NJDEP Division of Fish & Wildlife - Wildlife Management Areas

Wildlife Management Areas

DEP Receives Federal Grant to Protect Cape May Wetlands DEP News Release, 1/6/12

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 Roy Bridge on Rt. 615 or Brook Road from Route 560. (View map)

The table below lists all state Wildlife Management Areas as of November, 2011. At that time there were more than 329,000 acres in 121 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; maps are available through the Bureau of Land Management office if you are unable to print them.

For maps 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.

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Capital Funded Projects

Name of Tract County Acreage Acquired by Division of Fish and Wildlife Acreage Acquired Through
1961-2009
Green Acres Bond Acts Acreage Acquired Through Waterfowl Stamp Program Total Acreage as of
November, 2011

Abbotts Meadow 345kb Salem 1,383.88 84.33 1,468.21

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 135kb Hunterdon 21.66 63.75 85.41

Andaloro 130kb Gloucester 53.00 53.00

Assunpink East 3.2mb West 2.7mkb Monmouth 6,323.94 6,323.94

Baldwin Lake 135kb Mercer 36.94 10.39 47.33

Bear Swamp 2.3mb Sussex 2,925.39 2,925.39

Beaver Brook 390kb Warren 606.21 606.21

Beaver Swamp North 265kb South 585kb Cape May 2,928.39 2,928.39

Belvidere Access 345kb Warren 7.54 7.54

Berkshire Valley 435kb Morris 1,147.00 883.33 2,030.33

Black River 1.8mb Morris 3,077.77 3,077.77

Buckhorn Creek 2.1mb Warren 740.25 740.25

Buckshutem 1.6mb 2.7mb Article Cumberland 3,813.72 3,813.72

Budd Lake 260kb Morris 80.00 80.00

Butterfly Bogs 855kb Ocean 103.19 62.64 165.83

Cape Island North 360kb South 1.1mb Cape May 7.86 310.58 97.01 415.45

Cape May Coastal Wetlands North 450kb Central 425kb South 385kb
Cape May 876.42 13,203.94 3,192.58 17,272.94

Capoolong Creek 545kb Hunterdon 67.61 67.61

Cedar Lake 230kb Atlantic 329.18 329.18

Cedarville Ponds 200kb Cumberland 42.18 42.18

Clarks Pond 2.2mb Cumberland 163.88 73.56 237.44

Clinton East 385kb West 440kb Hunterdon 850.00 1,151.43 2,001.43

Cohansey River East 3.0mb West 2.0mb Cumberland 842.91 842.91

Colliers Mills North 1.3mb Central 1.3mb South 1.3mb Ocean 9,688.18 3,126.22 12,814.40

Columbia 250kb Warren 82.65 980.77 1,063.42

Cox Hall Creek 230kb Cape May 274.12 274.12

Culvers Brook Access 360kb Sussex 4.13 4.13

Dennis Creek North 1.2mb South1 410kb South2 215kb Cape May 1,325.85 6,169.82 544.15 8,039.82

Dix 280kb Cumberland 913.17 2,999.70 149.00 4,061.87

D.O.D. Ponds **** 215kb Salem 335.54 335.54

Egg Island East 645kb West 425kb Cumberland 6,247.75 2,585.14 159.02 8,991.91

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 2,090.47

Forked River Mt. ** 1.7mb Ocean 3,907.72 3,907.72

Fortescue 400kb Cumberland 1,160.52
137.40
1,297.92

Gibson Creek 355kb Atlantic 1,281.61 1,281.61

Glassboro 190kb Gloucester 2,341.95 50.96 2,392.91

Great Bay Boulevard North 320kb South 310kb Ocean 3,789.63 1,273.07 449.33 5,512.03

Great Egg Harbor River - Buena Vista 1 1.0mb Buena Vista 2 385kb Folsom 425kb Hamilton 390kb Hamilton So. 375kb Weymouth 1.1mb Atlantic 5,322.70 5,322.70

Greenwood Forest North 225kb Central 210kb South 200kb Ocean 9,863.37 20,058.73 29,922.10

Gum Tree Corner 400kb Salem/Cumberland 1,091.25
13.04
1,104.29

Hackettstown Hatchery 355kb Warren 231.24 3.94 235.18

Hainesville 310kb Sussex 281.50 362.34 643.84

Hamburg Mt. North 3.0mb South 2.9mb Sussex 2,357.60 841.02 3,198.62

Hammonton Creek East 405kb West 545kb
Atlantic 3,921.33 3,921.33

Harmony Access North 290kb South 360kb Warren 26.18 26.18

Harrisonville Lake 340kb Salem/Gloucester 213.20 213.20

Heislerville North 780kb South 390kb Cumberland 2,680.07 2,540.44 1,560.51 6,781.02

Higbee Beach * 420kb Information Cape May 196.00 927.75 1123.75

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 1.7mb Hunterdon 109.00 336.03 445.03

Knowlton Access 380kb Warren 14.20 14.20

Little Flatbrook Access 2.3mb Sussex 6.57 6.57

Lizard Tail Swamp Preserve ******* 2.0mb Cape May 378.99 378.99

Lockatong 1.7mb Hunterdon 565.47 565.47

Logan Pond 1.3mb Gloucester 11.95 75.00 86.95

Mad Horse Creek North 1.4mb Central 1.4b South 440kb Salem 4,409.65 4,515.08 573.60 9,498.33

Makepeace Lake North 330kb South 330kb Atlantic 11,158.03 11,158.03

Malibu Beach 445kb Atlantic 95.70 95.70

Manahawkin 170kb Ocean 964.96 677.03 1,641.99

Manasquan River 490kb Ocean/Monmouth 744.33 744.33

Manchester 2.3mb Ocean 2,300.00 1,157.09 3,457.09

Mantua Creek 295kb Gloucester 107.33 107.33

Maple Lake 305kb Atlantic 482.23 482.23

Maskells Mill Pond 375kb Salem 56.90 1,055.28 1,112.18

Medford 230kb Burlington 214.07 214.07

Menantico Ponds 435kb Cumberland 295.90 98.56 394.46

Millville (Bevans) East 625kb West 550kb Lake Audrey Location Map Cumberland 11,724.63 3,874.87
102.63
15,702.13

Musconetcong River Bethlehem 2.9mb Butlers Park 2.8mb Hackettstown 3.1mb Holland 3.0mb Lebanon 2.9mb Pohatcong 3.2mb Washington 2.9mb Hunterdon/Morris/Warren 1,520.12 1,520.12

Nantuxent 415kb Cumberland 787.36 177.75 237.84 1,202.95

Navesink River 2.3mb Monmouth 64.91 64.91

New Sweden 685kb Cumberland 817.46 501.67 1,225.05 2,544.68

Oyster Creek Access 280kb Ocean 14.11 14.11

Paulinskill River 1.6mb Sussex 2,351.91 2,351.91

Peaslee North1.1mb Central 355kb South 320kb Cumberland/Cape May 9,642.78 24,156.84 33,799.62

Pemberton Lake 315kb Burlington
81.75
81.75

Penbryn Pond 315kb Camden 354.63 354.63

Pennsauken Access 345kb Camden 0.68 0.68

Pequest 3.4mb Warren 203.66 4,607.59 4,811.25

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 235kb Atlantic 1,452.91 1,452.91

Prospertown Lake 365kb Ocean 122.17 605.45 727.62

Raccoon Creek 450kb Gloucester 272.74 272.74

Rainbow Lake 275kb Salem 76.42 76.42

Ratzman Access 345kb Warren 7.42 7.42

Rockaway River 585kb Morris 3,006.50 3,006.50

Rockport 3.1mb Pheasant Farm Warren 369.81 907.57 1,277.38

Rowands Pond 510kb Camden 12.98 12.98

Salem River Mannington East 1.7mb Mannington West 2.1mb Salem 1.7mb Woodstown 1.8b Salem 3,225.40 3,225.40

Sawmill Creek *** 355kb Bergen/Hudson 727.00 727.00

Sedge Islands 2.5mb Ocean 192.33 192.33

South Branch Catanzaretti 2.3mb Merck 335kb North 2.2mb Rockaway Creek 1.9mb South 2.3mb Hunterdon/Morris 1,939.30 1,939.30

Sparta Mountain North 240kb South 230kb Sussex 3,281.80 3,281.80

Spicers Creek Access 375kb Cape May 4.70 4.7

Splitrock Reservoir Access 315kb Morris --

Stafford Forge North 695kb Central 710kb South 1.4mkb Ocean 11,545.38 11,545.38

Swan Bay 1.0mb Burlington 2,933.11 501.04 3,434.15

Thundergut Pond 1.1mb Salem 2,168.78 2,168.78

Trout Brook 210kb Sussex 1,638.02 1,638.02

Tuckahoe (MacNamara) North 2.2mb South 2.2mb Cape May/Atlantic 12,377.00 1,151.78 1,321.30 14,850.08

Turkey Swamp 300kb Monmouth 1,500.00 2,432.00 3,932.00

Union Lake 395kb Cumberland/Salem 5,022.88 5,022.88

Upper Barnegat Bay - Dover 795kb Stouts Creek 170kb Ocean 314.34 42.70 357.04

Van Nest Refuge 315kb Mercer 98.00 98.00

Wading River 265kb Burlington 159.26 159.26

Walpack 560kb Sussex 387.54 387.54

Wanaque Passaic Property Transferred to Div. of Parks and Forestry

Weldon Brook 410kb Sussex 1,551.92 1,551.92

White Lake***** 420kb Frelinghuysen 320kb Warren 961.28 961.28

White Oak Branch 270kb Gloucester 2,676.51 2,676.51

Whiting 300kb Ocean 1,190.89 1,190.89

Whittingham 410kb Sussex 1,930.15 1,930.15

Wildcat Ridge North 430kb South 420kb Hawkwatch Morris 3,882.15 3,882.15

Winslow 525kb Camden/Gloucester 1,726.15 6,227.58 7,953.73

Acreage Totals 98,447.26 219,940.28 10,778.50 329,166.04

* 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 New Jersey Meadowlands 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 a WMA

****** Alpha Grasslands Preserve - DEP has a 44% interest in this property

******* 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. For information, see www.pseg.com/info/environment/estuary.jsp.