Mission Statement
To protect and advocate for New Jersey’s Pinelands through collaborative action, research, and education.
The Pinelands Alliance was founded in 1989 to protect New Jersey’s 1.1 million-acre Pinelands National Reserve and its surrounding communities through collaborative action, research, and education. The National Reserve includes 800,000 acres of forest in one of the world’s most densely developed regions, the Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer that remains one of North America’s largest and healthiest aquifers, rare plants and animals under siege in other parts of their natural habitat, and a fascinating history embodied in the Pinelands’ ghost towns, historic villages, farms and people.
We advocate for enforcing and improving the Pinelands Protection Act and Comprehensive Management Plan as the best way to protect the Pinelands’ against sprawl, poorly-designed development and other abuses of land and water. The most important features of these laws are the setting of strict boundaries on development, the sustainable use of the aquifers, the protection of rare species habitats, and the creation of approved areas for new development that are compatible with protecting the Pinelands’ natural resources.
We provide communities with the tools and resources they need to protect nature in their backyard. We educate hundreds of teachers and thousands of New Jersey residents every year through presentations, workshops, field trips, and other special events.
We are dedicated to furthering justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in our staff and our work. Everyone should have access to recreation, clean air and water and the scenic beauty the Pinelands provides. Pinelands Alliance does not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability in its program or activities.
Read our justice, equity, diversity and inclusion vision statement.
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