≡NJACD
The purpose of the NJ Association of Conservation Districts is to conduct educational, scientific and charitable work concerning the conservation, maintenance, improvement, development and use of land, soil, water, trees, vegetation, fish and wildlife, open space and other renewable natural resources.​

Scholarship Recipients

Cristina Czochanski
​2022 NJACD Memorial Conservation Scholarship

Cristina Czochanski is studying Environmental Science and Policy with a concentration in Marine and Coastal Management and a minor in Meteorology at the University of Maryland. She is president of Sustainable Ocean Alliance, an ocean conservation club, where she organizes weekly educational events and litter clean-ups. She is also an Outdoor Trip Leader and Project Assistant for Sustainable Maryland, a community sustainability certification modeled off Sustainable Jersey which she previously worked with at the NJDEP.
Zachary A. Zentz
​2021 NJACD Memorial Conservation Scholarship

Zachary Zentz, part of a team at Rutgers University researching the mechanisms behind the striking blue patterns found on the Eastern Fence lizard (Sceloporus undulatus) and is dedicated to the conservation and preservation of the New Jersey Pine Barrens.
Ashley Fallone
​2020 Memorial Conservation Scholarship Recipient
Ashley Fallone, pictured at Dingmans Falls in Dingmans Falls, PA, originally planned to do research in Florida for a National Science Foundation REU site called “Understanding Coastal Ecosystems – From the Everglades to the Coral Reefs” for 10 weeks. Unfortunately, due to COVID-19, this ended up being cancelled. The scholarship will help fund her last year at Rutgers University and eases the financial burden of college for her and her family.
Renee Parisi
​2017 Memorial Conservation Scholarship Recipient
Tony DiLodovico, NJACD President, presents Renee Parisi with a $1,500 Memorial Conservation Scholarship check on behalf of the NJ Association of Conservation Districts. Ms. Parisi is majoring in Environmental Science with a minor in Hydrology and Soils Concentration at Stockton University's School of Natural Sciences & Mathematics.
Kristen Johnson
2016 Memorial Conservation Scholarship Recipient
NJACD officers award a $1,500 Memorial Conservation Scholarship to Kristen Johnson of Speedwell, NJ. Ms. Johnson is majoring in Environmental Policy, Institutions and Behavior with a minor in Public Health at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ.
Pictured left to right: Ray Cywinski, President; Kristen Johnson, recipient; Tony DiLodovico, 1st Vice President; and Dennis Dougherty, Treasurer
Angela Monaghan
2015 Memorial Conservation Scholarship Recipient
"I have applied to many scholarships... but no other donor's purpose statement resonated with me as much as the NJACD's. To know there is a local group that focuses on education & scientific research while raising awareness and working on the management of natural resources in the state is reassuring... As an Officer of the Rutgers Naturalist Club, my fellow club members and I also strive to educate and encourage interest in the natural world... since we believe global change starts at the local level."