The goal of the New Jersey Environmental Federation is to ensure safe drinking water for all NJ residents, reduce the use of pesticides, promote recycling and lobby for sound and sustainable environmental practices on a local, state, and national level. This issue of the newsletter features the following articles: 2006 at the Statehouse: Environmentally It's Only Just Begun; Burlington County Declares Park Areas "Pesticide Free Zones": Pine Beach, Clifton Join Campaign to Protect Children and Drinking Water; Irvington Mayor Launches NJEF's Green Town Agenda; Defending and Protecting Clean Water and Right to Know