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Wildlife Management Areas
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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 |
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|
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 |
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Hammonton Creek East
335kb West
335kb
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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
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|
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 |
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|
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 |
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|
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 |
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|
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 |
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-- |
| 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 |
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|
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 |
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|
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 |
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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
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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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