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Wildlife Management Areas

arrow The Three Bridges area on Mountain Road within the Flatbrook-Roy Wildlife Management Area is closed to vehicular traffic indefinitely. The decision to close the road was made based on concerns from Department of Transportation engineers regarding the structural integrity of the bridges. Sportsmen can still access this area via foot and can park along Mountain Road before the bridge closures, and can also use alternate routes via Brook Road from Route 560 or Mountain Road from Walpack Center. (View map)

The table below lists all state Wildlife Management Areas as of July, 2008. At that time there were more than 322,000 acres in 120 areas. New properties and additions to existing properties are continually being added. (In addition, Public Service Electric & Gas (PSE&G) maintains four (4) areas for public fish and wildlife associated recreation activities under the terms of State of New Jersey hunting and fishing permits. See below.)

Maps are available for all areas in PDF format. Approximate file size is provided so download time can be estimated. Maps have been compressed to reduce file size and download time; higher resolution maps are available through the Bureau of Land Management office.

For a copy of a higher resolution map of the WMAs or for other information, please contact the Bureau of Land Management at 609-984-0547 or e-mail WMAMAPS@dep.state.nj.us with your mailing address. Or if you prefer, you can also request the map as a PDF file.

Name of Tract County Acreage Acquired by Division of Fish and Wildlife Acreage Acquired Through
1961-2007
Green Acres Bond Acts
Acreage Acquired Through Waterfowl Stamp Program Total Acreage as of
July, 2008
Abbotts Meadow 430kb Salem   926.96 84.33 1,011.29
Absecon 520kb Atlantic 2,910.20 788.02 56.81 3,755.03
Alexauken Creek 400kb Hunterdon   689.54   689.54
Alpha Grasslands Preserve ****** 330kb Warren   128.00   128.00
Amwell Lake 205kb Hunterdon 21.66 63.75    85.41
Andaloro 130kb Gloucester   53.00   53.00
Assunpink East 650kb West 595kb Monmouth   6,298.56   6,298.56
Baldwin Lake 135kb Mercer 36.94 10.39   47.33
Bear Swamp 465kb Sussex   2,906.70   2,906.70
Beaver Brook 390kb Warren   606.21   606.21
Beaver Swamp - North 255kb South 315kb Cape May   2,922.29   2,922.29
Belvidere Access 300kb Warren   7.02   7.02
Berkshire Valley 570kb Morris 1,147.00 883.38   2030.38
Black River 480kb Morris   3,078.61   3,078.61
Buckhorn Creek 470kb Warren   738.65   738.65
Buckshutem Article Maps: North 5500kb South 470kb Cumberland   3,631.78   3,631.78
Budd Lake 260kb Morris     80.00 80.00
Butterfly Bogs 240kb Ocean 103.19     103.19
Cape Island North 330kb South 355kb Cape May 7.86 524.42 97.01 629.29

Cape May Coastal Wetlands North 430kb Central 480kb South 410kb

Cape May 876.42 12,607.64 3,064.64 16,548.70
Capoolong Creek 545kb Hunterdon   67.61   67.61
Cedar Lake 565kb Atlantic   319.19   319.19
Cedarville Ponds 200kb Cumberland   42.18   42.18
Clarks Pond 340kb Cumberland 163.88 145.69   309.57
Clinton East 485kb West 440kb Hunterdon 850.00 1,103.53   1,953.53
Cohansey River East 515kb West 480kb Cumberland   629.77   629.77
Colliers Mills North 280kb Central 275kb South 280kb Ocean 9,688.18 2,974.21   12,662.39
Columbia 575kb Warren 82.65 979.30   1,260.33
Culvers Brook Access 360kb Sussex   4.13   4.13
Dennis Creek North 360kb South 305kb Cape May 1,325.85 6,148.57 544.15 8,018.57
Dix 140kb Cumberland 913.17 2,330.39 149.00 3,392.56
D.O.D. Ponds **** 215kb Salem   335.54   335.54
Egg Island East 430kb West 425kb Cumberland 6,247.75 2,580.04 159.02 8,986.81
Elmer Lake 415kb Salem 172.50 231.30   385.80
Featherbed Lane 440kb Salem   190.65   190.65
Flatbrook-Roy 420kb Sussex 2,090.47     2,090.47
Forked River Mt. ** 325kb Ocean   3,907.37   3,907.37
Fortescue 400kb Cumberland   1,160.52
137.40
1,297.92
Gibson Creek 245kb Atlantic   1,259.04   1,259.04
Glassboro 410kb Gloucester 2,341.95 26.49   2,368.44
Great Bay Boulevard North 350kb South 340kb Ocean 3,789.63 1,268.31 449.33 5,507.27
Great Egg Harbor River - Buena Vista1 410kb Buena Vista2 385kb Folsom 430kb Hamilton 400kb Hamilton So. 400kb Weymouth 445kb Atlantic   5,097.00   5,097.00
Greenwood Forest/Pasadena North 345kb Central 330kb South 325kb Ocean 9,863.37 19,897.52   29,760.89
Gum Tree Corner 405kb Salem/Cumberland   1,091.25   1,091.25
Hackettstown Hatchery 355kb Warren 231.24 3.94   235.18
Hainesville 310kb Sussex 281.50 331.79   613.29
Hamburg Mt. North 620kb South 625kb Sussex 2,357.60 468.27   2,825.87

Hammonton Creek East 335kb West 335kb

Atlantic   3,919.38   3,919.38
Harmony Access North 285kb South 355kb Warren   25.86   25.86
Harrisonville Lake 340kb Salem/Gloucester   213.20   213.20
Heislerville North 310kb South 285kb Cumberland 2,680.07 2,482.10 1,560.51 6,722.68
Higbee Beach * 345kb Cape May 196.00 893.56   1,089.56
Holland Church Access 325kb Hunterdon   21.48   21.48
Honey Run 675kb Warren   134.08   134.08
Hummers Beach Access 335kb Warren   3.20   3.20
Imlaystown Lake 170kb Monmouth   30.00   30.00
Ken Lockwood Gorge 745kb Hunterdon 109.00 297.91   406.91
Knowlton Access (no access) Warren   12.00   12.00
Little Flatbrook Access 365kb Sussex   4.02   4.02
Lizard Tail Swamp Preserve ******* 200kb Cape May   378.99   378.99
Lockatong Main 440kb Rawlyk 460kb Hunterdon   140.17   140.17
Logan Pond (no access) 415kb Gloucester 11.95 51.50    63.45
Mad Horse Creek North 460kb Central 405kb South 375kb Salem 4,409.65 4,361.78 573.60 9,345.03
Makepeace Lake North 380kb South 360kb Atlantic   11,139.51   11,139.51
Malibu Beach 445kb Atlantic   95.70   95.70
Manahawkin 280kb Ocean 964.96 734.24   1,699.20
Manasquan River 490kb Ocean/Monmouth   744.33   744.33
Manchester 530kb Ocean 2,300.00 785.51   3,085.51
Mantua Creek 295kb Gloucester   107.33   107.33
Maple Lake 305kb Atlantic   482.23   482.23
Maskells Mill Pond 440kb Salem 56.90 1,055.20   1,112.10
Medford 230kb Burlington 214.07     214.07
Menantico Ponds 435kb Cumberland 295.90 98.56   394.46
Millville (Bevans) East 495kb West 450kb Cumberland 11,724.63 3,844.33
102.63
15,671.59
Musconetcong River Bethlehem 410kb Butlers Park 350kb Hackettstown 370kb Holland 430kb Lebanon 385kb Pohatcong 385kb Washington 405kb Warren   1,429.17   1,429.17
Nantuxent 415kb Cumberland 787.36 177.75 237.84 1,202.95
Navesink River (no access) Monmouth   65.02   65.02
New Sweden 310kb Cumberland 817.46 397.25 1,136.00 2,351.21
Oyster Creek Access (no access) Ocean   14.11   14.11
Paulinskill River 710kb Sussex   1,906.56   1,906.56
Peaslee North 3000kb Central 305kb South 315kb Cumberland/Cape May 9,642.78 24,025.71   33,668.49
Pemberton Lake 315kb Burlington
81.75
    81.75
Penbryn Lake 315kb Camden   354.63   354.63
Pennsauken Access 400kb Camden   0.68   0.68
Pequest 465kb Warren 203.66 4,537.76   4,741.42
Pohatcong North 320kb South 350kb Warren   129.44   129.44
Point Pleasant Fishing Access 770kb Ocean 6.60     6.60
Pork Island 470kb Atlantic   620.90  251.16 872.06
Port Republic 390kb Atlantic   1,456.873   1,456.87
Prospertown Lake 350kb Ocean 122.17 98.02   220.19
Raccoon Creek 450kb Gloucester   272.74   272.74
Rainbow Lake 275kb Salem   76.42   76.42
Ratzman Access 340kb Warren 7.42     7.42
Rockaway River North 415kb South 540kb Morris   2,950.96   2,950.96
Rockport 610kb Pheasant Farm Warren 369.81 712.38   1,082.19
Rowands Pond 510kb Camden 12.98     12.98
Salem River Mannington East 345kb Mannington West 520kb Salem 370kb Woodstown 390kb Salem   2,732.76   2,732.76
Sawmill Creek *** 355kb Bergen/Hudson 727.00     727.00
Sedge Islands 410kb Ocean   192.33   192.33
South Branch Catanzaretti 465 kb Merck 500kb North 565kb Rockaway Creek 460kb South 580kb Morris   1,802.61   1,802.61
Sparta Mountain North 580kb South 585kb Sussex   3,274.73   3,274.73
Spicers Creek Access 670kb Cape May 17.60     17.60
Splitrock Reservoir Access 315kb Morris       --
Stafford Forge North 370kb Central 370kb South 380kb Ocean   11,529.38   11,529.38
Swan Bay 380kb Burlington   2,871.73 501.04 3,372.77
Thundergut Pond 120kb Salem   1,836.05   1,836.05
Trout Brook 610kb Sussex   1,488.89   1,488.89
Tuckahoe (MacNamara) North 440kb South 460kb Cape May/Atlantic 12,377.00 1,014.53 1,321.30 14,712.83
Turkey Swamp 445kb Monmouth 1,500.00 2,343.13   3,843.13
Union Lake 520kb Cumberland/Salem   5,008.21   5,008.21
Upper Barnegat Bay - Dover 280kb Stouts Creek 405kb Ocean   307.56 42.70 350.26
Van Nest Refuge 315kb Mercer 98.00     98.00
Wading River 265kb Burlington   162.06   162.06
Walpack 560kb Sussex 387.54     387.54
Weldon Brook 415kb Sussex   1,551.56   1,551.56
White Lake***** 420kb Frelinghuysen 320kb Warren   961.28   961.28
White Oak Branch 360kb Gloucester   2,674.89   2,674.89
Whiting 300kb Ocean 1,190.89     1,190.89
Whittingham 410kb Sussex   1,930.15   1,930.15
Wildcat Ridge North 555kb South 575kb Hawkwatch Morris   3,744.60   3,744.60
Winslow 430kb Camden/Gloucester 1,726.15 5,889.24   7,615.39
Acreage Totals 98,542.81 213,194.18 10,637.52 322,374.51
* License from Department of Army for conservation and management of 196.00 acres
** Managed jointly with the NJ Conservation Foundation - 2,787 acres owned by NJCF
*** Administered by Division of Fish and Wildlife and Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission through permit issued by Natural Resource Council
**** D.O.D. Ponds leased from Department of Army for management purposes (25 yrs. from 1998)
***** 396.74 acres owned by County of Warren and managed by Division of Fish and Wildlife as WMA
****** Alpha Grasslands Preserve - DEP has a 44% interest in this property
******* Division of Fish & Wildlife co-owners of property with The Nature Conservancy

The PSE&G properties (The Bayside Tract, Commercial Township Wetland Restoraiton Site, Maurice River Township Wetland Restoration Site and Cohansey River Wetland Restoration Site) are open for public fish and wildlife associated recreation activities. Maps of the areas, as well as directions and general information, are available at www.pseg.com/environment/estuary/overview.jsp.

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