District 26 Senator Joseph Pennacchio (R) Assemblyman Alex DeCroce (R) Assemblyman Jay Webber (R) Rutgers People in District 26   5,833   Alumni   914   Undergraduate and Graduate Students   1,724   Continuing Ed Students Enrolled Locally   119   Faculty/Staff   8,590   Total

Rutgers Programs, Initiatives, and Facilities in District 26

• Pharmaceutical Industry Fellowship Program: Attracts top postdoctoral talent from around the nation to New Jersey’s leading pharmaceutical corporations (East Hanover Morris Plains)
• Continuing and Professional Education Courses: Keeping the state’s workforce current (Chatham, East Hanover)
• Rutgers Cooperative Extension: Youth development through such clubs as the 4-H Nature Lover’s Club, focusing on animals and photography (West Milford)
• Rutgers NJ Weather and Climate Network Stations: Weather station network operated by the Office of the NJ State Climatologist at Rutgers, supplying real-time weather information (Chatham, Parsippany, West Milford)

Rutgers-K–12 Partnerships in District 26

• Douglass Autism Outreach: Training in applied behavioral analysis for educators of children with autism spectrum disorders (Butler)
• D’Arts (Distance Learning in the Arts): Live, interactive art and theater classes through videoconferencing (Pompton Lakes)
• Rutgers Science Explorer Bus: Interactive science lessons and demonstrations for middle school and junior high students in a 40-foot, state-of-the-art, custom-designed mobile laboratory staffed by Rutgers scientists (Parsippany, Whippany)
• Center for Mathematics, Science, and Computer Education: Professional teacher development contributing to excellence in mathematics, science, and the integration of technology across the curriculum (Butler, East Hanover, Florham Park, Kinnelon, Lincoln Park, Morris Plains, Parsippany, Pequannock, Riverdale, West Milford)

Did You Know?
The Pequannock watershed provides critical water supplies to more than 500,000 NJ residents and serves as a refuge for sensitive wildlife, including otters, eagles, bears, and bobcats. But it is also at the forefront of suburban sprawl. The Pequannock River Coalition works to preserve the river as a natural, recreational, aesthetic, and water supply resource. The Rutgers Environmental Law Clinic, which has been the sole public interest law firm for New Jersey’s environmental community since 1985, provides the coalition with ongoing advice and counsel, through trial and appellate litigation, administrative advocacy, and policy development. Recently, for example, on behalf of the coalition, the clinic appealed a stream encroachment permit issued by the NJ Department of Environmental Protection to the NJ Department of Transportation (NJDOT) for a parking lot attached to a proposed park and ride facility that would have discharged hot, polluted stormwater into the river. In a negotiated settlement, NJDOT agreed to redesign the stormwater drainage basin and plant trees to reduce pollution and the temperature of the discharge.

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