List of New Jersey wildlife management areas

Hunterdon County's Ken Lockwood Gorge Wildlife Management Area in August 2006

The state of New Jersey in the United States owns and administers over 354,000 acres (1,430 km2) of land designated as "Wildlife Management Areas" (abbreviated as "WMA") throughout the state. These areas are managed by the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife, an agency in the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.[1] These protected areas are not part of the state's public parks and forests system, and while managed as fish and wildlife habitat with a focus on recreational fishing and hunting activities, these multi-use sites are also "prime locations for birding, wildlife viewing and photography, cross country skiing, hiking and mountain biking".[2] According to state wildlife education specialist Paul Tarlowe, the wildlife management areas reflect the varied and diverse terrain across the state, including "extremely rugged terrain (Wildcat Ridge WMA) to level woods roads (along the South Branch of the Raritan River through Ken Lockwood Gorge WMA) to sandy tracts in the Pinelands (Greenwood Forest and Stafford Forge WMAs) to coastal marshes (Cape May Wetlands WMA)."[2] As of July 2015, there are 121 areas throughout the state and new properties and additions to existing properties are continually being added.[1]

A majority of the wildlife management area properties are acquired through funding raised through the state's Green Acres Program. In association with public and private entities, the program aims to create "a system of interconnected open spaces, whose protection will preserve and enhance New Jersey's natural environment and its historic, scenic, and recreational resources for public use and enjoyment."[3][4]

Several of the state's wildlife management areas are stocked with fish or game. Pheasants are raised at the Rockport Pheasant Farm and various fish species (including trout) are hatched and raised at the Pequest Trout Hatchery and Natural Resource Education Center and Charles O. Hayford State Fish Hatchery. All three facilities are located near Hackettstown in Warren County and operated by the Division of Fish and Wildlife. No state tax dollars are used to fund these facility's operations and the costs are raised through the sale of pheasant/quail stamps or trout stamp endorsements to state-issued hunting or fishing licenses to hunters and anglers.[5][6][7]

List of wildlife management areas

Wildlife Management Area[1] Location[1] Acreage[1]
Abbotts Meadow Wildlife Management Area Salem County 1,460.98
Absecon Wildlife Management Area Atlantic County 3,946.05
Alexauken Creek Wildlife Management Area Hunterdon County 689.24
Alpha Grasslands Preserve Wildlife Management Area Warren County 128.00
Amwell Lake Wildlife Management Area Hunterdon County 85.41
Andaloro Wildlife Management Area Gloucester County 53.00
Assunpink Wildlife Management Area Monmouth County 6,373.44
Baldwin Lake Wildlife Management Area Mercer County 47.33
Bear Swamp Wildlife Management Area Sussex County 2,976.91
Beaver Brook Wildlife Management Area Warren County 606.92
Beaver Swamp Wildlife Management Area[lower-alpha 1] Cape May County 2,930.69
Belvidere Access Wildlife Management Area Warren County 7.15
Berkshire Valley Wildlife Management Area Morris County 2,030.33
Black River Wildlife Management Area Chester Township, Morris County 3077.77
Buckhorn Creek Wildlife Management Area Warren County 682.94
Buckshutem Wildlife Management Area Cumberland County 4,003.40
Budd Lake Wildlife Management Area Morris County 80.00
Butterfly Bogs Wildlife Management Area Ocean County 165.83
Cape Island Wildlife Management Area[lower-alpha 2] Cape May County 415.45
Cape May Coastal Wetlands Wildlife Management Area[lower-alpha 3] Cape May County 17,417.41
Capoolong Creek Wildlife Management Area Hunterdon County 67.61
Cedar Lake Wildlife Management Area Atlantic County 329.18
Cedarville Ponds Wildlife Management Area Cumberland County 42.18
Clarks Pond Wildlife Management Area Cumberland County 201.19
Clinton Wildlife Management Area[lower-alpha 4] Hunterdon County 2,021.17
Cohansey River Wildlife Management Area Cumberland County 992.94
Colliers Mills Wildlife Management Area Ocean County 12,906.63
Columbia Wildlife Management Area Warren County 1,098.07
Cox Hall Creek Wildlife Management Area Cape May County 315.66
Culvers Brook Access Wildlife Management Area Sussex County 4.13
Dennis Creek Wildlife Management Area Cape May County 8,086.70
Dix Wildlife Management Area Cumberland County 4,657.24
D.O.D. Ponds Wildlife Management Area[lower-alpha 5] Salem County 335.54
Egg Island Wildlife Management Area Cumberland County 8,991.91
Elmer Lake Wildlife Management Area Salem County 385.80
Featherbed Lane Wildlife Management Area Salem County 190.65
Flatbrook-Roy Wildlife Management Area Sussex County 2,092.85
Forked River Mt. Wildlife Management Area Ocean County 4,370.07
Fortescue Wildlife Management Area Cumberland County 1,297.92
Gibson Creek Wildlife Management Area[lower-alpha 6] Atlantic County -
Glassboro Wildlife Management Area Gloucester County 2,392.90
Great Bay Boulevard Wildlife Management Area Ocean County 5,976.43
Great Egg Harbor River Wildlife Management Area[lower-alpha 7] Atlantic County 5,635.77
Greenwood Forest Wildlife Management Area Ocean County 32,148.26
Gum Tree Corner Wildlife Management Area Salem and Cumberland counties 2,223.78
Hackettstown Hatchery Wildlife Management Area Warren County 235.18
Hainesville Wildlife Management Area Sussex County 643.84
Hamburg Mountain Wildlife Management Area Sussex County 3,644.05
Hammonton Creek Wildlife Management Area[lower-alpha 8] Atlantic County 4,073.92
Harmony Access Wildlife Management Area Warren County 26.88
Harrisonville Lake Wildlife Management Area Salem and Gloucester counties 295.90
Heislerville Wildlife Management Area Cumberland County 7,209.91
Higbee Beach Wildlife Management Area Cape May County 1,152.12
Holland Church Access Wildlife Management Area Hunterdon County 21.49
Honey Run Wildlife Management Area Warren County 134.08
Hummers Beach Access Wildlife Management Area Warren County 3.20
Imlaystown Lake Wildlife Management Area Monmouth County 30.00
Ken Lockwood Gorge Wildlife Management Area Hunterdon County 498.76
Knowlton Access Wildlife Management Area Warren County 14.20
Little Flatbrook Access Wildlife Management Area Sussex County 6.57
Lizard Tail Swamp Preserve Wildlife Management Area Cape May County 378.99
Lockatong Wildlife Management Area Hunterdon County 764.56
Logan Pond Wildlife Management Area Gloucester County 86.95
Mad Horse Creek Wildlife Management Area Salem County 9,388.83
Makepeace Lake Wildlife Management Area Atlantic County 11,625.77
Malibu Beach Wildlife Management Area Atlantic County 95.70
Manahawkin Wildlife Management Area Ocean County 1,642.00
Manasquan River Wildlife Management Area Ocean and Monmouth counties 744.33
Manchester Wildlife Management Area Ocean County 3,802.00
Mantua Creek Wildlife Management Area Gloucester County 107.33
Maple Lake Wildlife Management Area Atlantic County 4,862.14
Maskells Mill Pond Wildlife Management Area Salem County 1,155.60
Medford Wildlife Management Area Burlington County 214.07
Menantico Ponds Wildlife Management Area Cumberland County 474.14
Millville (Bevans) Wildlife Management Area Cumberland County County 16,373.29
Musconetcong River Wildlife Management Area[lower-alpha 9] Hunterdon, Morris, and Warren counties 1,555.98
Nantuxent Wildlife Management Area Cumberland County 1,098.73
Navesink River Wildlife Management Area Monmouth County 66.93
New Sweden Wildlife Management Area Cumberland County 2,684.05
Oyster Creek Access Wildlife Management Area Ocean County 14.11
Paulinskill River Wildlife Management Area Sussex County 2,523.36
Peaslee Wildlife Management Area Cumberland and Cape May counties 33,887.14
Pemberton Lake Wildlife Management Area Burlington County 81.75
Penbryn Pond Wildlife Management Area Camden County 354.63
Pennsauken Access Wildlife Management Area Camden County 0.68
Pequest Wildlife Management Area Warren County 5,054.92
Pleasant Run Wildlife Management Area Burlington, Mercer, and Monmouth counties 500.00
Pohatcong Creek Wildlife Management Area Warren County 129.54
Point Pleasant Fishing Access Wildlife Management Area Ocean County 6.60
Pork Island Wildlife Management Area Atlantic County 867.20
Port Republic Wildlife Management Area Atlantic County 1,470.91
Prospertown Lake Wildlife Management Area Ocean County 858.40
Raccoon Creek Wildlife Management Area Gloucester County 272.74
Rainbow Lake Wildlife Management Area Salem County 91.12
Ratzman Access Wildlife Management Area Warren County 7.42
Rockaway River Wildlife Management Area Morris County 3,667.16
Rockport Wildlife Management Area Warren County 1,274.40
Rowands Pond Wildlife Management Area Camden County 12.98
Salem River Wildlife Management Area[lower-alpha 10] Salem County 3,230.40
Sawmill Creek Wildlife Management Area Bergen and Hudson counties 727.00
Sedge Islands Wildlife Management Area Ocean County 192.33
South Branch Wildlife Management Area[lower-alpha 11] Hunterdon and Morris counties 1,946.51
Sparta Mountain Wildlife Management Area Sussex County 3,461.20
Spicers Creek Access Wildlife Management Area Cape May County 17.60
Splitrock Reservoir Access Wildlife Management Area Morris County -
Stafford Forge Wildlife Management Area Ocean County 11,925.93
Swan Bay Wildlife Management Area Burlington County 3,642.95
Thundergut Pond Wildlife Management Area Salem County 2,426.51
Trout Brook Wildlife Management Area Sussex County 1,843.60
Tuckahoe (MacNamara) Wildlife Management Area Cape May and Atlantic counties 17,370.73
Turkey Swamp Wildlife Management Area Monmouth County 3,932.00
Union Lake Wildlife Management Area Cumberland and Salem counties 5,129.21
Upper Barnegat Bay Wildlife Management Area Ocean County 357.04
Van Nest Refuge Wildlife Management Area Mercer County 98.00
Wading River Wildlife Management Area Burlington County 159.26
Walpack Wildlife Management Area Sussex 387.54
Wanaque Wildlife Management Area[lower-alpha 12] Passaic County N/A
Weldon Brook Wildlife Management Area Sussex County 1,555.11
White Lake Wildlife Management Area Warren County 984.45
White Oak Branch Wildlife Management Area Gloucester County 2,764.20
Whiting Wildlife Management Area Ocean County 1,206.62
Whittingham Wildlife Management Area Sussex County 1,930.15
Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area Morris County 10,368.90
Winslow Wildlife Management Area Camden and Gloucester counties 8,381.89

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ includes separate North and South tracts
  2. ↑ includes separate North and South tracts
  3. ↑ includes separate Cape May, Cape May Courthouse, Marmora, Sea Isle City, Wildwood tracts
  4. ↑ includes separate east and west tracts
  5. ↑ on lease from the United States Army
  6. ↑ combined into Maple Lake Wildlife Management Area
  7. ↑ includes separate Buena Vista 1, Buena Vista 2, Folsom, Hamilton, Hamilton South, Weymouth tracts
  8. ↑ includes separate East and West tracts
  9. ↑ includes separate Bethlehem, Butlers Park, Hackettstown, Holland, Lebanon, Pohatcong, Washington tracts
  10. ↑ includes separate Mannington East, Mannington West, Salem, and Woodstown tracts
  11. ↑ includes separate Catanzaretti, Merck, North, Rockaway Creek, South tracts
  12. ↑ Property no longer a Wildlife Management Area, transferred to the Division of Parks and Forestry

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife, Wildlife Management Areas. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Paul Tarlowe, "New Jersey's Wildlife Management Areas" (June 1999) on the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife website. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
  3. ↑ New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Green Acres Program. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
  4. ↑ New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Green Acres Program, State Lands Acquisition Program. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
  5. ↑ New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife, Rockport Pheasant Farm.Retrieved October 19, 2015.
  6. ↑ New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife, Pequest Trout Hatchery and Natural Resource Education Center. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
  7. ↑ New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife, The Charles O. Hayford State Fish Hatchery in Hackettstown. Retrieved October 19, 2015.

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