After two years of taking public input, resolutions from 11 municipalities, and 6000+ petition signatures, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has chosen to ignore us all and close 2/3 of the roads in Wharton State Forest. It’s time to take our woods back. Join the FREE WHARTON hike at Carranza Memorial on... The post DEP’s Wharton Road Closures: A Betrayal of Pine Barrens Heritage appeared first on New Jersey Project.| New Jersey Project
Imagine trying to save New Jersey from overflowing landfills by banning single-use plastic bags, only to discover that the ban actually led to more plastic. DOH! Bag Ban Concerns Back on May 4, 2022, the Democratic politicians decided to ban single-use plastic bags, expecting to reduce plastic pollution and promote environmental sustainability. This simple idea sounded decent unless...| New Jersey Project
New Jersey has dropped its education achievement score ranking to a shocking number 12, making it impossible to justify our high property taxes as a guarantee of superior K-12 education. Even though our taxes are diverted in massive amounts from the suburbs into poor districts, these funds are still failing to increase the success rate of...| New Jersey Project
