The Task Force under the aegis of NJ Department of Agriculture (NJDA) and NJ Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) was asked to identify strategies to reduce negative impacts on water quality from agricultural sources in ways that would meet the requirements of both state and federal mandates for non-point pollution control. It met for more than a year to design a comprehensive strategy that would a) address statutory mandates, b) encourage voluntary actions on the part of the farming

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... ommunity, c) focus on a farm comprehensive planning approach and d) provide tools to help farmers address nonpoint pollution.