MITIGATION FUND

The collected monetary contribution dollars are deposited into the Wetland Mitigation Fund. The Council is responsible for the management and disbursement of dollars from the Wetland Mitigation Fund to finance mitigation projects. The Council with those Funds has the power to purchase land to provide areas for enhancement or restoration of degraded freshwater wetlands, to engage in the enhancement or restoration of degraded freshwater wetlands on any public lands, including public lands other than those acquired by the Council, and to preserve freshwater wetlands and transition areas determined to be of critical importance in protecting freshwater wetlands.

**The Council has developed a guidance document for applying for money from the Council. Click Here (Pdf Format) for the Guidelines for Grant Proposals.

For further information regarding how to make a land donation, monetary contribution, a freshwater wetland mitigation bank proposal, or a request for a wetland mitigation grant please contact Jill Aspinwall, NJDEP staff to the Wetlands Mitigation Council at NJDEP, Land Use Regulation Program, P.O. Box 439, 501 East State Street, Trenton NJ 08625 or via email at Jill.Aspinwall@dep.state.nj.us or by telephone at (609) 633-6563.