We need your voice to oppose the last-minute changes to the budget reconciliation bill that the House of Representatives is likely to vote on this week that would harm New Jersey. The bill would let developers evade federal environmental laws, impede our ability to fight climate change, and endanger our coastline. The bill would let sponsors of projects that require environmental assessments or environmental impact statements under the National Environmental Policy Act to pay a fee to potentially expedite completion of the assessments or statements and for exemption from judicial review. Without the ability to delay or stop projects that violate laws like the Endangered Species Act, those projects will go forward. The bill would cut $100 million from the Investing in Coastal Communities and Climate Resilience program. New Jersey was awarded over $72 million from this initiative for the Building a Climate Ready New Jersey program, which would implement a transformational resilience initiative across 16 coastal counties to fight floodwaters. The bill would also put more than 500,000 acres of public land up for sale and cut staff and millions of dollars of funding for the Forest Service and the National Park Service. Everyone who enjoys climbing, mountain biking, paddling, and camping will lose trails and streams to pay for tax cuts. Tell your member of Congress to oppose this harmful bill! You can add your voice through the Wilderness Society : https://act.wilderness.org/a/may25budgetbill-web?_ga=2.95542558.363947232.1747759249-1019891386.1747759249 or through Outdoor Alliance : https://www.outdooralliance.org/blog/2025/5/12/midnight-land-sales-in-reconciliation-megabill (fb)

Gift Shop & Native Plant Sale Hours - Pinelands Preservation Alliance UPDATED AS OF MAY 20th: We still have plants available for sale. From Tuesday, May 20th, until Monday, May 27th, come by the Pinelands Preservation Alliance to check out the plants we have left from our Native Plant Sale, which took place at the end of April! The remaining plant price list is below. You can visit the gift shop to get directions to the plants. The hours from May 20th to 27th are: Mon – Friday 10 am to 6 pm* (*We are OPEN on Memorial Day (Monday, May 27th) from 10 am to 4 pm) Saturday, 10 am to 1 pm Sunday, 12 am to 4 pm Our plant sale is located at 17 Pemberton Rd, Southampton, NJ 08088. Plant sale list: https://pinelandsalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Updated-May-20-2025-Plant-Sale-Species-Info-and-Price-List.pdf (fb)