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.
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Tim Dillingham
Tim@littoralsociety.org
Capt. Alek Modjeski
Alek@littoralsociety.org
732-291-0055
Region(s) Served
Statewide
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BRS, INC. (BROWNFIELDS REDEVELOPMENT SOLUTIONS, INC.)
- Planning assistance including local land use planning; economic development assistance; brownfields management from assessment to redevelopment; and the preservation or development of community resources, including historic properties, cultural resources, parks, and open spaces.
- Sustainability and resiliency planning including risk assessment and mitigation through green infrastructure solutions to floodplain and stormwater management and resilient energy strategies.
- Funding identification, grant writing, and grant management.
- Outsourced staffing/owner’s representation, project management, community outreach.
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Carolyn Reinhardt
creinhardt@brsinc.com
856-964-6456
Region(s) Served
Statewide
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DAVEY RESOURCE GROUP
- Environmental services with an emphasis on: Natural resources analyses; Coastal resilience planning; Forest, wetland, and stream habitat restoration; Wetland and riparian zone mitigation; Living shoreline designs; Wetlands, flood hazard area, and coastal permitting; Endangered and threatened species studies and habitat management plans; Aquatic and marine surveys; Tree surveys; Invasive species management; Stormwater management and BMP inspections; Construction monitoring and permit compliance
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Damian Holynskyj
Damian.Holynskyj@davey.com
201-259-7349
Region(s) Served
Statewide
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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.
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Deborah Costa (Preparedness)
deborah.costa@fema.dhs.gov
202-257-6645
John A. Miller, P.E., CFM (Mitigation)
john.miller2@fema.dhs.gov
202-957-4171
Region(s) Served
Statewide
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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.
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Brian Cramer
brian@greenvestus.com
732-902-6644 x201
Region(s) Served
Statewide
NJ LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS
- Non-partisan, tax-deductible non-profit that protects natural resources by raising awareness of key environmental challenges and increasing the efficacy of the entire environmental community.
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Ed Potosnak
ed.potosnak@njlcv.org
609-331-9922
Region(s) Served
Statewide
NJ OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
- Coordination of FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grants.
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Christopher Testa
Christopher.Testa@njsp.org
Region(s) Served
Statewide
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NJ SEA GRANT CONSORTIUM
- Affiliation of colleges, universities, and other groups dedicated to advancing knowledge and stewardship of NJ’s marine and coastal environment.
- Mission is to promote the wise use of NJ’s marine and coastal resources through innovative research, education, and outreach programs.
- Broad spectrum of specialists and extension agents to assist communities in meeting their coastal resilience goals.
- Assistance with economic coastal resilience issues including the development of shellfish aquaculture and marine industries (marinas, bait and tackles).
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Pete Rowe
prowe@njseagrant.org
Region(s) Served
Statewide
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.
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Terry Doss
tdoss@njsea.com
201-460-4919
Region(s) Served
The Meadowlands District
NOAA NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER
- Technical advice to communities looking to build on their resiliency efforts.
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Carl Alderson
carl.alderson@noaa.gov
732-371-0848
Region(s) Served
Statewide
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NORTH JERSEY TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AUTHORITY
- Forward information to locals, state agencies and operating agencies.
- Information on climate science.
- Resources and information on electric vehicles.
- Assistance connecting to Together North Jersey initiative.
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Jennifer Fogliano
jfogliano@njtpa.org
Region(s) Served
Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union, and Warren Counties
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NY-NJ HARBOR & ESTUARY PROGRAM, HUDSON RIVER FOUNDATION
- Consultation on resiliency projects that also provide habitat or have water quality benefits.
- Assistance connecting to local stewardship groups.
- Help developing projects to monitor local streams to combat flooding issues.
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Isabelle Stinnette
istinnette@hudsonriver.org
Region(s) Served
Hudson, Raritan, and Raritan Bay watersheds
STOCKTON UNIVERSITY MARINE FIELD STATION
- Located within the Mullica River/Great Bay estuary with easy access to Barnegat Bay and Atlantic City back bays.
- Assistance with coastal projects in southern NJ through workboats, sonar equipment, and researchers with expertise in biological and oceanographic monitoring.
- Areas of expertise include: Oyster and SAV restoration, Seafloor mapping, Marine debris removal; Monitoring of benthic communities, SAV, fish, water quality, and sediment transport.
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Steve Evert
steve.evert@stockton.edu
609-652-4486
Region(s) Served
Atlantic and Ocean Counties
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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.
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Danielle McCulloch
Danielle_mcculloch@fws.gov
609-833-1120
Region(s) Served
Delaware Bay, Barnegat Bay, NJ back bays