New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
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Protecting New Jersey's air, land and water and managing the Garden State's natural lands, wildlife and parks.
DEP’s 2025 Year in Review: 🐾 Habitat Recovery & Wildlife Protection
From the skies above to the waters below, 2025 was a transformative year for New Jersey’s wildlife! (1/4)
From the skies above to the waters below, 2025 was a transformative year for New Jersey’s wildlife! (1/4)
December 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
DEP’s 2025 Year in Review: 🐾 Habitat Recovery & Wildlife Protection
From the skies above to the waters below, 2025 was a transformative year for New Jersey’s wildlife! (1/4)
From the skies above to the waters below, 2025 was a transformative year for New Jersey’s wildlife! (1/4)
The NJ Coastal Management Program (CMP) has released the Draft NJ CMP 309 Assessment & 5-Year Strategy document and is looking for public comment.
For more information on the 309 Assessment and Strategy and to view the Draft Document visit: dep.nj.gov/309/
For more information on the 309 Assessment and Strategy and to view the Draft Document visit: dep.nj.gov/309/
December 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The NJ Coastal Management Program (CMP) has released the Draft NJ CMP 309 Assessment & 5-Year Strategy document and is looking for public comment.
For more information on the 309 Assessment and Strategy and to view the Draft Document visit: dep.nj.gov/309/
For more information on the 309 Assessment and Strategy and to view the Draft Document visit: dep.nj.gov/309/
Your birth month, your Wild About NJ species! 🐾✨
As we wrap up our #WildAboutNJ campaign, we’re taking a moment to celebrate the incredible wildlife that makes New Jersey such a special place.
As we wrap up our #WildAboutNJ campaign, we’re taking a moment to celebrate the incredible wildlife that makes New Jersey such a special place.
December 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Your birth month, your Wild About NJ species! 🐾✨
As we wrap up our #WildAboutNJ campaign, we’re taking a moment to celebrate the incredible wildlife that makes New Jersey such a special place.
As we wrap up our #WildAboutNJ campaign, we’re taking a moment to celebrate the incredible wildlife that makes New Jersey such a special place.
go Jersey, it's your birthday! 🥳
December 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
go Jersey, it's your birthday! 🥳
New Jersey State Parks is inviting the public to kick off a milestone 2026 by celebrating the new year and the nation’s 250th anniversary with a free, guided, First Day Hike through one of New Jersey’s state parks, forests or historic sites.
🔗News release at bit.ly/3LajToH
🔗News release at bit.ly/3LajToH
December 18, 2025 at 7:33 PM
New Jersey State Parks is inviting the public to kick off a milestone 2026 by celebrating the new year and the nation’s 250th anniversary with a free, guided, First Day Hike through one of New Jersey’s state parks, forests or historic sites.
🔗News release at bit.ly/3LajToH
🔗News release at bit.ly/3LajToH
Water is a precious resource, and a leaky faucet can waste as much as two gallons a day!
✔️Fix that faucet!
💧Conserve our water
💵Save some money
Check out dep.nj.gov/conserve-water/ for more water conservation tips.
#NewJersey #WaterConservation
✔️Fix that faucet!
💧Conserve our water
💵Save some money
Check out dep.nj.gov/conserve-water/ for more water conservation tips.
#NewJersey #WaterConservation
December 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Water is a precious resource, and a leaky faucet can waste as much as two gallons a day!
✔️Fix that faucet!
💧Conserve our water
💵Save some money
Check out dep.nj.gov/conserve-water/ for more water conservation tips.
#NewJersey #WaterConservation
✔️Fix that faucet!
💧Conserve our water
💵Save some money
Check out dep.nj.gov/conserve-water/ for more water conservation tips.
#NewJersey #WaterConservation
DEP today announced the winners of the 26th annual Governor’s Environmental Excellence Awards, New Jersey’s premier awards program that recognizes outstanding environmental achievements, programs and projects across the state.
🔗News release at bit.ly/44eLKKW
🔗News release at bit.ly/44eLKKW
December 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
DEP today announced the winners of the 26th annual Governor’s Environmental Excellence Awards, New Jersey’s premier awards program that recognizes outstanding environmental achievements, programs and projects across the state.
🔗News release at bit.ly/44eLKKW
🔗News release at bit.ly/44eLKKW
‘Tis the Season of giving! Did you overstock your shelves or just have eyes bigger than your stomach? Check out DEP’s Food Waste Reduction Map to find a place to donate surplus edible food near you: experience.arcgis.com/experience/a...
December 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
‘Tis the Season of giving! Did you overstock your shelves or just have eyes bigger than your stomach? Check out DEP’s Food Waste Reduction Map to find a place to donate surplus edible food near you: experience.arcgis.com/experience/a...
#ICYMI Yesterday, Commissioner LaTourette signed an Administrative Order authorizing the Drought Warning designation, which is the next stage of drought status after a Drought Watch and a step below a Drought Emergency, which could call for mandatory water-use restrictions. (1/3)
December 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
#ICYMI Yesterday, Commissioner LaTourette signed an Administrative Order authorizing the Drought Warning designation, which is the next stage of drought status after a Drought Watch and a step below a Drought Emergency, which could call for mandatory water-use restrictions. (1/3)
The Murphy Administration today issued a statewide water supply Drought Warning, urging residents and businesses to reduce water use as a result of persistent below-average precipitation and deteriorating water supply conditions across New Jersey.
Learn more at: dep.nj.gov/newsrel/25_0054/
Learn more at: dep.nj.gov/newsrel/25_0054/
December 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The Murphy Administration today issued a statewide water supply Drought Warning, urging residents and businesses to reduce water use as a result of persistent below-average precipitation and deteriorating water supply conditions across New Jersey.
Learn more at: dep.nj.gov/newsrel/25_0054/
Learn more at: dep.nj.gov/newsrel/25_0054/
A year of impact. A year of progress. Stay tuned as we share the moments that shaped our work in 2025.
#DEPWrapped2025
#DEPWrapped2025
December 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
A year of impact. A year of progress. Stay tuned as we share the moments that shaped our work in 2025.
#DEPWrapped2025
#DEPWrapped2025
ICYMI: Governor Murphy led a coalition of seven states to sign a petition to the U.S. EPA requesting nationwide monitoring of drinking water supplies for microplastics, with the goal of better understanding the occurrence of contamination in drinking water supplies. 💧
🔗News release - bit.ly/3Koh2bf
🔗News release - bit.ly/3Koh2bf
November 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
ICYMI: Governor Murphy led a coalition of seven states to sign a petition to the U.S. EPA requesting nationwide monitoring of drinking water supplies for microplastics, with the goal of better understanding the occurrence of contamination in drinking water supplies. 💧
🔗News release - bit.ly/3Koh2bf
🔗News release - bit.ly/3Koh2bf
Last week, the DEP community came together for our annual Veterans Appreciation Celebration, held under the theme “Celebrating and Supporting Our Veterans.”
The program featured an informative keynote from New Jersey Department of Veterans Affairs Commissioner Designate Vincent Solomeno (1/4)
The program featured an informative keynote from New Jersey Department of Veterans Affairs Commissioner Designate Vincent Solomeno (1/4)
November 25, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Last week, the DEP community came together for our annual Veterans Appreciation Celebration, held under the theme “Celebrating and Supporting Our Veterans.”
The program featured an informative keynote from New Jersey Department of Veterans Affairs Commissioner Designate Vincent Solomeno (1/4)
The program featured an informative keynote from New Jersey Department of Veterans Affairs Commissioner Designate Vincent Solomeno (1/4)
Attorney General Platkin & DEP Commissioner LaTourette announced a proposed $49.5M settlement with multiple defendants for natural resource damages & cleanup costs resulting from the discharge of hazardous chemicals into soil & groundwater in the Pohatcong Valley.
🔗 News release at bit.ly/4ppGv2T
🔗 News release at bit.ly/4ppGv2T
November 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Attorney General Platkin & DEP Commissioner LaTourette announced a proposed $49.5M settlement with multiple defendants for natural resource damages & cleanup costs resulting from the discharge of hazardous chemicals into soil & groundwater in the Pohatcong Valley.
🔗 News release at bit.ly/4ppGv2T
🔗 News release at bit.ly/4ppGv2T
Explore the CHANJ Mapping Tool! 👀🗺️
New Jersey Fish and Wildlife’s Connecting Habitat Across New Jersey (CHANJ) project is working to make our landscape and roadways easier for wildlife to move through. (1/3)
New Jersey Fish and Wildlife’s Connecting Habitat Across New Jersey (CHANJ) project is working to make our landscape and roadways easier for wildlife to move through. (1/3)
November 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Explore the CHANJ Mapping Tool! 👀🗺️
New Jersey Fish and Wildlife’s Connecting Habitat Across New Jersey (CHANJ) project is working to make our landscape and roadways easier for wildlife to move through. (1/3)
New Jersey Fish and Wildlife’s Connecting Habitat Across New Jersey (CHANJ) project is working to make our landscape and roadways easier for wildlife to move through. (1/3)
Here in our densely populated state, it has become challenging for wildlife to traverse roadways and other development. Connecting Habitat Across New Jersey (CHANJ), a project of New Jersey Fish & Wildlife, aims to make our landscape and roadways (1/3)
November 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Here in our densely populated state, it has become challenging for wildlife to traverse roadways and other development. Connecting Habitat Across New Jersey (CHANJ), a project of New Jersey Fish & Wildlife, aims to make our landscape and roadways (1/3)
The National Park Service has awarded DEP a combined $950,000 in grants to implement an interior rehabilitation project, improve educational resources and support stream and riparian restoration at the Wallace House, a Revolutionary War historic site in Somerville, Somerset County. (1/2)
November 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The National Park Service has awarded DEP a combined $950,000 in grants to implement an interior rehabilitation project, improve educational resources and support stream and riparian restoration at the Wallace House, a Revolutionary War historic site in Somerville, Somerset County. (1/2)
🌊 Big progress on the Rebuild by Design Hudson River Project!
This 48.5-foot floodgate, one of 26 that make up the project’s Resist structure, is being installed in the heart of the future Harborside Park in Hoboken. (1/2)
This 48.5-foot floodgate, one of 26 that make up the project’s Resist structure, is being installed in the heart of the future Harborside Park in Hoboken. (1/2)
November 13, 2025 at 4:04 PM
🌊 Big progress on the Rebuild by Design Hudson River Project!
This 48.5-foot floodgate, one of 26 that make up the project’s Resist structure, is being installed in the heart of the future Harborside Park in Hoboken. (1/2)
This 48.5-foot floodgate, one of 26 that make up the project’s Resist structure, is being installed in the heart of the future Harborside Park in Hoboken. (1/2)
Rutgers University just published the latest New Jersey Science and Technical Advisory Panel on Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Storms (STAP), which examines the most current science on sea-level change and changing coastal storms. (1/3)
November 12, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Rutgers University just published the latest New Jersey Science and Technical Advisory Panel on Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Storms (STAP), which examines the most current science on sea-level change and changing coastal storms. (1/3)
Make every drop count! 💧 Take these small actions to have a big impact on water conservation:
🌱 Avoid over-fertilizing lawns
🌿 Convert a percentage of your lawn back to nature and plant native plants
🌧️ Buy/build and install a rain barrel
🔗 Learn more: dep.nj.gov/drought
🌱 Avoid over-fertilizing lawns
🌿 Convert a percentage of your lawn back to nature and plant native plants
🌧️ Buy/build and install a rain barrel
🔗 Learn more: dep.nj.gov/drought
November 7, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Make every drop count! 💧 Take these small actions to have a big impact on water conservation:
🌱 Avoid over-fertilizing lawns
🌿 Convert a percentage of your lawn back to nature and plant native plants
🌧️ Buy/build and install a rain barrel
🔗 Learn more: dep.nj.gov/drought
🌱 Avoid over-fertilizing lawns
🌿 Convert a percentage of your lawn back to nature and plant native plants
🌧️ Buy/build and install a rain barrel
🔗 Learn more: dep.nj.gov/drought
NJ Attorney General Platkin & DEP Commissioner LaTourette announced five new environmental enforcement actions in communities considered overburdened under NJ's Environmental Justice Law & the settlement of two previous environmental justice lawsuits. The cases involve gasoline contamination. (1/2)
November 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
NJ Attorney General Platkin & DEP Commissioner LaTourette announced five new environmental enforcement actions in communities considered overburdened under NJ's Environmental Justice Law & the settlement of two previous environmental justice lawsuits. The cases involve gasoline contamination. (1/2)
Today is One Health Day in NJ!
This international awareness campaign — observed annually on Nov. 3 — raises awareness regarding One Health, an approach that recognizes the interconnectedness of human, animal, plant and environmental health while promoting collaboration to address these issues. 🤝❤️🌱
This international awareness campaign — observed annually on Nov. 3 — raises awareness regarding One Health, an approach that recognizes the interconnectedness of human, animal, plant and environmental health while promoting collaboration to address these issues. 🤝❤️🌱
November 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Today is One Health Day in NJ!
This international awareness campaign — observed annually on Nov. 3 — raises awareness regarding One Health, an approach that recognizes the interconnectedness of human, animal, plant and environmental health while promoting collaboration to address these issues. 🤝❤️🌱
This international awareness campaign — observed annually on Nov. 3 — raises awareness regarding One Health, an approach that recognizes the interconnectedness of human, animal, plant and environmental health while promoting collaboration to address these issues. 🤝❤️🌱
The Murphy Administration today announced that it is accepting applications for park development and open space preservation projects through DEP’s Green Acres Program. 🌳
🔗News release at bit.ly/3LheqfG (1/3)
🔗News release at bit.ly/3LheqfG (1/3)
October 31, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The Murphy Administration today announced that it is accepting applications for park development and open space preservation projects through DEP’s Green Acres Program. 🌳
🔗News release at bit.ly/3LheqfG (1/3)
🔗News release at bit.ly/3LheqfG (1/3)
Nearly $8 million in Water Quality Restoration grants has been awarded to local municipalities, nonprofit groups and academic institutions to fund projects that enhance water quality in surface waters across the state.
🔗News release at bit.ly/4oQXVp7 (1/3)
🔗News release at bit.ly/4oQXVp7 (1/3)
October 30, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Nearly $8 million in Water Quality Restoration grants has been awarded to local municipalities, nonprofit groups and academic institutions to fund projects that enhance water quality in surface waters across the state.
🔗News release at bit.ly/4oQXVp7 (1/3)
🔗News release at bit.ly/4oQXVp7 (1/3)
Governor Murphy proclaimed November 3, 2025 as One Health Day in New Jersey, recognizing the interconnectedness of human, animal, plant, and environmental health, and promoting collaboration to address these interdisciplinary issues.
🔗News release at bit.ly/3X1oRX5 (1/2)
🔗News release at bit.ly/3X1oRX5 (1/2)
October 30, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Governor Murphy proclaimed November 3, 2025 as One Health Day in New Jersey, recognizing the interconnectedness of human, animal, plant, and environmental health, and promoting collaboration to address these interdisciplinary issues.
🔗News release at bit.ly/3X1oRX5 (1/2)
🔗News release at bit.ly/3X1oRX5 (1/2)