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The Roosevelt City section of Manchester sits in the Pine Barrens and is bordered on one side by Warren Grove, which was the site of a very large forest fire in 2007. (Google Maps)
MANCHESTER, NJ Wildfires in the Pine Barrens are a perpetual concern, especially in the spring. For homeowners in areas surrounded by large swaths of forest, the concern can be heightened.
Manchester Township residents in the Roosevelt City section can breathe a sigh of relief, however, as a joint project by federal, state and county officials has created a 200-foot-wide, 5-mile-long fire break that now protects 4,000 residents and 1,700 homes, officials said.
Climate change is reshaping N.J. See the state’s new plan to adapt.
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For years, houses have been disappearing from the Watson-Crampton section of Woodbridge one of the most frequently flooded neighborhoods in the New Jersey.
No, the homes haven’t been washed away. They’ve been purchased by the state, as the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s Blue Acres program works to buy out flood-prone properties, demolish the houses and turns the land into an open space barrier to keep future stormwaters at bay.
More than 160 homes in Woodbridge, in this neighborhood and four others, have been bought out, torn down and are now slowly converting into parkland. Across the state, 759 such buyouts have been completed in 19 municipalities through the Blue Acres program was launched in 2013.
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Acting DEP Commissioner tours Bayonne
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From left to right: Acting NJDEP Commissioner Shawn LaTourette, Mayor James Davis, NJDEP Director of Local Government Assistance Kerry Kirk Pflugh, and NJDEP Manager of the Community Collaborative Initiative Alan Miller.
New Jersey’s Acting Commissioner of Environmental Protection, Shawn LaTourette, toured Bayonne on April 19. Mayor Davis welcomed LaTourette and staff colleagues from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP).
During a meeting at the Mayor’s Office, city officials and the NJDEP representatives discussed issues including extending the waterfront walkway around Bayonne; upgrading Bayonne’s sewer system; taking steps against flooding; redeveloping former industrial properties; and renovating additional parks. They also discussed Bayonne’s close relationship with the NJDEP under the department’s
Firm plans to bring wind power ashore in NJ
This Tuesday, April 19, 2021 photo shows the waterfront of Raritan Bay in Keyport, N.J. A Massachusetts company wants to build a high-voltage power line that would come ashore in Keyport and connect electricity from a future wind farm off the New Jersey coast to the onshore electrical grid. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry) Wayne Parry
A boat heads out into Raritan Bay in Keyport, N.J., Tuesday, with the New York City skyline on the horizon. A Massachusetts company wants to build a high-voltage power line that would come ashore in Keyport and connect electricity from a future wind farm off the New Jersey coast to the onshore electrical grid. AP PHOTO
Power from the offshore wind would be connected to the electrical grid.
Apr 21st, 2021
This Tuesday, April 19, 2021 photo shows the waterfront of Raritan Bay in Keyport, N.J. A Massachusetts company wants to build a high-voltage power line that would come ashore in Keyport and connect electricity from a future wind farm off the New Jersey coast to the onshore electrical grid.
AP Photo/Wayne Parry
KEYPORT, N.J. (AP) A Massachusetts company plans to build a high-voltage line to bring electricity from a future New Jersey offshore wind farm onto land, and connect it to the power grid.
Anbaric, of Wakefield, Massachusetts, has already obtained several permits from New Jersey environmental regulators for what it calls its Boardwalk Power Link project.