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| | NJDA Natural Resource Conservation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) |
 | | The New Jersey Department of Agriculture helps to protect and conserve the state's soil, water and related natural resources through the stewardship efforts of its natural resource conservation program. |
 | | Established by statute in 1937, SSCC membership includes the Secretary of Agriculture (chair), the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), the Director of Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE), the Dean of Cook College (Rutgers University), an appointee of the Governor and six local soil conservation district supervisors. |
 | | County-based soil surveys are prepared for virtually all open lands in the state to identify soil characteristics, capabilities and limitations for planning and managing farms and woodlands, selecting sites for roads, ponds, buildings, industry, wildlife habitat, recreational activity and most other land uses. |
| www.state.nj.us /agriculture/rural/natrsrc.htm (1378 words) |
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