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Conservation Resources Inc.
The mission of CRI is to increase the capacity, expertise and technical and financial resources available to private and public conservation organizations in order to maximize the preservation of open space and farmland in the Garden State.
Given the challenges of preserving open space and farmland in New Jersey, it is obvious that the continued success of open space and farmland preservation in New Jersey over the next decade will depend on the collective ability of the conservation community to:
(1) maintain and expand available sources of state and local public funds for preservation efforts;
(2) substantially expand contributions from the private sector, particularly from private foundations, corporations and individuals who have not previously been engaged in this effort;
(3) create mechanisms that promote less competition and greater collaboration, use of partnerships, and sharing of experiences and skills;
(4) increase the capacity of the conservation community, at both the level of individual organizations and as a community as a whole, to work more effectively and to undertake more preservation work with greater leverage; and
(5) identify and utilize new funding mechanisms and techniques to expand the overall resources which are available to the conservation community to achieve its ambitious goals. Conservation Resources Inc. (CRI) was created to help insure that the conservation community succeeds in these five areas.
CRI will support, complement, and supplement, rather than duplicate, the efforts of the various private and public conservation agencies already established in New Jersey. CRI will not be in the business of acquiring land or conservation easements itself – but we very much are in the business of providing financial and technical assistance so that other conservation organizations can acquire, better manage and restore additional acres of land. Specifically, CRI will: assist these agencies in the development of additional expertise and institutional capacity; promote the continuation and expansion of partnerships, collaboration and sharing of skills and techniques among these same organizations; and provide a mechanism to significantly increase and share the private and public resources available to preserve adequate natural areas, farmland, critical habitats, watershed lands, stream corridors, greenways, trails, and parks for passive and active recreation in all parts of the New Jersey.
Given the challenges of preserving open space and farmland in New Jersey, it is obvious that the continued success of open space and farmland preservation in New Jersey over the next decade will depend on the collective ability of the conservation community to:
(1) maintain and expand available sources of state and local public funds for preservation efforts;
(2) substantially expand contributions from the private sector, particularly from private foundations, corporations and individuals who have not previously been engaged in this effort;
(3) create mechanisms that promote less competition and greater collaboration, use of partnerships, and sharing of experiences and skills;
(4) increase the capacity of the conservation community, at both the level of individual organizations and as a community as a whole, to work more effectively and to undertake more preservation work with greater leverage; and
(5) identify and utilize new funding mechanisms and techniques to expand the overall resources which are available to the conservation community to achieve its ambitious goals. Conservation Resources Inc. (CRI) was created to help insure that the conservation community succeeds in these five areas.
CRI will support, complement, and supplement, rather than duplicate, the efforts of the various private and public conservation agencies already established in New Jersey. CRI will not be in the business of acquiring land or conservation easements itself – but we very much are in the business of providing financial and technical assistance so that other conservation organizations can acquire, better manage and restore additional acres of land. Specifically, CRI will: assist these agencies in the development of additional expertise and institutional capacity; promote the continuation and expansion of partnerships, collaboration and sharing of skills and techniques among these same organizations; and provide a mechanism to significantly increase and share the private and public resources available to preserve adequate natural areas, farmland, critical habitats, watershed lands, stream corridors, greenways, trails, and parks for passive and active recreation in all parts of the New Jersey.