ONRR has awarded natural resource restoration grants to implement projects that compensate the public for the loss of or injury to natural resources as well as their use and enjoyment. For more information regarding other NJDEP grant opportunities, please visit the NJDEP Grant and Loan Programs page. The following NJDEP grant programs have been funded by natural resource damage recoveries:

• Hudson-Raritan Estuary Urban Rain Gardens Grant (Awarded 2023)
• Paulins Kill and Pequest Watersheds (Awarded 2022)
• Passaic River Restoration Grant – Lower Passaic River and Tributaries (Awarded 2016)
• Passaic River Restoration Grant – Newark Bay Complex (Awarded 2016)
• Water Quality Restoration Grants for Non-Point Source Pollution (Awarded 2018)

Newark Bay Complex Grant
Bike, Hike, and Roll Throughway, Elizabeth, NJ

Newark Bay Complex Grant
Thomas Mundy Peterson Park, Middlesex County, NJ

Paulins Kill and Pequest Rivers Grant
Yards Creek Preserve, Blairstown, NJ