To the tune of 50 acres a day, New Jersey is losing the green places in our towns that provide wildlife habitat, stop run-off pollution from flowing into our waterways and put the Garden in Garden State. Rutgers University predicts that the state will reach full “build-out”—the day we’ll run out of land—in 30 years. One of the state’s biggest developers—Bob Toll of Toll Brothers—thinks that it will occur even faster—in the next 15 years.
Outdoor recreation and green spaces are a critical part of life in New Jersey, but we are at risk of losing that because of developers.
Environment New Jersey advocates protecting farms, forests, wetlands through sustainable growth in existing communities, better transportation choices, and both public and private purchases of land and development rights.
