Planning Office Presentations
Pinelands Training Session 2024
Regulatory Programs Office Presentations
Science Office Presentations
Business Office Presentations
Long-Term Economic Monitoring Program Presentations
Pinelands Speaker Series Webinars (Videos)
Pinelands Orientation for Newly Elected Officials
Pinelands Development Credit Program Presentations
Plan Review Presentations
Guest Presentations
Pinelands Research Series Presentations
Executive Office Presentations
April 11, 2025: Proposed Amendments to the Pinelands Comprehensive Management Plan
March 14, 2025: Presentation on the Pinelands Commission's 2024 Annual Report
October 11, 2024: Pinelands Development Credit Bank Fiscal Year 2024 Annual Report
May 31, 2024: OPRA and Recent Legislative Amendments (s2930)
April 12, 2024: Update on Memoranda of Agreement -- Accessible Trails
March 8, 2024: Presentation on the Commission's 2023 Annual Report
January 12, 2024: Memorandum of Agreement - Improvements at Pemberton Lake Trail
January 12, 2024: NJ Board of Public Utilities Dual-Use Solar Pilot Program
November 29, 2023: CMP Amendment Proposal
November 29, 2023: Pemberton Lake Trails MOA
March 10, 2023: Presentation Highlighting the Commission's 2022 Annual Report
June 14, 2022: Development Application & Fee Projections
March 11, 2022: Presentation Highlighting the Commission's 2021 Annual Report
May 10, 2019 Presentation Highlighting the Commission's 2018 Annual Report
Planning Office Presentations
March 28, 2025: New Jersey Interagency Council on Climate Resilience 2024 Annual Report Summary
February 28, 2025: 4th Round Affordable Housing Update
January 31, 2025: Preliminary State Plan
January 31, 2025: Local Conformance Year in Review 2024
November 22, 2024: Off-Road Vehicle Ordinances in the Pinelands
October 25, 2024: Pinelands Conservation Fund Land Acquisition Program
October 25, 2024: NJREAL Rules - Coastal Zone Management
October 11, 2024: Permanent Land Protection Fiscal Year 2024 Annual Update
July 26, 2024: Fiscal Year 2025 Policy & Implementation Committee Potential Initiatives
July 26, 2024: Fiscal Year 2024 Policy & Implementation Committee Accomplishments
July 26, 2024: NJPACT Draft Rule Amendments
July 12, 2024: Long Term Economic Monitoring Report (2018-2022)
May 31, 2024: Long Term Economic Monitoring Work Plan
May 31, 2024: Overview of the NJDEP Model Tree Removal/Replacement Ordinance
February 23, 2024: Pinelands Conservation Fund Priorities, Funding & Schedule
February 14, 2024: Pinelands Management Area Boundary Assessment for Climate Risks
January 26, 2024: Local Conformance Year in Review 2023
October 27, 2023: Permanent Land Protection & Pinelands Conservation Fund Priorities Update
October 13, 2023 Permanent Land Protection Update
September 29, 2023: Fees and Expiration Dates - Draft CMP Amendments
August 25, 2023: Policy & Implementation Committee Fiscal Year 2024 Work Plan
August 25 2023: Policy & Implementation Committee Work Plan Update for Fiscal Year 2023
August 25, 2023: Garden State Parkway Interchange 44 Extension of Time to Acquire Remaining Acreage
August 25, 2023: Water Management Rule Adoption Comments
May 26, 2023: Presentation on Long Term Economic Projects Funded by the National Park Service
April 28, 2023: Black Run Proposal Discussion
April 19, 2023: Pinelands Management Area Boundary Assessment for Climate Risks
April 19, 2023: Climate Committee Update: State and Office Initiatives
March 31, 2023: Rule Package #1 Update
February 24, 2023: Process for An Intergovernmental Memorandum of Agreement
February 24, 2023: Pinelands Commission Landfill Closure Assessment Program
February 15, 2023: 2023 Statewide Water Supply Plan
February 10, 2023: Water Management Rule Proposal: Comments, Revisions and Timeline
January 27, 2023: Lake Lenape Park MOA Amendment - Western Shoreline
January 27, 2023: Water Management Rule (Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer) Update
January 27, 2023: NJ Pinelands Commission Alternate Design Treatment Systems Pilot Program
October 14, 2022: 2022 Permanent Land Protection Update
September 30, 2022: Recommended CMP Amendments to Codify the Electric Transmission ROW Vegetation Management Requirements
September 30, 2022: Statewide Resilience Actions Plans (Pinelands Climate Committee)
September 30, 2022: Commissioner Lohbauer's CMP Amendment Recommendations (Pinelands Climate Committee)
September 30, 2022: No Net Loss Compensatory Reforestation Act (Pinelands Climate Committee)
July 29, 2022: Climate Committee FY23 Work Plan
May 27, 2022: Stockton University Facilities Master Plan
May 27, 2022: Rulemaking Petitions
April 29, 2022: CMP Amendment Priorities
March 25, 2022 - Kirkwood-Cohansey Aquifer (Draft Rule Amendments)
November 19, 2021 - CMP Amendments: Priorities
November 19, 2021 - Overburdened Communities Within the Pinelands
October 29, 2021 - Rulemaking Priorities
October 29, 2021 - Stormwater Management in the Pinelands Area, Comments on Rule Proposal
October 29, 2021 - Recommended CMP Amendments to Codify the Electric Transmission ROW Vegetation Maintenance Pilot Program
September 24, 2021 - State Cannabis Rules and Pinelands CMP
September 10, 2021 - Permanent Land Protection Update
April 30, 2021 - Pinelands Conservation Fund - Deed of Conservation
March 26, 2021 - Stormwater Management Updated Draft Amendments
March 26, 2021: Pinelands Conservation Fund Update
March 17, 2021: Pinelands Conservation Fund -- Permanent Land Protection Update
February 26, 2021: Redevelopment in the Pinelands
February 26, 2021: Stormwater Management in the Pinelands Area: Rule Proposal
January 20, 2021: Estimating Risk of Flooding from Sea Level Rise
January 20, 2021: Solar Energy Facilities in the Pinelands Area
October 9, 2020: Permanent Land Protection - Annual Update on Pinelands Programs
September 28, 2020: Fee Projection Presentation to the Pinelands Commission's Personnel & Budget Committee
September 25, 2020: Proposal to Amend the Comprehensive Management Plan in Response to the NJDEP's Recent Stormwater Rule Adoption
September 25, 2020: Monroe Township Utilities Authority Monitoring Agreement
May 29, 2020 Stormwater Management in New Jersey Pinelands
April 24, 2020 Interchange 44 - Extension of Secondary Impact Agreement
April 24, 2020 Proposed CMP Amendment: Coordinating Permitting Provisions
February 28, 2020 Presentation on Draft Septic Rules
January 24, 2020 Alternate Design Wastewater Treatment Systems Pilot Program Recommendations
January 24, 2020 Rulemaking Priorities Update
October 11, 2019 Permanent Land Protection: Annual Update on Pinelands Programs 2019
September 27, 2019 Pinelands Acquisition Program Section 502
August 23, 2019 Pinelands Infrastructure Trust Fund - Recommendation for Projects & Funding
August 23, 2019 - Atlantic County Park at Lake Lenape - Memorandum of Agreement
July 26, 2019 - Solar Energy Facilities in the Pinelands Area
June 28, 2019 - Kirkwood - Cohansey Draft Rule Update
May 31, 2019 - Proposed CMP Amendments
May 31, 2019 - Pinelands Conservation Fund - Land Acquisition Program
May 31, 2019 - Cluster Development in Pinelands Rurual Development and Forest Areas
May 23, 2019 - Potential Impacts of Climate Change on the New Jersey Pinelands
January 11, 2019 Presentation to the Commission on Buena Borough Water Pollution Control Plant
January 11, 2019 Presentation on the Buena Borough Municipal Utilities Authority Water Pollution Control Plant
November 30, 2018 Pinelands Conservation Fund Land Acquisition Program
November 30, 2018 Ongoing Long-Term Economic Monitoring (LTEM) Re-Evaluation
October 12, 2018 Annual Update on Permanent Land Protection in the Pinelands
July 27, 2018 Pinelands Infrastructure Trust Fund (PITF) Review and Next Steps
July 27, 2018 Update on Memorandum of Agreement for Atlantic City Airport
May 18, 2018 Pinelands Long-Term Economic Monitoring Program
April 27, 2018 Route 73 Proposed Rezoning
April 27, 2018 Pinelands Conservation Fund Land Acquisition Program
April 13, 2018 Presentation on Conformance
March 23, 2018 Affordable Housing Update
March 23, 2018 Affordable Housing Summary
November 17, 2017 Proposed CMP Amendments
November 17, 2017 First Amendment to the Winslow-CCMUA MOU
October 24, 2017 Great Egg Harbor River MOU
September 29, 2017 Draft State Water Supply Plan
July 14, 2017 Presentation on Proposed CMP Amendments
June 30, 2017 Ocean County's Amendment to the Public Safety Tower Plan
June 30, 2017 Presentation on the Pinelands Conservation Fund
April 28, 2017 Local Communications Facilities & The CMP
March 24, 2017 Presentation on the Pinelands Conservation Fund
January 25, 2017 Screening Level Assessment of Pinelands Area Landfills
October 25, 2016 Haines Boulevard Redevelopment Plan
October 25, 2016 Water Supply Issues: Haines Boulevard Redevelopment Plan
October 14, 2016 Presentation on Disturbed Sites in Wharton State Forest
September 9, 2016 Annual Update on Permanent Land Protection in the Pinelands
August 26, 2016 Presentation on Kirkwood-Cohansey Water Management
August 26, 2016 Presentation on the Alternate Design Treatment Systems Pilot Program
July 29, 2016 Presentation on the Black Run Rule Proposal
July 29, 2016 Presentation on Proposed CMP Amendments
June 24, 2016 Presentation on the Black Run Rule Proposal
June 24, 2016 Presentation on Sign Regulations in the Pinelands
June 24, 2016 Presentation on the Pinelands Conservation Fund
March 24, 2016 Presentation on Sign Regulations in the Pinelands
February 26, 2016 Presentation on the Pinelands Conservation Fund
January 29, 2016 Presentation on Affordable Housing
September 11, 2015 Presentation on Permanent Land Protection in the Pinelands
June 26, 2015 Presentation on the Pinelands Conservation Fund
March 27, 2015 Presentation on the Black Run Rule Proposal
Screening-level Assessment of Uncapped Landfills in the Pinelands Area
Pinelands Brookhaven Landfill Presentation
Alternate Design Septic Systems - Annual Report September 2014
Pinelands Training Session 2024
Full Pinelands Training Session Presentation from May 15, 2024
Helpful Webpages on the Pinelands Commission's Website
Regulatory Programs Office Presentations
February 28, 2025: Administering the Threatened & Endangered Species Regulations
July 29, 2022: New Jersey Forest Stewardship Task Force
July 29, 2022: New Jersey Forest Task Force
September 24, 2021 - NJ Pinelands Electric Transmission Right-of-Way Management Plan
January 29, 2021 - 4.1 Exemption Presentation
Science Office Presentations
February 9, 2024: Science Office Research -- Annual Update
October 27, 2023: New Grant Opportunity - EPA Weland Program Development Grants
February 10, 2023: Science Office Research: Annual Update
February 11, 2022: Science Office Research
May 28, 2021 - New Grant Opportunity - EPA Wetland Program Development Grants
January 8, 2021 - Pinelands Commission Snake Research
May 31, 2019 New Grant Opportunity - EPA Wetland Program Development Grants
April 28, 2017 New Grant Opportunity - EPA Wetland Program Development Grants
Business Office Presentations
June 20, 2023: Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Update
June 20, 2023: Fee Projections for Fiscal Year 2023
February 15, 2023: Pinelands Commission: Our Internal Path to Sustainability
May 27, 2022: Commission Vehicles: Planning for the Future
Long-Term Economic Monitoring Program Presentations
July 12, 2024: Long Term Economic Monitoring Report (2018-2022)
November 30, 2018 Ongoing Long-Term Economic Monitoring (LTEM) Re-Evaluation
May 18, 2018 Pinelands Long-Term Economic Monitoring Program
June 10, 2016 Presentation on the Long-Term Economic Monitoring Program (2015 Annual Report)
June 12, 2015 presentation on the Long-Term Economic Monitoring Program (2014 Annual Report)
Pinelands Speaker Series Webinars (Videos)
2022:
January 20, 2022: Winter Breeding in Birds of Prey
February 10, 2022: Stormwater Management in the New Jersey Pinelands - A Review of Recent Amendments to the Pinelands Comprehensive Management Plan - PDF version of the presentation
March 10, 2022: Spongy Moth Caterpillar
April 14, 2022: Communication in Nature Part 2: Amphibians, Insects, and Mammals
May 20, 2022: Live Musical Performance by Pat Seiler
June 09, 2022: Communication in Nature Part 3: Plants
August 17, 2022: Close Encounters of the Bird Kind
October 06, 2022: Fungal Biodiversity and Functions in the Pine Barrens Ecosystem
November 10, 2022: Invasive Species Threats, Identification and Control PDF version of the presentation
2021:
January 7, 2021: Sustainable Landscaping for Butterflies, Resource Documents: Pollinator Plant List, Butterfly Host Plants
January 14, 2021: Roundtable Reflection on the 40th Anniversary of the Pinelands Comprehensive Management Plan
January 21, 2021: Through Elizabeth's Eyes: Newly Digitized Photos Taken by Elizabeth Coleman White
January 28, 2021: Pine Barrens Weather and Its Effect on NJ's Microclimate
February 4, 2021: Expanding Biodiversity - Attracting Birds to Your Jersey-Friendly Yard
February 11, 2021: The Pinelands Jetport and other Pinelands Dreams
February 18, 2021: Birding the Pine Barrens
February 25, 2021: Moths of the Atlantic Coastal Plain Region
March 11, 2021: A Tale of Two Pine Barrens
March 25, 2021: Todays's Ecological Forestry
April 1, 2021: Maple Syrup Production in Southern New Jersey: Challenges, Lessons and Paths Forward
April 8, 2021: Weather in the Pinelands
April 15, 2021: Underwater Natural History of the Mullica Valley
April 24, 2021: 32nd Annual Pinelands Short Course Panel Discussion
May 6, 2021: Landscape History of South Jersey Rivers
May 13, 2021: Tunes and Tales by Valerie Vaughn
May 20, 2021: A Local History of Tuckerton
June 3, 2021: Dragonflies and Damselflies
June 10, 2021: Coastal Flooding Impacts, Risk, and Communication
June 17, 2021: NJForestAdapt: A Place-based WebGIS Decision Support Tool to promote climate resilient forests
July 1, 2021: The Civilian Experience of the American Revolution in South Jersey
July 30, 2021: Barnegat Bay: Where Pine Barrens Rivers Meet the Sea
Auugust 26, 2021: The Secret World of Plants & Pollinators
September 16, 2021: Rare Bats in the Pinelands
October 21, 2021: Cranberries! History of Cultivation, Harvest Highlights and Health Benefits
October 28, 2021: Eww, Gross. Tell Me More
November 18, 2021: How Do You Grow a Rain Garden - (presenation PDF.)
2020:
June 4, 2020: Unique Plants and Wildflowers of Barrens and Bogs
June 11, 2020: Pinelands Weather and Climate: Past, Present and Future
June 18, 2020: Native of Alien: Plants and Fungi
June 25, 2020: Bog Gardening in the Barrens
July 2, 2020: Lichen the Fungus Among Us
July 9, 2020: Pinelands History
July 16, 2020: Plants of the New Jersey Pine Barrens
July 23, 2020: Combating Climate Change with a Jersey-Friendly Yard
July 30, 2020: His Majesty's Infernal Nuisance: The Colonial Privateers of the Mullica
August 6, 2020: What Does Climate Change Mean for Amphibians in New Jersey?
August 13, 2020: Potential Impacts of Climate Change on the New Jersey Pinelands
August 20, 2020: Municipal Activities to Protect Drinking Water
August 27, 2020: How Do You Grow a Rain Garden?
September 3, 2020: Forgotten Towns of the Pine Barrens
September 10, 2020: Exploring the Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve
September 17, 2020: Who 'Really' Discovered America?
September 24, 2020: What's in a Name? Names from Nature
October 1, 2020: Serendipity: John McPhee's The Pine Barrens
October 8, 2020: The Legendary Still Family of New Jersey
October 15, 2020: Blueberries and Cranberries: The Latest Research on the Healthy Berries Grown in the Pinelands
October 22, 2020: Virtual Hike of the Batona Trail
October 29, 2020: Nocturnal Food Webs
November 5, 2020: Connecting Past to Present: Preserving the South Jersey Glass Tradition
November 12, 2020: Tiger Beetles as a Model for Biodiversity Science
November 19, 2020: The Spotted Lanternfly
Pinelands Orientation for Newly Elected Officials
2022:
Pinelands Overview & Quiz: Presentation, Video
CMP: The Local Conformance Process: Presentation, Video
Regulatory Programs: Presentation, Video
2021:
Pinelands Overview: Presentation, Video
Conformance in the New Jersey Pinelands: Presentation, Video
Regulatory Programs: Presentation, Video
Stormwater Management in the New Jersey Pinelands (Proposed Rule Amendments): Presentation, Video
Pinelands Development Credit Program Presentations
October 13, 2023 Presentation on the 2023 PDC Bank Annual Report
October 14, 2022: Pinelands Development Credit Program Annual Report
December 6, 2018 Presentation to Green Acres Appraisers
December 2, 2016 PDC Presentation to Agriculture Committee
October 25, 2016 Presentation on Pinelands Development Credits - Update
July 29, 2016 Presentation on Pinelands Development Credits Enhancements: Update
April 22, 2016 PDC Presentation
February 26, 2016 Presentation on Proposed PDC Enhancements
Pinelands Development Credit Bank - Functions and Resources
An Overview of the Pinelands Development Credit Program - October 2014
Plan Review Presentations
Plan Review Update - March 23, 2018
Plan Review Recommendations - January 29, 2016
The Fourth Progress Report on Plan Implementation - October 10, 2014
Guest Presentations
July 19, 2023: Presentation by Lightstar on Agrivoltaics for New Jersey Pinelands Farmers
July 19, 2023: Board of Public Utilities Presentation on the Dual-Use Solar Energy Program
July 14, 2023: Stafford Township Presentation on Forecastle Basin/Lake Accessibility (Pinelands Commission Meeting)
May 26, 2023: Stafford Township Presentation on Forecastle Basin/Lake Accessibility
March 21, 2023: Fenwick Manor - Historic Preservation Plan
February 24, 2023: Pemberton Lake Accessible Trail (Presented by the Pinelands Preservation Alliance and Pemberton Township)
November 10, 2022: Point and non-point sources of endocrine disrupting compounds and their potential effects on fish and frogs in the New Jersey Pinelands
September 27, 2022: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection: Stormwater Management Permits: MS4 Tier A Permit Renewal and Tier B Reassignments
May 27, 2022 - Stockton University: Pinelands Commission's P&I Comittee Presentation of the 2020 Masterplan Update
July 30, 2021 - Directional Drilling Draft Rules - New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
July 14, 2021 - Forest Carbon and Climate Information - New Jersey Forest Service
April 30, 2021 - Grassland Conservation and Management Area Relocation - AEOCM
March 17, 2021 Presentation on Climate Change, Fire and Forestry -- Leslie Jones Sauer
March 17, 2021 Presentation on Forest Stewardship by the New Jersey Audubon Society -- John Cecil, Vice President for Stewardship
October 7, 2020 Presentation on NJPACT & NJDEP's Land Resource Protection Rules -- Vince Mazzei, P.E.
May 29, 2020 Stormwater Management Rules - Gabriel Mahon (NJDEP)
February 28, 2020 Presentation on Soil Protection Standards - Jeffrey Everett (SADC)
Video: November 14, 2019 Presentation on "Combating Climate Change with a Jersey-Friendly Yard"
November 8, 2019 Presentation on Climate Projections and Potential Actions -- Michael B. Gerrard
Pinelands Research Series Presentations
David Velinsky: Tidal Marshes of Barnegat Bay: Nutrient History and Ecosystem Services
Gary Taghon: Benthic Invertebrate Community Composition and Sediment Properties in Barnegat Bay, 1965 to 2014
Henry John-Alder: Testosterone, Growth, and Body Size in Eastern Fence Lizards: It's Not What You Think
Vicki Blazer: Evidence for estrogenic endocrine disruption in bass throughout the northeastern USA
Andrew Burnett: The Coyote in New Jersey
Brian Henning: Development of a Headwaters Index of Biotic Integrity (HBI) for high-gradient streams in New Jersey
William Zipse: Modeling and Data Mining Concepts Applied to Forest Resource Management
Jeremy Feinberg: An Unexpected Journey: Anuran Decline Research and the Incidental Discovery of a New Species in the Urban Northeast and Mid-Atlantic US
David A. Robinson: Exploring NJ Climate Variability and Change
Natalie Howe: Soil Lichens of the NJ Pinelands
Lance Risley: Bat Ecology in the Pinelands with a Focus on the Newly-listed Northern Long-eared Bat, Myotis septentionalis
Lauretta Bushar: Physiographic and Anthropogenic Influences on the Genetic Structure of Timber Rattlesnake Populations
Nicholi Vorsa: Cranberry Domestication and Challenges of the Changing Climate
Thomas Hupf: 2013 Biomonitoring of Mercury in the Absecon Creek and Atlantic City Reservoir System
Nicholas Procopio: An Overview and Evaluation of Water-quality Parameters Collected Under NJ's Private Well Testing Act
Peter Oudemans - Plant diseases in cultivated native habitats of the New Jersey Pine Barrens
Matt Ayres - Ecology of the Southern Pine Beetle, a Smokeless Wildfire in the Pinelands
Henry John Alder - Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology of Sexual Dimorphism in Body Size in Eastern Fence Lizards (Sceloporus undulatus)
Ken Clark - Effects of Invasive Insects and Fire on Carbon and Hydrologic Cycling in the New Jersey Pinelands
Dennis Gray - Prescribed Fire and Soil Disturbance Effects on Aboveground and Belowground Processes in the NJ Pinelands
Carissa Aoki: Forest Susceptibility to Southern Pine Beetle in the New Jersey Pinelands
Christine Wieben: Nitrogen and phosphorus in the Barnegat Bay-Little Egg Harbor Watershed: Sources and loads
Pamela Reilly: From soils to streams: Characterizing arsenic sources and mobility through Coastal Plain watersheds
Russell Burke: Lizards, ticks and Borrelia: Why a herpetologist is studying Lyme disease
Mackenzie Hall: Bats of New Jersey: Population Trends in a Post-white-nose World
John Dighton: Beneficial fungi in the forest and impacts of pollution
Daryll Pope: Simulation of baseflow depletion under three groundwater scenarios in the Great Egg Harbor and Mullica River Basins, New Jersey
Sarah Smith: If you build it they will come: Dispersal capabilities of soil fauna
John Vile - The NJ Inner Coastal Plain Fish IBI
Dean Bryson - Development and Application of a Benthic Macroinvertebrate Index for Pinelands Rivers and Streams
Gerry Moore - Taxonomically challenging plant groups in the Pinelands
Pinelands Commission
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