List of New Jersey wildlife management areas

The state of New Jersey in the United States owns and administers over 354,000 acres (1,430 km2) of land designated as "Wildlife Management Areas" (abbreviated as "WMA") throughout the state. These areas are managed by the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife, an agency in the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.[1] These protected areas are not part of the state's public parks and forests system, and while managed as fish and wildlife habitat with a focus on recreational fishing and hunting activities, these multi-use sites are also "prime locations for birding, wildlife viewing and photography, cross country skiing, hiking and mountain biking".[2] According to state wildlife education specialist Paul Tarlowe, the wildlife management areas reflect the varied and diverse terrain across the state, including "extremely rugged terrain (Wildcat Ridge WMA) to level woods roads (along the South Branch of the Raritan River through Ken Lockwood Gorge WMA) to sandy tracts in the Pinelands (Greenwood Forest and Stafford Forge WMAs) to coastal marshes (Cape May Wetlands WMA)."[2] As of July 2015, there are 121 areas throughout the state and new properties and additions to existing properties are continually being added.[1]

Hunterdon County's Ken Lockwood Gorge Wildlife Management Area in August 2006

A majority of the wildlife management area properties are acquired through funding raised through the state's Green Acres Program. In association with public and private entities, the program aims to create "a system of interconnected open spaces, whose protection will preserve and enhance New Jersey's natural environment and its historic, scenic, and recreational resources for public use and enjoyment."[3][4]

Several of the state's wildlife management areas are stocked with fish or game. Pheasants are raised at the Rockport Pheasant Farm and various fish species (including trout) are hatched and raised at the Pequest Trout Hatchery and Natural Resource Education Center and Charles O. Hayford State Fish Hatchery. All three facilities are located near Hackettstown in Warren County and operated by the Division of Fish and Wildlife. No state tax dollars are used to fund these facility's operations and the costs are raised through the sale of pheasant/quail stamps or trout stamp endorsements to state-issued hunting or fishing licenses to hunters and anglers.[5][6][7]

List of wildlife management areas
Wildlife Management Area[1] Location[1] Acreage[1]
Abbotts Meadow Wildlife Management AreaSalem County1,460.98
Absecon Wildlife Management AreaAtlantic County3,946.05
Alexauken Creek Wildlife Management AreaHunterdon County689.24
Alpha Grasslands Preserve Wildlife Management AreaWarren County128.00
Amwell Lake Wildlife Management AreaHunterdon County85.41
Andaloro Wildlife Management AreaGloucester County53.00
Assunpink Wildlife Management AreaMonmouth County6,373.44
Baldwin Lake Wildlife Management AreaMercer County47.33
Bear Swamp Wildlife Management AreaSussex County2,976.91
Beaver Brook Wildlife Management AreaWarren County606.92
Beaver Swamp Wildlife Management Area[lower-alpha 1]Cape May County2,930.69
Belvidere Access Wildlife Management AreaWarren County7.15
Berkshire Valley Wildlife Management AreaMorris County2,030.33
Black River Wildlife Management AreaChester Township, Morris County3077.77
Buckhorn Creek Wildlife Management AreaWarren County682.94
Buckshutem Wildlife Management AreaCumberland County4,003.40
Budd Lake Wildlife Management AreaMorris County80.00
Butterfly Bogs Wildlife Management AreaOcean County165.83
Cape Island Wildlife Management Area[lower-alpha 2]Cape May County415.45
Cape May Coastal Wetlands Wildlife Management Area[lower-alpha 3]Cape May County17,417.41
Capoolong Creek Wildlife Management AreaHunterdon County67.61
Cedar Lake Wildlife Management AreaAtlantic County329.18
Cedarville Ponds Wildlife Management AreaCumberland County42.18
Clarks Pond Wildlife Management AreaCumberland County201.19
Clinton Wildlife Management Area[lower-alpha 4]Hunterdon County2,021.17
Cohansey River Wildlife Management AreaCumberland County992.94
Colliers Mills Wildlife Management AreaOcean County12,906.63
Columbia Wildlife Management AreaWarren County1,098.07
Cox Hall Creek Wildlife Management AreaCape May County315.66
Culvers Brook Access Wildlife Management AreaSussex County4.13
Dennis Creek Wildlife Management AreaCape May County8,086.70
Dix Wildlife Management AreaCumberland County4,657.24
D.O.D. Ponds Wildlife Management Area[lower-alpha 5]Salem County335.54
Egg Island Wildlife Management AreaCumberland County8,991.91
Elmer Lake Wildlife Management AreaSalem County385.80
Featherbed Lane Wildlife Management AreaSalem County190.65
Flatbrook-Roy Wildlife Management AreaSussex County2,092.85
Forked River Mt. Wildlife Management AreaOcean County4,370.07
Fortescue Wildlife Management AreaCumberland County1,297.92
Gibson Creek Wildlife Management Area[lower-alpha 6]Atlantic County-
Glassboro Wildlife Management AreaGloucester County2,392.90
Great Bay Boulevard Wildlife Management AreaOcean County5,976.43
Great Egg Harbor River Wildlife Management Area[lower-alpha 7]Atlantic County5,635.77
Greenwood Forest Wildlife Management AreaOcean County32,148.26
Gum Tree Corner Wildlife Management AreaSalem and Cumberland counties2,223.78
Hackettstown Hatchery Wildlife Management AreaWarren County235.18
Hainesville Wildlife Management AreaSussex County643.84
Hamburg Mountain Wildlife Management AreaSussex County3,644.05
Hammonton Creek Wildlife Management Area[lower-alpha 8]Atlantic County4,073.92
Harmony Access Wildlife Management AreaWarren County26.88
Harrisonville Lake Wildlife Management AreaSalem and Gloucester counties295.90
Heislerville Wildlife Management AreaCumberland County7,209.91
Higbee Beach Wildlife Management AreaCape May County1,152.12
Holland Church Access Wildlife Management AreaHunterdon County21.49
Honey Run Wildlife Management AreaWarren County134.08
Hummers Beach Access Wildlife Management AreaWarren County3.20
Imlaystown Lake Wildlife Management AreaMonmouth County30.00
Ken Lockwood Gorge Wildlife Management AreaHunterdon County498.76
Knowlton Access Wildlife Management AreaWarren County14.20
Little Flatbrook Access Wildlife Management AreaSussex County6.57
Lizard Tail Swamp Preserve Wildlife Management AreaCape May County378.99
Lockatong Wildlife Management AreaHunterdon County764.56
Logan Pond Wildlife Management AreaGloucester County86.95
Mad Horse Creek Wildlife Management AreaSalem County9,388.83
Makepeace Lake Wildlife Management AreaAtlantic County11,625.77
Malibu Beach Wildlife Management AreaAtlantic County95.70
Manahawkin Wildlife Management AreaOcean County1,642.00
Manasquan River Wildlife Management AreaOcean and Monmouth counties744.33
Manchester Wildlife Management AreaOcean County3,802.00
Mantua Creek Wildlife Management AreaGloucester County107.33
Maple Lake Wildlife Management AreaAtlantic County4,862.14
Maskells Mill Pond Wildlife Management AreaSalem County1,155.60
Medford Wildlife Management AreaBurlington County214.07
Menantico Ponds Wildlife Management AreaCumberland County474.14
Millville (Bevans) Wildlife Management AreaCumberland County County16,373.29
Musconetcong River Wildlife Management Area[lower-alpha 9]Hunterdon, Morris, and Warren counties1,555.98
Nantuxent Wildlife Management AreaCumberland County1,098.73
Navesink River Wildlife Management AreaMonmouth County66.93
New Sweden Wildlife Management AreaCumberland County2,684.05
Oyster Creek Access Wildlife Management AreaOcean County14.11
Paulinskill River Wildlife Management AreaSussex County2,523.36
Peaslee Wildlife Management AreaCumberland and Cape May counties33,887.14
Pemberton Lake Wildlife Management AreaBurlington County81.75
Penbryn Pond Wildlife Management AreaCamden County354.63
Pennsauken Access Wildlife Management AreaCamden County0.68
Pequest Wildlife Management AreaWarren County5,054.92
Pleasant Run Wildlife Management AreaBurlington, Mercer, and Monmouth counties500.00
Pohatcong Creek Wildlife Management AreaWarren County129.54
Point Pleasant Fishing Access Wildlife Management AreaOcean County6.60
Pork Island Wildlife Management AreaAtlantic County867.20
Port Republic Wildlife Management AreaAtlantic County1,470.91
Prospertown Lake Wildlife Management AreaOcean County858.40
Raccoon Creek Wildlife Management AreaGloucester County272.74
Rainbow Lake Wildlife Management AreaSalem County91.12
Ratzman Access Wildlife Management AreaWarren County7.42
Rockaway River Wildlife Management AreaMorris County3,667.16
Rockport Wildlife Management AreaWarren County1,274.40
Rowands Pond Wildlife Management AreaCamden County12.98
Salem River Wildlife Management Area[lower-alpha 10]Salem County3,230.40
Sawmill Creek Wildlife Management AreaBergen and Hudson counties727.00
Sedge Islands Wildlife Management AreaOcean County192.33
South Branch Wildlife Management Area[lower-alpha 11]Hunterdon and Morris counties1,946.51
Sparta Mountain Wildlife Management AreaSussex County3,461.20
Spicers Creek Access Wildlife Management AreaCape May County17.60
Splitrock Reservoir Access Wildlife Management AreaMorris County-
Stafford Forge Wildlife Management AreaOcean County11,925.93
Swan Bay Wildlife Management AreaBurlington County3,642.95
Thundergut Pond Wildlife Management AreaSalem County2,426.51
Trout Brook Wildlife Management AreaSussex County1,843.60
Tuckahoe (MacNamara) Wildlife Management AreaCape May and Atlantic counties17,370.73
Turkey Swamp Wildlife Management AreaMonmouth County3,932.00
Union Lake Wildlife Management AreaCumberland and Salem counties5,129.21
Upper Barnegat Bay Wildlife Management AreaOcean County357.04
Van Nest Refuge Wildlife Management AreaMercer County98.00
Wading River Wildlife Management AreaBurlington County159.26
Walpack Wildlife Management AreaSussex387.54
Wanaque Wildlife Management Area[lower-alpha 12]Passaic CountyN/A
Weldon Brook Wildlife Management AreaSussex County1,555.11
White Lake Wildlife Management AreaWarren County984.45
White Oak Branch Wildlife Management AreaGloucester County2,764.20
Whiting Wildlife Management AreaOcean County1,206.62
Whittingham Wildlife Management AreaSussex County1,930.15
Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management AreaMorris County10,368.90
Winslow Wildlife Management AreaCamden and Gloucester counties8,381.89

See also

Notes
  1. includes separate North and South tracts
  2. includes separate North and South tracts
  3. includes separate Cape May, Cape May Courthouse, Marmora, Sea Isle City, Wildwood tracts
  4. includes separate east and west tracts
  5. on lease from the United States Army
  6. combined into Maple Lake Wildlife Management Area
  7. includes separate Buena Vista 1, Buena Vista 2, Folsom, Hamilton, Hamilton South, Weymouth tracts
  8. includes separate East and West tracts
  9. includes separate Bethlehem, Butlers Park, Hackettstown, Holland, Lebanon, Pohatcong, Washington tracts
  10. includes separate Mannington East, Mannington West, Salem, and Woodstown tracts
  11. includes separate Catanzaretti, Merck, North, Rockaway Creek, South tracts
  12. Property no longer a Wildlife Management Area, transferred to the Division of Parks and Forestry

References
  1. New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife, Wildlife Management Areas. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
  2. Paul Tarlowe, "New Jersey's Wildlife Management Areas" (June 1999) on the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife website. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
  3. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Green Acres Program. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
  4. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Green Acres Program, State Lands Acquisition Program. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
  5. New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife, Rockport Pheasant Farm.Retrieved October 19, 2015.
  6. New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife, Pequest Trout Hatchery and Natural Resource Education Center. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
  7. New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife, The Charles O. Hayford State Fish Hatchery in Hackettstown. Retrieved October 19, 2015.


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