Akea Cader, MS Student, Virginia Tech, Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Conservation requested a meeting with the NJOA to assist them in their Virginia Tech Project on Recreational Fishing. The Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, commonly referred to as Virginia Tech, is a public landgrant research university with its main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. NJOA […]
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April 18, 2025 President Donald Trump 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC 20500 Re: Urgent Need to Address Regulatory Burdens on Recreational Salt Water Fishing Mr. President, The recreational fishing industry annually generates about $148 billion dollars and 945,000 related jobs. While NOAA/NMFS plays a critical role in sustaining fish populations and long-term environmental health,
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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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IT AIN’T OVER TILL ITS OVER! In the last two years, NJOA along with other organizations have been keeping a close eye on the unpopular proposal by the Sierra club of Pennsylvania and a small group of people to redesignate the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area (DEWA) as a national park. NJOA has written
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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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