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> NJ 9. Troy Meadows and Great Piece Meadows. Acreage: 5300. 



f£ Location: Essex and Morris counties; Pompton Plains and Caldwell quadran- 



LU gles; 2 miles east of Caldwell; reached via 1-80 and U.S. 46. 



^ Description: Troy Meadows and Great Piece Meadows are relict marsh and 



2 swamp portions of Lake Passaic, the large glacial lake of the Wisconsin period. 



Troy Meadows, a 2300-acre wetland, is considered to be one of the most 

 productive inland wetlands in the eastern United States in wildlife. Both areas 

 have been heavily disturbed by highways and utilities, but still remain two of the 

 most important open space areas in the state. Pin oak forest and large areas of 

 cattail marsh typify Troy Meadows; while flood-plain forest and swamp forest, 

 interspersed with Passaic River meander scars, typify Great Piece Meadows, a 

 3000-acre area. Eligible for Natural Landmark status December 1970. 



References: Jf.rvis, R. A. 1963. The vascular plants and plant communities of 

 Troy Meadows — a fresh water marsh in northern New Jersey. N.J. Acad. Sci. 

 Bull. 8(2). 



Encroachments: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and state of New Jersey flood 

 control, industrial expansion, filling, water pollution, interstate highway, utility 

 easements, etc. 



Ownership: Wildlife Preserves, Inc., state of New Jersey, and others. 



Data source: David F. Moore, Chief, Natural Areas Section, Dept. of Conserva- 

 tion and Development, Box 1889, Trenton, N.J. 08625. 



Other knowledgeable persons: Robert Perkins, President, Wildlife Preserves, 

 Inc., 1 54 E. Clinton Ave., Tenafly, N.J. 07670. 



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