A Disappearing Act by the "Garden State"
Sierra Club releases analysis of Natural Resource Inventory Report
An analysis of open space in New Jersey done by the Sierra Club shows that
the state is leading the nation in the loss of farmland. The Sierra Club's
analysis, based on USDA National Resource Inventory data, shows that rural
land in New Jersey is being developed at an alarming rate. New Jersey leads
the nation in the loss of farmland as a percentage of the overall land area.
Even though New Jersey has some very successful programs in trying to
preserve farmland, we're still loosing it at a high rate.
The National Resource Inventory is a report released by United States
Agriculture Department and Natural Resource Conservation Service. Based on
this data, the status of New Jersey's rural land is bleak. From 1982-2007,
we have experienced a more than 20 percent reduction in rural land.
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