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Rutgers Cooperative Extension has announced the opening of a new high tunnel greenhouse structure at the Passaic County Golf Course. The high tunnel was funded through a grant from the National Association of Conservation Districts under the Urban Agriculture Conservation Initiative. RCE partnered with the Hudson Essex Passaic Soil Conservation District to apply for the grant. More

Effective May 6, 2019: The HEPSCD requests 3 copies of the Soil Erosion & Sediment Control Plan and Details. A single set of civil drawings is requested for review and reference.

The NJ State Soil Conservation Committee has updated the application form to reflect the 2017 Soil Restoration Standard. Please download the most current form. Use of outdated forms may delay approvals.

The required 48-hour notice can now be provided online. Please reference your certification letter issued by the Hudson Essex Passaic Soil Conservation District  when filling out the form in order to correctly submit the ID and project name.

If you want to reach the reviewer/inspector for your specific project, please visit this page to find contact information and the list of municipalities handled by each reviewer/inspector.

Effective December 7th, 2017, any application submitted to a local Soil Conservation District for erosion and sediment control plan certification must include provisions to mitigate potential soil compaction in accordance with the revised Standards. Previously certified Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Plans, Plan eligible for recertification and minor revisions are not subject to the adopted amendments.

Please note- the testing/mitigation/inspection process will only apply to plans which have been submitted to a District on or after December 7th, 2017. Plan and inspection requirements are not retroactive to previously certified plans or plans which are in process of being reviewed by the District.

The Hudson Essex Passaic Soil Conservation District is a division of State government, organized under the New Jersey Soil Conservation Act, NJSA 4:24-1 et seq. As a public subdivision of the State all board meetings are subject to public notice and open to public attendance. As such, the Board of Supervisors meeting regularly scheduled for Thursday November 2nd, 2017, will be held at 4:00 p.m. at The Rutgers Eco-Complex, 1200 Florence-Columbus Road, Bordentown, NJ  08505-4200. The Board may enter into a closed Executive Session to discuss legal and /or other confidential matters.

Please contact the HEPSCD District Office at 862-333-4505 prior to attendance to verify the public meeting remains on the schedule.

The theme is “Watersheds: Our Water, Our Home”. Download the poster contest brochure here. The deadline for submittal to the HEPSCD is February 28, 2018 (postmarked or delivered).

The District will forward the best entry for each grade level to the state contest for competition.

Poster Evaluations National Poster Contest entries are reviewed by judges. The posters are evaluated on the following criteria:

 Conservation message (50 percent) (Poster uses correct theme)

 Visual effectiveness (30 percent)

 Originality (10 percent) and

 Universal appeal (10 percent)

 Also taken into consideration artwork is completed on poster is that of participant (unless noted on entry form)