In February 2024, seven sportsmen’s groups, including NJOA, met with the assistant commissioners of DEP’s Parks and Forestry and Fish and Wildlife to discuss our concerns with the proposed road closures at Wharton State Forest. Although sportsmen are not the problem, road closures to prevent illegal off roading in sensitive areas, affect our activities. At that […]
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Delaware Water Gap Update NJOA and other groups are still opposing the campaign from a minority to change the designation of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area to a National Park which will restrict current recreational and management activities. (see “IT AIN’T OVER TILL ITS OVER!” posted on this website earlier). https://www.njoutdooralliance.org/2024/delaware-water-gap-park-and-preserve-plan-2/ As reported, this would require
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Our Rebuttal to Misinformation In a recent article of “The State We’re In” by the NJ Conservation Foundation (NJCF), Tom Gilbert slams DEP Fish and Wildlife (DEP F&W) for a recent management effort on the Glassboro Wildlife Management Area. Although one may agree that the need for a permit to operate within a wetlands transition area
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The Pinelands Paradox: Fire Changes Forests, Fire Changes Lives By Vinh Lang, Forestry Consultant | Pine Creek Forestry | Contact: vinh@pinecreekforestry.com It is the 60th anniversary of the Black Saturday Fire – April 20th, 1963. A day when a fury of 127 fires blotted out the sun across the South Jersey sky, destroyed 183,000 acres of property, and
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