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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

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

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

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

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