The New Jersey School of Conservation will be able to continue its environmental education programs and reach out more energetically to underserved schools thanks to an increase in state funding in the state udget Gov. Phil Murphy signed Friday.
Murphy’s proposed budget had included only $800,000 for the school, which had received $2 million in last year’s budget. The final amount of $2.8 million approved Friday was just shy of the $3 million the school had requested.
“We are absolutely thrilled to be receiving this money,” said Kerry Kirk Pflugh, executive director of the nonprofit Friends of the New Jersey School of Conservation, adding that she looked forward to expanding programming for the students and educators most in need of the school’s services.
