NATURAL AREAS AND REGIONS 



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eluding oaks, chestnut, maple, birch, 

 beech, hickory, ash, with some pitch 

 pine, white pine, hemlock. Streams 

 unpolluted. 700-1600 ft., rolling to 

 sharp. Acquired by state 1907-18. 



New York Cityt, 3 hours on Lacka- 

 wanna R. R. to Branchville (a) 3 mi. 

 W.T. C. Nelson. 



Swartzwood Lake. (B2.) Sussex 

 County, 560 acres in the foothills of 

 the Blue Mountains; 544 acres of this 

 is water, and about 16 acres of land 

 approaches including a 12 acre hemlock 

 grove. Maintained as recreation area 

 by State. 



New York Cityi, 3 hours on Lacka- 

 wanna R. R. to Newtonf, 7 mi. N. W., 

 or Susquehanna Western R. R. to 

 Swartzwood Sta. (a) 2 mi. N. W. 

 T. C. Nelson. 



9. * Buckwood Park. (C3.) Game 

 Preserve, 5000 acres leased for this 

 purpose for 5 years. Lies in Knowlton, 

 Blairstown, and Pahaquarry townships, 

 to S.E. of Kittatinny Mountain Project. 



New York Cityt, 3 hours to Warren, t 

 (a). T. C. Nelson. 



10. * State Fish Hatchery. (C4.) 119 

 acres of open deciduous forest and pools 

 used for fish cultural purposes. 



Hackettstownt T. C. Nelson. 



11. *Game Farm. (C4.) Ocean 

 County, 537 acres of sand area on Barn- 

 egat Bay sand area. Pines, southern 

 white cedar swamp, along Forked River. 

 Elevation less than 30 ft. 



LakewoodJ, 1 hour O. R. R., to Forked 

 Rivert (w). T. C. Nelson. 



12. Newark City Watershed Preserve. 

 (C4.) Morris and Passaic Counties, 

 about 20,000 acres of mixed hardwoods 

 in rough upland along headwaters of 

 Pequahannock Creek. Stream unpol- 

 luted. 



Extensive replanting before the war, 

 will probably continue. T. C. Nelson. 



13. White Oak Ridge: East Orange 

 Watershed Preserve. (C4.) Essex 

 County, about 1400 acres of hardwoods, 

 plus 400 acres unforested land. Ex- 

 tensive replanting and conservation of 

 timber practised. T. C. Nelson. 



Private Estates 



14. *New Jersey Zinc County, Pre- 

 serve. (F6.) About 10,000 acres of 

 hardwoods "at Franklin, N. J.J 



15. *Ringwood Iron County, Preserve. 



About 45,000 acres of hardwoods at 

 Ringwood, N. J.J 



16. *Wharton Estate. (C3.) Burling- 

 ton, Camden, and Atlantic Counties. 

 About 100,000 acres in the sand area of 

 pitch pine, shortleaf pine, few oaks. 

 Area centers about Atsion, 2 hrs. from 

 Atlantic City on C. R. R. Headquar- 

 ters at Hammonton.J 



17. *Kinney Estate. (F6.) About 

 5000 acres of hardwoods, mixed, at 

 Butler, N. J.J 



18. *Hartshorne Estate. (F6.) Con- 

 tains a few acres of virgin hardwoods, 

 have been in estate of family since 

 colonial days. Chestnuts suffering with 

 blight the only trees removed. High- 

 lands, N. J.t 



19. *Chrystie Estate. (F6.) Few 

 acres of virgin stand of oak, hickory, 

 ash, maple, beech. High Bridge, N. J.f 

 T. C. Nelson. 



The Worthington Forest and Game 

 Preserve. 2500 acres is on the New 

 Jersey side at the Delaware Water 

 Gap. Shawnee on Del. 



Barren or semi-barren areas of interest 

 to the ecologist 



20. Pine Barrens. (D4.) Between 

 Bass River Forest and Penn Forest, 

 and between Penn Forest and Lebanon 

 Forest lie about 30,000 acres of stunted 

 pines. These bear seeds when about 3 

 to 4 ft. high, do not grow taller. Many 

 deer, rabbits, quail and other animals 

 found here. 



Reached as for any of the above named 

 forests, see 1, 2, 3.T. C. Nelson. 



21. Barnegat Sand Area. (A4.) 

 Ocean County, sand spit about J to J 

 mi. wide and 12 mi. long which separates 

 Barnegat Bay from the Atlantic Ocean. 

 Covered with several species of Spartina 

 and other grasses, with occasional 

 clumps of red cedar, and bay bushes. 

 Area includes many sand dunes, ocean 

 beach, salt ponds, salt marshes. Except 

 for occasional Coast Guard Stations 

 region is practically undisturbed. Bar- 

 negat Bay practically unpolluted, fur- 

 nishes excellent region for study of 

 transition from fresh water to marine 

 fauna and flora. Water of Barnegat 

 Bay shows sub-tropical conditions dur- 

 ing summer, many broad flats with 

 typical Zostera associations. Alt. 0-40 

 ft. level. 



New York or Philadelphia! 3 hours on 

 P. R. R., to Seaside Park, 1 mi. S. E 

 T. C. Nelson. 



References: 



For map of forest areas and distribu- 

 tion of species of trees thereon see 



