As part of the Murphy administration’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and build greater climate resilience, the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection and the N.J. Department of Agriculture have released for public review the outline of a strategy to manage natural and working lands to reduce the amount of carbon in the atmosphere. Natural and working lands include forests, agriculture and aquaculture, grasslands, wetlands, developed lands and aquatic resources and habitats.

As the state explains, “The release of this Natural and Working Lands Scoping Document follows the DEP’s issuance of…