Chalk this up as one of those “only in Trenton” sort of things, Save Jerseyans..
According to NJ Spotlight, New Jersey’s Department of Environmental Protection has taken the unusual step of violating one of its own subdivisions for damaging “exceptional freshwater wetlands” located in South Jersey. Said another way, the NJDEP is fining itself.
“The unauthorized activities occurred in February when the Division of Fish & Wildlife’s Bureau of Land Management cut down thousands of trees and cleared more than 14 acres of wetlands during a project to create habitat for American woodcock,” the report explains. Moving forward, the “Fish & Game’s Bureau of Land Management must submit a restoration plan for the site within 30 days and will face financial penalties for the violations by the end of this month.”
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