NJDEP Division of Fish & Wildlife - Wildlife Management Areas

Wildlife Management Areas

The boat ramp at Thundergut Pond WMA is temporarily closed while vegetation on the recently renovated secondary spillway is restored. The ramp is expected to be reopened in September.

The road through Ken Lockwood Gorge WMA will be undergoing repair during the month of June. Access may be limited, affecting anglers and other visitors. The road will be repaired to its condition prior to Hurricane Irene.

The Spicer's Creek boat ramp will be closed for replacement on or soon after May 28 and remain closed until about July 4th. For questions or comments call 856-785-0455.

The Tuckahoe (MacNamara) WMA impoundment roads are closed indefinitely due to the effects of Superstorm Sandy. The Heislerville WMA impoundment and road that were damaged are being repaired.

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. The area is accessible via foot and parking is along Mountain Road before the bridge closures. The public can also use alternate routes via Roy Bridge on Rt. 615 or Brook Road from Rt. 560. (View map)

The table below lists all state Wildlife Management Areas as of March, 2013. At that time there were more than 341,000 acres in 120 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.)

Clicking on a WMA name opens a topographic map of the area in a new tab/window. Maps are in PDF format and have been compressed to reduce file size and download time.

For higher resolution print or PDF format maps of the WMAs, or for more information, contact the Bureau of Land Management at 609-984-0547 or e-mail WMAMAPS@dep.state.nj.us. Include a mailing address if requesting print maps.

Maps showing area roads are also available on the Wildlife Management Areas - Road Maps page.

New Jersey's Wildlife Management Areas - feature article
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
March, 2013

Abbotts Meadow 1.5mb Salem 1,383.88 84.33 1,456.37

Absecon 4.0mb Atlantic 2,910.20 815.24 56.81 3,782.25

Alexauken Creek 2.1mb Hunterdon 689.24 689.24

Alpha Grasslands Preserve ***** 3.7mb Warren 128.00 128.00

Amwell Lake 460kb Hunterdon 21.66 63.75 85.41

Andaloro 3.6mb Gloucester 53.00 53.00

Assunpink 3.2mb Monmouth 6,373.44 6,373.44

Baldwin Lake 135kb Mercer 36.94 10.39 47.33

Bear Swamp 1.3mb Sussex 2,925.70 2,925.70

Beaver Brook 505kb Warren 606.92 606.92

Beaver Swamp North 975kb South 1.3mb Cape May 2,928.38 2,928.38

Belvidere Access 345kb Warren 7.15 7.15

Berkshire Valley 3.6mb Morris 1,147.00 883.33 2,030.33

Black River 4.1mb Morris 3,077.77 3,077.77

Buckhorn Creek 4.0mb Warren 682.94 682.94

Buckshutem 645kb Article Cumberland 3,894.70 3,894.70

Budd Lake 480kb Morris 80.00 80.00

Butterfly Bogs 395kb Ocean 103.19 62.64 165.83

Cape Island North 435kb South 1.4mb Cape May 7.86 310.58 97.01 415.45

Cape May Coastal Wetlands Cape May 4.2mb Cape May Courthouse 3.9mb Marmora 2.5mb Sea Isle City 2.6mb Wildwood 4.2mb
Cape May 876.42 13,204.37 3,192.58 17,273.37

Capoolong Creek 510kb Hunterdon 67.61 67.61

Cedar Lake 355kb Atlantic 329.18 329.18

Cedarville Ponds 370kb Cumberland 42.18 42.18

Clarks Pond 565kb Cumberland 163.88 37.31 201.19

Clinton East 4.0mb West 3.8mb Hunterdon 850.00 1,171.17 2,021.17

Cohansey River 1.0mb Cumberland 992.94 992.94

Colliers Mills 680kb Ocean 9,688.18 3,126.43 12,814.61

Columbia 1.0mb Warren 1,096.32 1,096.32

Cox Hall Creek 1.0mb Cape May 315.66 315.66

Culvers Brook Access 460kb Sussex 4.13 4.13

Dennis Creek 2.1mb Cape May 1,325.85 6,169.82 544.15 8,039.82

Dix 1.0mb Cumberland 913.17 3,195.73 149.00 4,257.90

D.O.D. Ponds **** 475kb Salem 335.54 335.54

Egg Island 450kb Cumberland 6,247.75 2,585.14 159.02 8,991.91

Elmer Lake 1.7mb Salem 172.50 231.30 385.80

Featherbed Lane 1.6mb Salem 190.65 190.65

Flatbrook-Roy 1.3mb Sussex 2,090.47 2,090.47

Forked River Mt. ** 505kb Ocean 4,140.00 4,140.00

Fortescue 505kb Cumberland 1,160.52
137.40
1,297.92

Gibson Creek
Incorporated into Maple Lake WMA

Glassboro 685kb Gloucester 2,341.95 50.95 2,392.90

Great Bay Boulevard 420kb Ocean 3,789.63 1,713.15 449.33 5,952.11

Great Egg Harbor River - Buena Vista 1 385kb Buena Vista 2 365kb Folsom 635kb Hamilton 415kb Hamilton So. 400kb Weymouth 770kb Atlantic 5,343.60 5,343.60

Greenwood Forest 460kb Ocean 9,863.37 22,084.63 31,948.00

Gum Tree Corner 825kb Salem/Cumberland 1,091.25
13.04
1,104.29

Hackettstown Hatchery 690kb Warren 231.24 3.94 235.18

Hainesville 620kb Sussex 281.50 362.34 643.84

Hamburg Mountain 2.3mb Sussex 2,357.60 1,250.20 3,607.80

Hammonton Creek East 1.5mb West 435kb
Atlantic 3,953.00 3,953.00

Harmony Access 2.5mb Warren 26.88 26.88

Harrisonville Lake 395kb Salem/Gloucester 213.20 213.20

Heislerville 520kb Cumberland 2,680.07 2,828.42 1,560.51 7,069.00

Higbee Beach * 2.5mb Information Cape May 196.00 927.30 1123.30

Holland Church Access 1.9mb Hunterdon 21.49 21.49

Honey Run 700kb Warren 134.08 134.08

Hummers Beach Access 1.0mb Warren 3.20 3.20

Imlaystown Lake 1.0mb Monmouth 30.00 30.00

Ken Lockwood Gorge 745kb Hunterdon 109.00 336.03 445.03

Knowlton Access 830kb Warren 14.20 14.20

Little Flatbrook Access 670kb Sussex 6.57 6.57

Lizard Tail Swamp Preserve ****** 760kb Cape May 378.99 378.99

Lockatong 2.4mb Hunterdon 579.42 579.42

Logan Pond 445kb Gloucester 11.95 75.00 86.95

Mad Horse Creek 2.9mb Salem 4,409.65 4,335.55 573.60 9,318.80

Makepeace Lake 1.0mb Atlantic 11,161.00 11,161.00

Malibu Beach 3.0mb Atlantic 95.70 95.70

Manahawkin 575kb Ocean 964.96 677.04 1,642.00

Manasquan River 4.0mb Ocean/Monmouth 744.33 744.33

Manchester 940kb Ocean 2,300.00 1,502.00 3,802.00

Mantua Creek 435kb Gloucester 107.33 107.33

Maple Lake 1.1mb Atlantic 4,848.60 4,848.60

Maskells Mill Pond 1.6mb Salem 56.90 1,055.28 1,112.18

Medford 555kb Burlington 214.07 214.07

Menantico Ponds 735kb Cumberland 295.90 98.56 394.46

Millville (Bevans) 695kb Lake Audrey Location Map Cumberland 11,724.63 4,431.74
102.63
16,259.00

Musconetcong River Bethlehem 4.0mb Butlers Park 730kb Hackettstown 810kb Holland 3.3mb Lebanon 3.5mb Pohatcong 1.2mb Washington 830kb Hunterdon/Morris/Warren 1,520.47 1,520.47

Nantuxent 710kb Cumberland 787.36 163.25 237.84 1,188.45

Navesink River 225kb Monmouth 66.93 66.93

New Sweden 1.9mb Cumberland 817.46 501.69 1,225.05 2,544.70

Oyster Creek Access 460kb Ocean 14.11 14.11

Paulinskill River 3.8mb Sussex 2,403.00 2,403.00

Peaslee 1.4mb Cumberland/Cape May 9,642.78 24,243.35 33,886.13

Pemberton Lake 385kb Burlington
81.75
81.75

Penbryn Pond 745kb Camden 354.63 354.63

Pennsauken Access 1.3mb Camden 0.68 0.68

Pequest 3.7mb Warren 203.66 4,665.20 4,868.86

Pohatcong Creek 1.4mb Warren 129.54 129.54

Point Pleasant Fishing Access 3.6mb Ocean 6.60 6.60

Pork Island 3.3mb Atlantic 616.04 251.16 867.20

Port Republic 710kb Atlantic 1,452.91 1,452.91

Prospertown Lake 565kb Ocean 122.17 610.73 732.90

Raccoon Creek 1.4mb Gloucester 272.74 272.74

Rainbow Lake 445kb Salem 91.12 91.12

Ratzman Access 345kb Warren 7.42 7.42

Rockaway River 4.0mb Morris 3,667.16 3,667.16

Rockport 3.8mb Pheasant Farm Warren 369.81 904.59 1,274.40

Rowands Pond 1.1mb Camden 12.98 12.98

Salem River Mannington East 1.2mb Mannington West 2.9mb Salem 580kb Woodstown 3.4mb Salem 3,230.40 3,230.40

Sawmill Creek *** 3.7mb Bergen/Hudson 727.00 727.00

Sedge Islands 540kb Ocean 192.33 192.33

South Branch Catanzaretti 4.0mb Merck 3.0mb North 3.1mb Rockaway Creek 2.2mb South 3.3mb Hunterdon/Morris 1,939.27 1,939.27

Sparta Mountain 4.2mb Sussex 3,441.45 3,441.45

Spicers Creek Access 555kb Cape May 4.70 12.90 17.60

Splitrock Reservoir Access 315kb Morris --

Stafford Forge 680kb Ocean 11,925.93 11,925.93

Swan Bay 590kb Burlington 2,968.17 501.04 3,469.21

Thundergut Pond 2.1mb Salem 2,151.43 2,151.43

Trout Brook 4.5mb Sussex 1,843.60 1,843.60

Tuckahoe (MacNamara) 3.7mb Cape May/Atlantic 12,377.00 3,287.01 1,385.30 17,049.31

Turkey Swamp 2.7mb Monmouth 1,500.00 2,432.00 3,932.00

Union Lake 2.0mb Cumberland/Salem 5,022.88 5,022.88

Upper Barnegat Bay 1.7mb Ocean 314.34 42.70 357.04

Van Nest Refuge 1.6mb Mercer 98.00 98.00

Wading River 410kb Burlington 159.26 159.26

Walpack 785kb Sussex 387.54 387.54

Wanaque Passaic Property Transferred to Div. of Parks and Forestry

Weldon Brook 2.8mb Sussex 1,551.90 1,551.90

White Lake 3.6mb Warren 984.45 984.45

White Oak Branch 320kb Gloucester 2,764.20 2,764.20

Whiting 925kb Ocean 1,190.89 15.73 1,206.62

Whittingham 3.8mb Sussex 1,930.15 1,930.15

Wildcat Ridge 4.5mb Hawkwatch Morris 4,186.31 4,186.31

Winslow 3.2mb Camden/Gloucester 1,726.15 6,194.29 7,920.44

Acreage Totals 98,447.26 231,974.42 10,842.50 341,264.18

* 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)

***** 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.