
About Watershed Protection
An reorganization effort to bring certain elements of DEP’s land use and water resource management programs into closer alignment under a reimagined Watershed & Land Management program is well underway.
The vision is that, through a holistic approach to planning, permitting, mitigation and restoration of impacts to New Jersey’s watersheds, the Watershed & Land Management program (or WLM) will work to preserve, protect and improve the integrity of New Jersey’s water and natural resources, while protecting life and property from environmental threats. To accomplish this, WLM and our Water Resources Management (WRM) program will work together to unify and strengthen aspects of DEP’s land use and water regulatory programs in service of a watershed approach to our stewardship of land-based resources that have a critical nexus to water quality.