Visit our Air Quality Homepage . Radon Contact DEP for a free Indoor Air Quality Kit or visit the Radon Homepage containing information about radon, licensed testing professionals, mitigation contractors, and testing laboratories, in addition to facts about carbon monoxide and other potential indoor air quality risks. The Division of Solid Waste Services offers recycling and waste reduction programs for single family homes, multifamily residences, and businesses, as well as household hazardous waste collections. To begin measuring the existing quality of our natural environment and provide trend information, DEP will initiate a variety of ongoing monitoring programs, starting Summer 2000 with a five-year breeding bird and habitat census. A limited number of volunteer positions are available for experienced birders.
Positions are for field work, data gathering, data entry, and data analysis.
Stream Buffers Buffers protect the county streams by providing habitat for wildlife, filtering pollutants, stabilizing streambanks, and shading streams. Learn how you can personally enhance stream buffers on your property with native trees and shrubs by contacting DEP's Division of Watershed Management . These plantings will add aesthetic beauty to your property while improving environment quality. Note that many ponds can also be developed into wildlife habitat areas through landscaping with native plants. Saving water at home helps preserve ecologically sensitive flow rates in our rivers and protects the health of our watersheds.