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ESSEX COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION
ESSEX COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL
COMMISSION
Essex County Environmental
Center
621 Eagle Rock Ave, Roseland, NJ 07068
Phone
973-228-8776 Fax 973-228-3793 Email
tcasella@parks.essexcountynj.org
Contents
Meeting Dates
Meetings are usually second Monday of
every month at 5pm, at the new Environmental Center, 621 Eagle Rock Ave, Roseland.
Members, Town of Residence
and Professional Affiliations
Chair: Kim Thompson-Gaddy, Irvington (NJ
Environmental Federation)
Vice Chair: Kirk Barrett, South Orange (Montclair
State University Passaic River Inst.)
Louches J.H. Powell, Jr., Newark
Merwin Kinkade, Montclair (ANJEC)
Patricia Sebold
(represented by Dick Ryan), Livingston (Vice President of the Board of Chosen
Freeholders)
Teresa Doss, Glen Ridge (Louis Berger Group, Inc.)
Russell
Furnari, Montclair (PSEG)
Michelle Garcia, Newark (Ironbound Community
Corporation)
Knadya O’Kelly (East Orange Dept. of Public Works)
Staff: Tara Casella, Belleville (Essex
County Coordinator of Environmental Affairs), tcasella@parks.essexcountynj.org
Mission
Statement
The Essex County
Environmental Commission is dedicated to creating awareness, understanding and
appreciation of the environment and its relationship to Essex County residents.
Our mission is to be an exemplary environmental education source that assists
County residents in learning how to live and interact harmoniously with each
other and the natural world. The Commission will serve as a bridge for the
diverse population that lives and works in Essex County, providing information
to grassroots community groups and other stakeholders to engage them in the
environmental decision-making process and help work towards environmental
justice throughout our County.
Our mission will be accomplished
by:
Disseminating information about
environmental education opportunities for all constituents of the County,
using the natural habitats surrounding the Essex County Environmental Center
as a learning center and natural laboratory, and exploring the relationships
between the natural and developed environments in Essex County
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Aiding in the building of a broad constituency for the
preservation and protection of natural lands that still exist, and creating
new green space in urban areas, within Essex County so that we may bequeath a
healthy, flourishing environment to future generations; and
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Advocating for progressive environmental policies and
practices in our homes, schools, workplaces, and political and social
institutions, that are consistent with environmentally just and sustainable
practices.
Municipalities in
Essex County with Environmental Commissions
(and contact information
where available)
Cedar Grove
Montclair
South Orange
Verona
Send an email to add your
town/city
Environmental Organizations
Active in Essex County
Send an email to add an
organization
Web Links with environmental info specific to Essex
County issues and concerns
- Essex County NJ government, http://www.essexcountynj.org/
- Natural Resource Conservation Service (erosion control permits), 15
Bloomfield Avenue
North Caldwell 07006, 973-364-0786, 973-364-0784 (fax),
hepscd@bellatlantic.net
- New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), www.state.nj.us/dep
- US Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2, http://www.epa.gov/r2
- Garden State Environews, www.gsenet.org/
- Passaic River Institute at Montclair State University, www.csam.montclair.edu/pri
- Lower Passaic remediation and restoration project, http://www.ourpassaic.org/
- US Geological Survey NJ water data, http://nj.usgs.gov/
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