Mayor and some Town Council Members in Winslow Township are attempting to overturn the protections of the aquifer through the joining of a lawsuit against the Pinelands Commission
Development proposal would bulldoze some 778 acres and degrade the water and habitat quality of the neighboring preserve.
Awareness of the human and environmental health threats associated with artificial turf fields is growing, yet towns continue to approve new field installations.
New Jersey’s plans to develop an offshore wind industry have been put on hold, but environmental groups continue to push for 100% clean energy.
Illegal Wetlands Filling at Former Cranberry Farm in Pemberton Township
DEP has adopted a Visitor Use Map for Wharton State forest. This was a much needed action to protect natural resources and improve the visitor experience.
718 acres of undeveloped forest, known as the Pole Bridge Forest in Pemberton, were the target of an egregious ‘redevelopment’ plan.
The state of New Jersey destroyed 19 acres of mature oak forest in Glassboro Wildlife Management Area.
PPA partnered with local activists to successfully block a trash facility that was proposed to be built in an environmentally overburdened community.
PPA & Save Barnegat Bay fought for two decades against plans to build a retail plaza on pine snake habitat in Manchester/Toms River, but lost our case in 2023.
A complete Pinelands Commission is within sight!
New Jersey must pass legislation to protect its rare and endangered plant species or risk losing many of these species in the long run.
A 30-inch natural gas pipeline that cuts through the Preservation Area of the Pinelands was built despite PPA’s opposition.
PPA is actively engaged in supporting the Keep It Green campaign to ensure a stable source of funding for land conservation, farmland protection and historic preservation.
Proposed development far exceeds a 2004 settlement agreement between the developer, state, and federal government in which PPA was an intervenor.
Critical rules are now in effect, but subject to legal challenge.
A new law provides greater opportunities for prescribed burning for ecological purposes.
We need to update the ways that we manage stormwater and design our buildings to prepare for climate-driven flooding.
Illegal off-road vehicle use is causing widespread damage to critical Pinelands habitats.
Explore the Hot and Pending issues the we are working on via the map or list below.