Legislative Issues

Offshore Windmill Projects-What Are The Risks?

To combat climate change by moving our country away from dependence on fossil fuels, major offshore windmill projects are in various stages of being planned or in the process of being implemented. From Massachusetts to Virginia, approximately 2000 windmills are planned to be located off our eastern seaboard. In New Jersey, approximately 600 of them […]

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Let’s Put Up Windmills and See What Happens Next!

Let’s Put the Windmills Up and See What Happens Next! An Asbury Park Press article dated on March 28th showed a headline – New Jersey allots $3.7 Million to study offshore wind’s impact on environment.  This new award was announced by NJ Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Shawn LaTourette and New Jersey Board of Public

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900 Hundred Dead Dolphins Wash Ashore in Ukraine

900 Hundred Dead Dolphins Wash Ashore in Ukraine By John Toth Ukraine is building cases against Russia for genocide, aggression, crimes against humanity and also a new one called Ecocide. This new one is crime against Ukraine’s environment.  Since the Russian/Ukraine war began, approximately 900 dolphins have washed up dead on Ukraine’s shore line. Russian warships menacing the southern

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S 987 Lake Access Bill needs your support

Dear NJOA Members, We were informed yesterday that the Senate bill, S987, will be heard at the Senate Budget and Appropriations Meeting on Monday June 12, 2023 at 1:30 PM. This legislative bill will provide $1 million in appropriations for PUBLIC access in certain NJ lakes. We are asking members to testify in SUPPORT of this bill! If you think you can

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Support the New Jersey Comprehensive Black Bear Policy

The New Jersey Black Bear Policy has been under attack by anti-hunting forces for years.  This year’s hunt was approved as an emergency measure but we still need to adopt a Comprehensive Black Bear Management Policy to insure that the hunt continues after this year.  The state is soliciting comments on the CBBMP.  You can be sure that

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