{"id":2735,"date":"2025-05-16T14:53:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T18:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/blueacres\/?p=2735"},"modified":"2025-08-26T15:26:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T19:26:05","slug":"blue-acres-post-buyout-land-use-considerations-handout-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/blueacres\/blue-acres-post-buyout-land-use-considerations-handout-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Acres Post-Buyout Land Use Considerations Handout (2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/blueacres\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/175\/blue-acres-post-buyout-land-use-considerations.pdf\">The Blue Acres Post-Buyout Land Use Considerations Handout<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>provides an overview of permissible land uses and strategies for enhancing floodplain functions on Blue Acres properties and other flood-prone open spaces. It highlights real-world examples of repurposed properties, guidelines for maintaining open space, and nature-based solutions to improve water absorption and community resilience.<\/p>\n<h4>Key Points<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Community Benefits of Open Space<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>Examples include a restored native landscape in Woodbridge with native plants and a gravel walkway, a maintained mowed lawn with planted trees, and an engineered multi-use space in Lambertville with access to\u00a0both the land and the waterway, seating, and native plants.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Land Use Considerations<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>Blue Acres properties must be maintained as open space with restrictions such as no pavement, no vehicle use or storage, no obstructive fences, and no walled structures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Enhancing Floodplain Functions<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>Strategies include planting native flood-tolerant plants, preventing soil compaction, and implementing green infrastructure like rain gardens and bioswales to improve water absorption and resilience.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Additional Resources<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>References to &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/blueacres\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/175\/20231022_resilient_nj_primer_final_fullspreads_reduced.pdf\">Creating Flood-Resilient Landscapes: A Primer for New Jersey Communities<\/a>&#8221; and the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/blueacres\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/175\/bapostbuyoutlandmgmtfieldguide.pdf\">Blue Acres Program Post-Buyout Land Management Field Guide<\/a>&#8221; for further guidance on managing flood-prone land.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This two-page document provides an overview of permissible land uses and strategies for enhancing floodplain functions on Blue Acres properties and other flood-prone open spaces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":468,"featured_media":3181,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"dep-blueacres-single.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,14],"tags":[21],"class_list":["post-2735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-publications","category-resources","tag-blue-acres-resources"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/blueacres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2735","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=2735"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/blueacres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3226,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/blueacres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2735\/revisions\/3226"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/blueacres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/blueacres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/blueacres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/blueacres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}