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May 4, 2017
SWEP / BCONE Regulatory Update
Natural and Historic Resources
Rich Boornazian, Assistant Commissioner
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Parks and Forestry
Parks • Parks Sustainability Project
– Leases and Concessions • Minor Updates to the Administrative Code • IBSP Major Project – September 2017 • Liberty State Park
– Hurricane Sandy Damage and Repairs – Return of Concessions in the Terminal Building
Forestry • Forest Stewardship Rules
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State Forest Inventory (SFI) • Data collected on the ground
by contract crews
• Quality Control conducted by NJFS
• Data used to develop Natural
Resource Stewardship Plans
• In year 3 of data collection
• Data collected on approx. 40,000 acres of state-owned forests per year
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NJFS/USFS – FIA Partnership • Partnership between NJFS and
USFS, Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program
• NJ pays for data taken at higher intensity and frequency
• FIA pays NJ for data services • Data continuously collected every
5 years on forested lands in NJ across ALL ownerships
• Data in NJ taken at 2X the national grid intensity
• In year 3 of partnership
• Important for monitoring
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Stewardship Plan Development • Natural Resource Stewardship
Plans in development for properties in SFI
• 10-year Plans, but consider longer time frames
• Based on data from SFI and FIA
efforts
• Multiple opportunities for stakeholder and public inputs
• Fourth Plan from process currently in development with more lined up
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Fish & Wildlife
• New Director – Larry Herrighty • New AD – Dave Golden • Summer Flounder / Fluke • Pots of Reefs • Bear Management Plan • Mosquito Control • Rules • Landscape Project
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NEW FEDERAL SPECIES LISTING
Two new federally listed species:
Atlantic sturgeon, Endangered
Northern long-eared bat,
Threatened
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Green Acres
• Funding Constitutional Amendment • 2017 Appropriation for State Acquisitions • Ready to Announce Local and Non-Profit Awards • Blue Acres • Rules - 2019
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Forest Fire
• Prescribed Burning – Policy Update – Burns on Private Lands – 10 Year Burn Plan for State Lands
• Wharton Road Project – 227+ Miles of Repaired Roads