New Jersey State Office
Suite 101
Hamilton Square, NJ 08690
Suite 101
Hamilton Square, NJ 08690
The New Jersey State Office in Hamilton Square is the headquarters for NRCS operations in the Garden State. The office supports six field offices in helping private landowners improve the health of their operations while protecting our natural resources.
Welcome to NRCS in New Jersey!
Julie Hawkins, State Conservationist
New Jersey NRCS, is led by our State Conservationist, Julie Hawkins, and our State Leadership Team. Our locally-based staff throughout New Jersey provides technical and financial conservation assistance to protect natural resources on private lands. NRCS helps landowners develop conservation plans and provides advice on the design, layout, construction, management, operation, maintenance, and evaluation of the recommended, voluntary conservation practices. NRCS activities include farmland protection, upstream flood prevention, emergency watershed protection, urban conservation, and local community projects designed to improve social, economic, and environmental conditions.
New Jersey Strategic Plan
In order to guide the delivery of NRCS's programs and services over the next five years, New Jersey has developed a Strategic Plan which focuses on the following three goals:
Workforce
Conservation and Service Delivery
Land Base
New Jersey Office Locations
Employee Directory
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Julie Hawkins
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New Jersey State Conservationist
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Tara Walker
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Executive Assistant
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Ricky Brown
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Assistant State Conservationist, Management & Strategy
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TJ Dhansesar
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Financial Resources Specialist
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Coleen Churchill
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Business Service Specialist
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Uziel Torres
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Management Analyst
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Erin Hoffman
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Administrative Assistant
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Gail Bartok
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Assistant State Conservationist, Programs
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Fran DeFiccio
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Program Specialist
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Katelyn Colon
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Easement Specialist
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Brittany Welch
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RCPP Program Manager
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Arelys Ortiz
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Assistant State Conservationist, Field Operations
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Craig Chianese
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Resource Conservationist
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Jessica Henry
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Resource Conservationist/State Cost Share Program Manager
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Tairi Melchiorre
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Outreach Coordinator
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Vacant
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Field Engineer, North Support
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Jina Vandi
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Civil Engineer, South Support
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Vacant
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Civil Engineer, North Support
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Rubén E. Pérez
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Irrigation Specialist, Energy Specialist
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Evan Madlinger
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State Resource Conservationist
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Kaitlin Farbotnik
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Conservation Agronomist/Grazing Specialist
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Xanvith ‘Bea’ Sabouthone
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Resource Conservationist/Business Tools Coordinator
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Trish Long
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GIS Specialist
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Betsy McShane
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State Biologist, Environmental Compliance Specialist
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Donald Donnelly
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Forester
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Hilary Trotman
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State Conservation Engineer
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Vacant
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Watershed Engineer
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Dave Schaaf
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Natural Resources Planning Specialist
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Edwin Muñiz
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State Soil Scientist
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Fred Schoenagel
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Resource Soil Scientist
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Milton Luna-Vega
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HEL/WC Specialist
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Morgan Devine
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State Urban Conservationist
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Chris Miller
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Manager (currently on remote detail)
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Scott Snell
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Acting Manager and Study Leader
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Mike Yacovelli
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Biological Science Technician - Plants
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Jacob Bailey
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Public Affairs Specialist
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