Technical Assistance Directory
Construction
AMERICAN LITTORAL SOCIETY
- Specialty service provider for nature-based services, allowing municipalities to partner with us for efficiency and lower costs.
- Promotes the study and conservation of marine ecosystems through advocacy, conservation, and education, and empowers citizens with knowledge and tools to take ownership and become committed coastal stewards.
- Assistance includes: Planning, permitting, and implementation of habitat restoration projects; Technical support; Restoration oversight; Logistical planning; Design support; Ecological expert advice and guidance; EFH; Adaptive management; Monitoring plan development and implementation.
Contact
Tim Dillingham
Capt. Alek Modjeski
732-291-0055
Region(s) Served
Statewide
Resources
- Coastal Restoration Toolkit
- Restoring the Bayshore
- Wreck Pond
- Bayside Beach Club and Forked River Beach Living Shoreline Project
- Slade Dale Living Shoreline Project
- We Restore - What We Do
FEMA REGION II
- Assistance to communities to become more resilient, be better prepared, advance preventative mitigation, recover from disasters, and adapt to changing hazards.
- Publications to assist with planning, understanding risks, and understanding techniques to lessen losses.
- Programs that help make communities safer and rebound quicker and more completely after an event.
Contact
Deborah Costa (Preparedness)
202-257-6645
John A. Miller, P.E., CFM (Mitigation)
202-957-4171
Region(s) Served
Statewide
Resources
- Plan Ahead for Disasters | Ready.gov
- Guides to Expanding Mitigation | FEMA.gov
- Hazard Mitigation Planning | FEMA.gov
- FEMA Flood Map Service Center | Welcome!
- Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grants | FEMA.gov
- Mitigation Funding Resource Guides | FEMA.gov
- Building Science | FEMA.gov
GREENVEST, LLC
- Entrepreneurial, land-based, resilience and restoration practitioner focused on developing ecological assets.
- Delivers fixed-price, resilient, nature-based solutions through science and engineering that establishes sustainable end points to restore, maintain, and preserve ecosystem services.
- Leverages regulatory requirements to secure funding to complete meaningful restoration and water quality improvement projects.
- Elevates local communities by implementing positive and resilient environmental change that generates sustainable socio-economic benefits.
Contact
Brian Cramer
732-902-6644 x201
Region(s) Served
Statewide
NJ ASSOCIATION FOR FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT
· Promotes public awareness of proper floodplain and coastal management.
· Floodplain management education and technical assistance to professionals from across the disciplines in both the private and public sectors.
Contact
Elissa Commins
Region(s) Served
Statewide
Resources
· Policies For Advancing Floodplain Management In New Jersey
· Floodplain Management in New Jersey Quick Guide
NJ SPORTS AND EXPOSITION AUTHORITY
- The Meadowlands Research & Restoration Institute, the science division of the NJ Sports & Exposition Authority, undertakes environmental research and ecological restoration throughout the Meadowlands District.
- Resources include: Long-term databases for air, water and soil; Research to better manage our natural resources and preserve and restore our coastal, riparian, and upland natural areas.
Contact
Terry Doss
201-460-4919
Region(s) Served
The Meadowlands District
NY/NJ BAYKEEPER
- Guidance to community groups and other restoration practitioners on: Oyster reefs, aquaculture, and living shoreline project management, including planning, permitting, construction, and monitoring; Water quality monitoring; Field ecology; Project management.
- Focus on restoration techniques unique to an urban estuary.
Contact
Meredith Comi
Region(s) Served
Hudson-Raritan Estuary, Raritan Bay, Newark Bay, Hackensack and Passaic Rivers, Shrewsbury and Navesink Rivers, Northern NJ waters
PARTNERSHIP FOR THE DELAWARE ESTUARY
- Technical advising, design, and monitoring services for nature-based approaches to shoreline stabilization and ecological enhancement, including identifying site-specific issues and trajectories and developing goal-based monitoring plans to evaluate progress towards goals.
- Spatial and strategic planning tools to guide environmental conservation and restoration investments aimed at coastal wetlands, shellfish beds and submerged plant communities. Scientific datasets to understand where and how to promote key ecosystem services.
- Development of ecological development plans for habitat and community mosaics.
Contact
Joshua Moody
302-655-4990 x115
Region(s) Served
Delaware River and Bay; Atlantic coastal communities
Resources
STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
- Technical assistance on a range of coastal engineering topics including: Coastal flooding; Rip currents; Beach erosion; Living shorelines; Coastal structures; Sustainability management; Green infrastructure, and more.
Contact
Jon Miller
201-216-8591
Region(s) Served
Statewide
Resources
US FISH AND WIDLIFE SERVICE, COASTAL PROGRAM
- Works with federal, state, local, and non-governmental partners to protect and restore coastal habitats.
- Achieves voluntary habitat conservation and restoration through technical and funding assistance.
- Prioritizes creating and protecting resilient coastal habitats, facilitating and implementing ecologically-responsible shoreline protection tactics, and restoring beach and marsh habitat, benefitting fish, wildlife and communities.
Contact
Danielle McCulloch
609-833-1120
Region(s) Served
Delaware Bay, Barnegat Bay, NJ back bays
