6th Annual Northwest New Jersey Rivers Conference
Connecting community, ecotourism and the environment |
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The Northwest New Jersey Rivers Conference returns to the Lackland Center at Centenary University in Hackettstown on Friday, October 18, 2024.
The 2024 Conference marks its 6th anniversary, as well as the 20th anniversary of both the Highlands Conservation Act and the New Jersey Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act with a central theme focused on water in all its forms. |
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This year's workshop tracks:
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- Pollution and Its costs
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Lands and Forests
- Working Together
- Unique Projects in Protection and Restoration
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| Keynote Speaker:
Jeanne Fox
Commissioner, NJDEP (retired)
Administrator, EPA Region II (retired)
President, NJ Board of Public Utilities (retired) |
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Jeanne M. Fox is an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (2014 - present). Ms. Fox is co-founder and Board member of the non-profit Center for Renewables Integration.She is also teaching a Rutgers Bloustein School graduate course “ Energy Sustainability and Policy." She served as Commissioner of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (1/02 – 9/14) and was its President and Governor’s cabinet member (1/02 – 1/10). She is the longest serving BPU President and only civil servant staffer to become a commissioner. The NJBPU has regulatory jurisdiction over telephone, electric, gas, water, wastewater and cable television companies and works to ensure that consumers have proper service at reasonable rates.
Under Ms. Fox’s leadership NJBPU became a leader among states in developing cutting edge clean energy policies, and promoting renewable energy and energy efficiency. As a result, New Jersey had been second only to California in the number of solar installations going from six PV sites in 2002 to now almost 200,000. In 2002 she commissioned the first offshore wind study done in the western hemisphere. Ms. Fox has received numerous state and national awards for her leadership.... Read More
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| Table spaces available
Are you a nonprofit, community grassroots group or government organization with a message or program to promote? Table spaces are available in limited quantities. All table spaces include attendance. For more information visit the registration page.
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