New Jersey

Land-Grant University Network

  • Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    • CASE--Citizenship And Service Education Program  www.scils.rutgers.edu/case/case.html

    • Community Service Information Webservice  policy.rutgers.edu/CUPR/Community/

    • Cooperative Extension  http://www.rce.rutgers.edu/
      The Rutgers Cooperative Extension web site offers information about the extension service and county offices, upcoming events, employment, and services. The site includes information on extension marketing information sources, programs, the departments of 4-H and family development, and soil testing, and has a plant identification guide with photos and descriptions. It also includes Priority links to information on agricultural viability, productive futures for youth, strengthening families, financial competence, environmental resources, and food safety and nutrition. More than 500 extension publications, including newsletters, are available in PDF format, organized by subject. The site lists links to other sites within the Cook College of Rutgers University, and links to individual county extension offices.

    • Library System www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rulib/

    • New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station http://aesop.rutgers.edu/www/njaes/
      The New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station coordinates research and outreach in agriculture, renewable natural resources, youth development, and family and consumer sciences.  Its web site includes general information and contact information about the experiment station, its mission, administration, board, faculty, and affiliated centers, institutes, research stations, and academic departments. The site also includes information about the station's six priority areas.

    • University Homepage www.rutgers.edu/

Others

  • Citizenship and Service Education  http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/case/case.html
    Citizenship and Service Education (CASE) is an undergraduate program at Rutgers combining academic studies with community service. It serves faculty, students, CASE Community Partners, and the general public of New Jersey through service-learning partnerships. The web site includes information about the program, including statistics on classes and community work, information for participants in various capacities, and information about CASE Community Partners. It also includes general community service/volunteer information, including links to other programs and sources of funding. The Rutgers Serves newsletter is available on the site in HTML format.

  • Department of Agriculture, New Jersey State http://www.state.nj.us/agriculture/index.html
    The Department of Agriculture oversees state programs in agriculture, nutrition, rural development, natural resources, and commercial fishing. The site offers an overview of the department and of agriculture in the state. Its web site includes information and links to its internal divisions of animal health, markets, dairy and commodity regulations, plant industry, rural resources, and administration, and to the Board of Agriculture and the State Agricultural Development Committee. The site also provides information on a variety of the department's most popular programs and projects.

  • Department of Environmental Protection, New Jersey http://www.state.nj.us/dep/
    The Department of Environmental Protection is the state department responsible for issues in environmental regulation, land use management, natural resource management, historic resources, and environmental planning and science.  Its web page includes information on the department and its internal divisions; information on the National Environmental Performance Partnership; a searchable information databank covering commonly requested environmental topics; news releases; and a calendar of events. The Strategic Plan 1998-2000 and the state's State of the Environment report are available online in PDF and HTML formats. The DEP Bulletin is also available on the site in PDF format.

  • Economic Development, Middlesex County  http://co.middlesex.nj.us/
    The Middlesex County Office of Economic Development web site includes a county profile, municipal profiles, and information about local chambers of commerce. It also provides statistical information about labor, education, income, building activity, quality of life, and demographics. More general information is provided on the business climate, labor and employment, education and training, and business incentives. The site includes a list of contact information and information on available building sites.

  • Economic Growth Commission, New Jersey http://www.state.nj.us/commerce/dcedhome.htm
    The Commerce and Economic Growth Commission replaces the former state Department of Commerce and Economic Growth; the governor serves as the chairman of the commission's board of directors. The web site describes the commission and its purpose, with more detailed information about the various agencies and offices which comprise the commission, and their individual duties. The site also includes information about business assistance programs, relocation information, technology, and general information about New Jersey's business climate. The site also includes news briefs about economic development and commerce issues.

  • New Jersey State Home Page  www.state.nj.us
    The New Jersey state home page offers general information on commuting, lotteries, weather, the state government, jobs, business, transportation, travel and tourism, education, technology, and taxes. The site includes a news center, with recent updates on New Jersey, and a center for online forms and information on special topics, such farmland preservation or the 2000 census. The site also lists an extensive alphabetical listing of state services, and a listing of state departments and agencies, organized by department or alphabetically. State directories are available online in HTML format. Other state publications are available in PDF format, and are organized according to the issuing department. The site also lists links to towns and counties, listed alphabetically, and to regional and state organizations.

  • Planning Officials, New Jersey  http://njpo.org/
    New Jersey Planning Officials is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization serving land-use boards and professionals throughout the state, providing educational services, support and information to municipal planning boards and zoning boards of adjustment. The web site includes membership information, news and updates from the organization and from other sources, articles about featured issues, and information on relevant legislation and upcoming seminars. The organization's newsletter, The Planner, is available on the site in HTML format. The site also includes an annotated list of links to other sites of related interest.

  • State Planning Office of New Jersey  http://www.state.nj.us/osp/osphome.htm
    The Office of State Planning is a division of the State Department of Community Affairs. It oversees development and infrastructure planning in the state, and staffs the State Planning Commission and the state's Brownfields Task Force.  OSP Net, the office's web site, includes information about the office, its history, programs,and mission; the Planning Commission and Brownfields Task Force, their missions, projects, and goals; the Regional Intergovernmental Transportation Coordinating Study Commission; and a calendar of upcoming meetings and events.  The site includes an online order form for publications and videos, many of which are also available online in PDF format.

  • State League of Municipalities, New Jersey  http://www.njslom.com/
    The New Jersey State League of Municipalities is a voluntary association of more than 560 municipalities statewide. The web site includes information about the association; news and updates; state and federal legislative issues; and special alerts for mayors. The site also includes a list of publications available from the league, some of which are available online in PDF format. The site also includes selected articles from New Jersey Municipalities monthly magazine. The site includes links to affiliated associations, municipalities, and businesses.

  • Art Pride New Jersey  http://www.artpridenj.com/
    ArtPride New Jersey is a nonprofit corporation working as an advocate and information resource for the entire arts community in the state. Its web site includes information about the organization and its resources, including legislative information, a job bank, speaker information, and other general information. The site also includes online editions of the ArtPride newsletter, in PDF format, and its economic development brochure, which deals with the arts as an industry and its economic impact on the state and communities.
Penn State Mark Link to the Pennsylvania State University

The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development is located at the Pennsylvania State University and collaborates with land grant institutions in the northeast U.S.

USDA-CSREES logo Link to Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension System

The Center receives core funds from USDA-CSREES and the Northeastern Regional Association of State Agricultural Experiment Station Directors.