Nature and Place. Middlesex County’s Integrated Landscape and Ecosystems Services Plan, will combine a comprehensive ecological assessment with analysis of Middlesex County’s cultural landscape. It will provide an environmental decision-making framework for county departments and agencies. The Plan will be the first of its kind in New Jersey and represents an innovative approach to regional planning that acknowledges and embraces the interrelationships between human-wellbeing and our surrounding landscape.

Nature and Place. will be used to guide land use and economic development decisions while capitalizing on ecosystem services and the other contributions the landscape of Middlesex County can provide.