Inside the Pinelands
Read the current issue of Inside the Pinelands
- Knowing Franklin J. Parker
- Letter from the Executive Director: Leaders of Pinelands Conservation
- James C. Rutherford Scholarship Fund Established
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Current Issues
Proposed FY 2009 Budget Would Harm the Pinelands
PPA suggests changes to Pinelands Commission and State Park Service budgets. Read the Press Release and Pinelands Watch.
Proposed Affordable Housing Rules Threaten To Worsen Sprawl
PPA's comments on proposed new COAH regulations. PPA's comments.
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New Pinelands Heritage Series!
Twelve public lectures and field trips on the fascinating history and culture of the Pinelands.
Everything from pirates to ghost towns to blueberries and Lenape lifestyles, and much more.
Running May to November, 2008.
Free, but registration is required.
Click here for details and datea or here for an Acrobat (.pdf) brochure.
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Recent Action Alerts
Garden State Parkway Widening: Information on the proposed widening and issues it raises
Jackson Planning Board Denies Applications: Possible Northern Pine Snake habitat? - PW43
Expanding Our Appreciation and Understanding of Pinelands Natural History - Special Issue 11
Sustainable Development in the Pinelands - PW36
View all alerts.
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State of the Pinelands
Pinelands Preservation Alliance issues first annual State of the Pinelands Report in June 2007, grading government's efforts to preserve the Pinelands
- Read the report (.pdf)
- Pinelands Watch about the report (.pdf)
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Special Pinelands Plants Course 2008
Join Russell Juelg and experts in Pine Barrens botany and restoration for classroom and field programs on the region's rare flora.
Click here for more information, schedule, and registration information.
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Reports and Information
Rare Plant Protection: Read PPA's draft petition asking the Pinelands Commission to expand its list of protected species.
Pesticides White Paper: Learn what pesticides are being used and what scientistts are learning about their impacts on the environment and human health.
Resource for farmers interested in getting financial grants that help them protect water quality.
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Visit the Pinelands Visitors Center at Pinelands Preservation Alliance Headquarters
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Pinelands Adventures
Explore the Pinelands with PPA's Pinelands Adventures:
Click here for the spring-summer 2008 schedule
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