Our quality of life in New Jersey is intrinsically tied to our state’s rich natural resources. Whether casting a fishing line into a clear stream or having access to clean and plentiful drinking water, our environment provides us the basic requisites of life which can not be taken for granted.

When pollution injures or destroys our natural resources, we are deprived of so very much. President Theodore Roosevelt once said, “the nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased; and not impaired in value.”

The DEP is committed to restoring injured or lost natural resources through its Office of Natural Resources Restoration. Access the links on the left to learn more about this important program and how it works to improve our quality of life.