obama will create 3 to 4 million quality,
sustainable jobs with many protecting our country’s public health
and our environment.
“Through the President’s stimulus package, green initiatives will
play a significant role in powering economic recovery,” said EPA
Administrator Lisa P. Jackson. “EPA’s portion of the plan will
create good, sustainable jobs that help produce cleaner drinking
water, purer air, environmentally friendly urban and rural
re-development, and reduced greenhouse gases. This is a perfect
example of economic growth and environmental protection working
hand in hand to the benefit of all Americans.”
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 specifically
includes $7.22 billion for projects and programs administered by
EPA. These programs will protect and promote both green jobs and a
healthier environment. These environmental areas include:
· Clean Water State Revolving Fund and Drinking Water State
Revolving Fund: $4 billion for assistance to help communities with
water quality and wastewater infrastructure needs and $2 billion
for drinking water infrastructure needs. A portion of the funding
will be targeted toward green infrastructure, water and energy
efficiency, and environmentally innovative projects.
· Brownfields: $100 million for competitive grants to evaluate and
clean up former industrial and commercial sites.
· Diesel Emissions Reduction: $300 million for grants and loans to
help regional, state and local governments, tribal agencies, and
non-profit organizations with projects that reduce diesel
emissions.
·Superfund Hazardous Waste Cleanup: $600 million for the cleanup
of hazardous sites.
·Leaking Underground Storage Tanks: $200 million for cleanup of
petroleum leaks from underground storage tanks.
The new law is geared for performance and unprecedented
transparency: preference will be given to projects that can be
started and completed expeditiously, and EPA intends to move
designated funds to states as quickly as possible. All funding
will be monitored by EPA’s Inspector General, which will receive
$20 million for oversight and review. Announcements of grants will
be posted on the Web to ensure transparency. The state-by-state
distributions for clean water and drinking water state revolving
funds are also available on the Web.
For new information on the state-by-state distributions for clean
water and drinking water state revolving funds:
http://www.epa.gov/recovery
