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Due to ongoing work due to the PSEG gas main replacement project, vehicle access to the District office may be limited at times August 29-31.  Police  officers are onsite and will advise regarding detours and access.

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)

Two dates are offered for the 1-day seminar:

November 8th and November 29th

Click here for more information

Please click this link to download the publication from Rutgers University.

HUDSON-ESSEX-PASSAIC

SOIL CONSERVATION DISTRICT

 

NOMINATING COMMITTEE

 

Take notice that the Nominating Committee meeting of the Hudson-Essex-Passaic Soil Conservation District will be held on Tuesday, May 9th, 2017 at 12:00 noon at 80 Orchard Street, Bloomfield, NJ.  Nominations will be accepted for two qualified individuals to serve as volunteer Supervisors of the Soil Conservation District for a three year term running from 7/1/2017 to 6/30/2020.  Successful nominees will be submitted to the NJ Secretary of Agriculture for confirmation.  Each NJ Soil Conservation District is a special purpose public governmental entity with operations carried out in close coordination with the State Soil Conservation Committee, NJ Department of Agriculture.  More information may be found at www.hepsoilnj.org

 

 

Matthew J. Ward, Chairman

Journey North has an interactive website that allows contributors to report sightings of monarch butterflies. Information on other species can be reported as well. These sighting are compiled and mapped, providing a window into ecological changes over time . Graphs and resources for educators and conservationists are available.