Tag: state parks
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The State We’re In: Underfunded, understaffed state parks need a ‘friend’
By Alison Mitchell, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation From High Point State Park at the “top” of the state to Cape May Point State Park at the southern tip, New Jersey has an incredible variety of public lands. Mountains, lakes, ocean beaches, bays, deciduous forests, pine barrens, beautiful rivers and streams, historic sites –…
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All state parks and forests closed to help flatten the curve of coronavirus
To limit the spread of COVID-19 and to ensure social distancing, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) closed all state parks and forests effective 8 p.m. on April 7. Commissioner Catherine R. McCabe said the state parks and forests will remain closed until further notice as required by Executive Order 118, signed on…
