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Wildlife Management Areas |
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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 |
The table below lists all state Wildlife
Management Areas as of February, 2021. At that time the system had more than 358,000 acres in 122 areas. 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
February, 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 |
|
6,393 |
|
6,393 |
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 |
976 |
|
2,123 |
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 Peck Bay 2.4mb
Sea Isle City 3.2mb Wildwood 3.2mb
|
Cape May |
876.42 |
13,773 |
3,192.58 |
17,842 |
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 |
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|
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
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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 |
1,334.40 |
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3,692 |
Hammonton Creek East 5.2mb West 5.0mb
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Atlantic |
|
5,720 |
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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
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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 |
725.73 |
1,327.31 |
2,871 |
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 |
4,967.34 |
|
5,171 |
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 |
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|
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 |
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|
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 |
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|
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 |
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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 |
|
12,592 |
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 |
|
2,088 |
|
2,088 |
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 |
2,473 |
|
3,973 |
Union Lake 5.2mb |
Cumberland/Salem |
|
5,268 |
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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 |
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|
98.00 |
Wading River 410kb |
Burlington |
|
159.26 |
|
159.26 |
Walpack
785kb |
Sussex |
387.54 |
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|
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 |
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1,950 |
Wildcat Ridge 5.0mb Hawkwatch |
Morris |
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6,315.18 |
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6,315.18 |
Winslow
3.8mb |
Camden/Gloucester |
1,726.15 |
6,679.57 |
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8,405.72 |
Acreage
Totals |
98,449.64 |
248,808.49 |
11,057.71 |
358,315.84 |
* 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
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*****
Division of Fish & Wildlife co-owners of property with The
Nature Conservancy |
******
Sedge
Islands Conservation Zone Management Agreement (pdf,
1.0mb) |
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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.
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