NJDEP Division of Fish & Wildlife - Wildlife Management Areas

Wildlife Management Areas

WMAs Are Open; Division Offices and Buildings Closed
Help keep WMAs open by observing proper social distancing!
The Bay Point dock on Nantuxent WMA is closed due to severe damage sustained during Hurricane Isaias.
The dam removal area of Columbia WMA will remain closed until spring 2021.

WMA Restrictions Are In Effect In the Areas Listed Below.

Greenwood Forest	Parkers Pit - will remain seasonally closed
Malibu Beach	Small Triangle to North of Main Parking Lot
Winslow - East	Walk-in access Only

Mask Up Flyer

TOGETHER WE CAN STOP ILLEGAL DUMPING IN NEW JERSEY!

WMA Regulations
Wildlife Management Area Permits
ORVs Impounded For Illegal Use In WMA
Columbia Lake Dam Removal Project
WMA Habitat Management Projects
Disturbed Forest - The Forsaken Science of Healthy Forests (Ruffed Grouse Society Video)

The State Forestry Service is conducting a controlled burn on Peaslee Wildlife Management Areas beginning January 18 on the northwest side of 1st Avenue, between Cape May Avenue and Route 49. The Division apologizes for any inconvenience. The burn will function as a strategic fuel break that would hold a fire from entering into the extensively inaccessible tract to the south. In addition to acting as a fuel break, it will increase public safety and reduce the possibility of a fire impacting a much larger area. Thank you for your understanding.
Map Of Burn Area (pdf, 1.2mb)

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 January, 2021. At that time the system had more than 358,000 acres in 122 areas (see the October, 2017 DEP news release). 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 many 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.nj.gov. Include a mailing address if requesting print maps.

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

Please note that state WMAs and facilities are "carry in - carry out" and trash receptacles are not provided; please plan accordingly to not leave any trash or recyclables behind.

New Jersey's Wildlife Management Areas - feature article
WMA Regulations

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
January, 2021

Abbotts Meadow 345kb Salem 1,523.76 84.33 1,608.09

Absecon 555kb Atlantic 2,910.20 979.04 56.81 3,946.05

Alexauken Creek 1.2mb Hunterdon 689.24 689.24

Alpha Grasslands Preserve **** 3.5mb Warren 128.00 128.00

Amwell Lake 2.3mb 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 ******* 4.2mb Sussex 2,879 2,879

Beaver Brook 4.4mb Warren 685 685

Beaver Swamp North 205kb South 215kb Cape May 2,930.69 2,930.69

Belvidere Access 125kb Warren 7.46 7.46

Berkshire Valley 205kb Morris 1,147.00 892.66 2,039.66

Black River 3.3mb Morris 3,077.77 3,077.77

Buckhorn Creek 4.0mb Warren 682.94 682.94

Buckshutem 3.5mb Article Cumberland 4,222 4,222

Budd Lake 480kb Morris 80.00 80.00

Butterfly Bogs 395kb Ocean 103.19 62.64 165.83

Cape Island North 465kb South 3.9mb Cape May 7.86 314.17 97.01 419.04

Cape May Coastal Wetlands Cape May 2.9mb Cape May Courthouse 3.1mb Marmora 2.8mb Sea Isle City 3.2mb Wildwood 3.2mb
Cape May 876.42 13,721.00 3,192.58 17,790.00

Capoolong Creek 3.5mb Hunterdon 67.61 67.61

Cedar Lake 150kb Atlantic 359.51 359.51

Cedarville Ponds 370kb Cumberland 42.18 42.18

Clarks Pond 2.9mb Cumberland 163.88 32.13 196.01

Clinton East 265kb West 300kb Hunterdon 850.00 1,214.17 2,064.17

Cohansey River 175kb Cumberland 1,474.00 1,474.00

Colliers Mills 235kb Ocean 9,688.18 3,222.79 12,910.97

Columbia 5.0mb Warren 1098.00 1098.00

Cox Hall Creek 1.0mb Hunting Area Map 1.2mb Cape May 315.66 315.66

Culvers Brook Access 460kb Sussex 4.13 4.13

Deal Fishing Access 1.0mb Monmouth n/a n/a n/a n/a

Dennis Creek 4.9mb Cape May 1,325.85 6,809.69 544.15 8,679.69

Dix 4.5mb Cumberland 913.17 4,296.04 149.00 5,358.21

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

Egg Island 245kb Cumberland 6,247.75 2,585.19 159.02 8,991.96

Elmer Lake 1.7mb Salem 172.50 231.30 385.80

Featherbed Lane 1.6mb Salem 190.65 190.65

Flatbrook-Roy 435kb Sussex 2,092.85 2,092.85

Forked River Mt. 2.4mb Ocean 2,120.78 2,120.78

Fortescue 2.7mb Cumberland 1,813.6
137.40
1,951

Gibson Creek
Incorporated into Maple Lake WMA

Glassboro 685kb Gloucester 2,341.95 50.95 2,392.90

Great Bay Boulevard 4.9mb Ocean 3,789.63 1,743.02 449.33 5,981.98

Great Egg Harbor River - Buena Vista 1 4.1mb Buena Vista 2 3.4mb Folsom 4.0mb Hamilton 4.2mb Hamilton So. 4.3mb Weymouth 4.4mb Atlantic 6,825 6,825

Greenwood Forest 4.8mb Burlington/Ocean 9,863.37 22,489.63 32,353

Gum Tree Corner 185kb Cumberland/Salem 1,217.75
13.04
1,230.79

Hackettstown Hatchery 690kb Warren 231.24 3.94 235.18

Hainesville 315kb Sussex 281.50 467.56 749.06

Hamburg Mountain 2.3mb Sussex 2,357.60 1,286.45 3,644.05

Hammonton Creek East 5.2mb West 5.0mb
Atlantic 5,720 5,720

Harmony Access 2.5mb Warren 26.88 26.88

Harrisonville Lake 190kb Salem/Gloucester 298.45 298.45

Heislerville 3.6mb Video Cumberland 2,680.07 3,429.82 1,560.51 7,670.40

Higbee Beach * 145kb Information Cape May 196.00 963.53 1,159.53

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 4.1mb Hunterdon 109.00 454.48 563.48

Knowlton Access 4.0mb 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 210kb Hunterdon 764.56 764.56

Logan Pond 3.1mb Gloucester 11.95 101.91 113.86

Mad Horse Creek 3.9mb Salem 4,409.65 4,531.50 573.60 9,514.75

Makepeace Lake 4.9mb Atlantic 11,736 11,736

Malibu Beach 3.0mb Atlantic 95.70 95.70

Manahawkin 4.1mb Ocean 964.96 825.74 1,790.70

Manasquan River 405kb Ocean/Monmouth 744.33 744.33

Manchester 185kb Ocean 2,300.00 1,501.10 3,802.10

Mantua Creek 200kb Gloucester 107.33 107.33

Maple Lake 4.1mb Atlantic 4,788 4,788

Maskells Mill Pond 370kb Salem 56.90 1,098.70 1,155.60

Medford 555kb Burlington 214.07 214.07

Menantico Ponds 750kb Cumberland 295.90 178.24 474.14

Millville (Bevans) 4.1mb Lake Audrey Location Map Cumberland 11,724.63 4,576.22
102.63
16,403.48

Musconetcong River Bethlehem 4.0mb Butlers Park 3.4mb Hackettstown 2.0mb Holland 4.2mb Lebanon 4.1mb Pohatcong 4.4mb Washington 4.1mb Hunterdon/Morris/Warren 1,648 1,648

Nantuxent 3.1mb Cumberland 787.36 117.80 237.84 1,143

Navesink River 225kb Monmouth 66.93 66.93

New Sweden 4.0mb Cumberland 817.96 687.40 1,327.31 2,832.67

Oyster Creek Access 2000kb Ocean 14.11 14.11

Paulinskill River 310kb Sussex 2,523.36 2,523.36

Peaslee 5.4mb Cumberland/Cape May 9,642.78 24,509.83 34,152.61

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 4.6mb Warren 203.66 4,959.34 5,163

Pleasant Run 970kb Burlington/Mercer/Monmouth 500.00 500.00

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 480kb Atlantic 1,470.91 1,470.91

Prospertown Lake 3.5mb Monmouth/Ocean 122.17 908.51 1,030.68

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 420b Morris 3,671.22 3,671.22

Rockport 4.7mb Pheasant Farm Warren 369.81 1,040.19 1,410

Rowands Pond 1.1mb Camden 12.98 12.98

Salem River Mannington East 3.4mb Mannington West 4/0mb Salem 3.5mb Woodstown 3.7mb Salem 3,342.94 3,342.94

Sawmill Creek ** 3.7mb Bergen/Hudson 727.00 727.00

Sedge Islands ****** 540kb Ocean 192.33 192.33

Shark River Access 205kb Monmouth 0.95 0.95

South Branch Catanzaretti 3.0mb Merck 2.5mb North 3.0mb Rockaway Creek 2.4mb South 2.8mb Hunterdon/Morris 1,946.51 1,946.51

Sparta Mountain 4.2mb Sussex 3,461.20 3,461.20

Spicers Creek Access 555kb Cape May 4.70 12.90 17.60

Stafford Forge 3.7mb Ocean 12,592.29 12,592.29

Swan Bay 4.7mb Burlington 3,364.20 581.8 3,946

Thundergut Pond 385kb Salem 2,511.17 2,511.17

Trout Brook 4.7mb Sussex 2,050 2,050

Tuckahoe (MacNamara) 5.3mb Impoundment Restoration Video Cape May/Atlantic 12,377.00 4,410.56 1,417.49 18,205.05

Turkey Swamp 260kb Monmouth/Ocean 1,500.00 2,472.62 3,972.62

Union Lake 5.2mb Cumberland/Salem 5,268 5,268

Upper Barnegat Bay North 4.5mb South 3.9mb Ocean 384.30 42.70 427

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 325kb Sussex 1,564.22 1,564.22

White Lake 4.2mb Warren 984.45 984.45

White Oak Branch 3.8mb Gloucester 2,910.00 2,910.00

Whiting 4.0mb Ocean 1,190.89 21.02 1,211.91

Whittingham 5.3mb Sussex 1,950 1,950

Wildcat Ridge 5.0mb Hawkwatch Morris 6,315.18 6,315.18

Winslow 3.8mb Camden/Gloucester 1,726.15 6,679.57 8,405.72

Acreage Totals 98,449.64 248,521.61 11,057.71 358,028.95

* License from Department of Army for conservation and management of 196.00 acres

** 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

****** Sedge Islands Conservation Zone Management Agreement (pdf, 1.0mb)

******* Division of Fish & Wildlife co-owners of property (867 acres) with the New Jersey Conservation Foundation and Sussex County

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.