New Jersey Pinelands

New Jersey Pinelands NR https://www.nps.gov/pine/index.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinelands_National_Reserve New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve encompasses the New Jersey Pine Barrens. The Pinelands is a unique location of historic villages and berry farms amid the vast oak-pine forests (pine barrens), extensive wetlands, and diverse species of plants and animals of the Atlantic coastal pine barrens ecoregion. The reserve contains Wharton State Forest, Brendan T. Byrne State Forest, Bass River State Forest, and Penn State Forest, which provide public recreation facilities. This is truly a special place. It's classified as a United States Biosphere Reserve and in 1978 was established by Congress as the country’s first National Reserve. It includes portions of seven southern New Jersey counties, and encompasses over one-million acres of farms, forests and wetlands. It contains 56 communities, from hamlets to suburbs, with over 700,000 permanent residents. The Pinelands National Reserve includes portions of seven southern New Jersey counties, and encompasses over one-million acres of farms, forests and wetlands. It contains 56 communities, from hamlets to suburbs, with over 700,000 permanent residents. Batona Trail in the NJ Pinelands Tall pine trees surround a thin unpaved trail Batona Trail in the Brendan T. Byrne State Forest part of the NJ Pinelands Partnership Rivers Program Turns 25 Somers Point, NJ – The National Park Service (NPS) Partnership Wild and Scenic Rivers Program celebrated its 25th Anniversary aboard the Duke ‘O Fluke, a pontoon boat that motored up the Great Egg Harbor and South Rivers on Saturday, September 23. Pontoon floating on the Great Egg harbor.