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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Our team is always working behind the scenes to protect your hunting, fishing and trapping rights. Here is a list of bills introduced in to the NJ Legislature that could affect your rights. We are always watching to try to stop bad bills from becoming law.
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Dear NJOA Supporters, There is another bill (Resolution) being introduced in the NJ legislature in an to attempt to eliminate trapping. The bill is ACR-164/SCR124. So far there are only two sponsors, one in each house but we need to bring our concerns forward before this misguided bill gets wings. The bill seeks to overturn the decision by
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An NJOA trustee recently penned an op-ed in response to uproar driven by unfair media coverage over the trapping of red foxes in Brigantine Beach, New Jersey. The hashtag activists are at it again, Save Jerseyans. Once again we have an example of one-sided, biased, opinion-driven “journalism” brought to us totally devoid of facts, reason or logic.
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