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NJ Envirothon

"Salt & Fresh Water Estuaries"

2010 Poster Contest Winners

2011 Poster Contest

President's Welcome Message

Welcome to the NJACD web pages. 2011 will be a year of focus on the issues the Partnership identified as priorities at their December 2010 meeting. I expect these pages to be an important part of the information flow. We are always happy to receive comments on content and format.

The priorities identified and which are being addressed include: finalize the White Paper, develop process to provide NJDA-SSCC updates on a regular basis, reconstitute the legislative committee, continue with Supervisor training program, set regional meeting and annual conference dates/locations and reaffirm the purpose and mission of the program through the execution of an updated Partnership Agreement. In addition, a representative from SSCC, NJACD and the Employee's Association meet regularly with Secretary Fisher to stay abreast of current and emerging issues.

The New Jersey Association of Conservation Districts (NJACD) is the nonprofit organization that represents New Jersey's 15 conservation districts and the 75 men and women who serve on their governing boards. Conservation districts are local units of government established under state law to carry out natural resource management programs at the local level. Districts work with hundreds of cooperating landowners and operators to help them manage and protect land and water resources on all private lands and many public lands in the New Jersey.

NJACD 2012 Meeting Dates:

January 10 - March 12 - May 14 - July 9 - September 10 - November 13

All meeting to follow the State Soil Conservation Committee meetings in the first floor Conference Room of the Health-Agriculture Building in Trenton.

NJACD 2012 Officers

At it's 2011 Annual Meeting the following Officers were elected for 2012.
  
From Left to Right- Dennis Dougherty ( Camden Soil Conservation District) - Secretary; 
Charles Buscaglia ( Freehold Soil Conservation District) - President; 
Priscilla Hayes ( Mercer Soil Conservation District) - 1st Vice President; 
Louise Davis ( Morris Soil Conservation District) - Past President; 
Mario Tridente ( HEP Soil Conservation District) - Treasurer; 
Not pictured Raymond Cywinski ( Bergen Soil Conservation District) - 2nd Vice President.   

Swearing in of new Soil District Supervisors

Left to right- Jean Reilly, Council for the SSCC doing the swearing in, Mario Tridente, HEP Soil District, Wayne Van Hise, Freehold Soil District, Marc Slaff, Morris Soil District and William Pollock, Ocean Soil District.

At the July 11, 2011 State Soil Conservation Committee (SSCC) meeting four Soil District Supervisors were sworn in. Each Soil District is governed by a five member volunteer Board. Members are recommended by local nominating committees and ratified by the SSCC.

Over 3000 people viewed the Soil Tunnel at Rutger's Day.

Soil Tunnel - with a grant from NRCS, the Soil Tunnel was developed in 2007, as an educational tool to bring greater understanding and appreciation of the complexity and importance of soil. The tunnel is available through the local Soil Districts. Each year it is requested approximately 30 times for county fairs, environmental events etc. Thousands of people have viewed it, including over three thousand at this year's Rutger's Day.

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New Jersey Poster Contest 2010

Grand Champion Winner = Cynthia Chen