{"id":1282,"date":"2023-12-21T16:00:16","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T21:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/blueacres\/?p=1282"},"modified":"2024-01-09T14:36:10","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T19:36:10","slug":"nj-spotlight-news-designing-the-future-of-njs-flood-prone-lands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/blueacres\/nj-spotlight-news-designing-the-future-of-njs-flood-prone-lands\/","title":{"rendered":"NJ Spotlight News: Designing the future of NJ\u2019s flood-prone lands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"entry-date\">December 21, 2023<\/span>\u00a0|\u00a0<span class=\"byline\"><a class=\"aprofile\" href=\"https:\/\/www.njspotlightnews.org\/author\/jon-hurdle\/\"><span class=\"author\">Jon Hurdle<\/span>, Contributing writer<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>NJ Spotlight News recently featured an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.njspotlightnews.org\/special-report\/designing-protections-for-flood-prone-nj-land-new-rutgers-primer\/\">article<\/a> delving into the strategies outlined in the new Rutgers&#8217; report, <a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/blueacres\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/175\/20231022_resilient_nj_primer_final_fullspreads_reduced.pdf\">&#8220;Creating Flood-Resilient Landscapes: A Primer for New Jersey Communities.&#8221;<\/a> This comprehensive guide will serve as a resource to municipalities across New Jersey to enhance their flood resilience, including lands acquired by Blue Acres. The article takes a closer look at how places like Sayreville, Woodbridge, and Lambertville are strategically planning land use and ecological restoration initiatives on Blue Acres acquired properties. These efforts play a crucial role in maximizing the potential of these lands as natural flood buffers. The intersection of town-led strategies and Blue Acres&#8217; properties underscores the collaborative approach needed to effectively mitigate the impacts of floods and build resilient communities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.njspotlightnews.org\/special-report\/designing-protections-for-flood-prone-nj-land-new-rutgers-primer\/\">Read the full article here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 21, 2023\u00a0|\u00a0Jon Hurdle, Contributing writer NJ Spotlight News recently featured an article delving into the strategies outlined in the new Rutgers&#8217; report, &#8220;Creating Flood-Resilient Landscapes: A Primer for New Jersey Communities.&#8221; This comprehensive guide will serve as a resource to municipalities across New Jersey to enhance their flood resilience, including lands acquired by Blue [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":468,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/blueacres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/blueacres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/blueacres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/blueacres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/468"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/blueacres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/blueacres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1282\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/blueacres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/blueacres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/blueacres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}