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TRENTON, N.J., Oct. 11 -- The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release:
The state's network of Wildlife Management Areas has reached an important milestone with recent land acquisitions increasing the size of the system to 350,000 acres, Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bob Martin announced today.
To put this in perspective, New Jersey has more acreage in its Wildlife Management Area (WMA) system than its much larger neighbor New York State, and more than Vermont, Massachusetts and Rhode Island combined.
"This achievement is especially notable since it is coming during the 125th anniversary of the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife," Commissioner Martin said. "Wildlife Management Areas, managed by the Division of Fish and Wildlife, provide countless hunting, fishing and wildlife viewing opportunities, and protect a wide range of landscapes, habitats, and wildlife that reflect the state's diversity. The Christie Administration is proud to celebrate this impressive system of natural lands that are so important to the sporting community, our residents and our quality of life."
The 122-unit Wildlife Management Area system had its beginning with the purchase of the 387-acre Walpack Tract in Sussex County in 1932 as a "Public Shooting and Fishing Ground" by the Board of Fish and Game Commissioners, the predecessor...