This year the New Jersey Pinelands Commission will focus on protecting grassland habitats and mitigating the impacts of climate change in its new round of funding for land acquisitions in the Pinelands area.

The Pinelands Commission is an independent state agency whose mission is to preserve, protect and enhance the natural and cultural resources of the Pinelands National Reserve, a 938,000-acre designated area in the Pinelands that includes some 56 towns.