New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve - New Jersey

Address:New Lisbon, New Jersey
Tel: (609) 894-7300

The vast NJ Pinelands, preserving pine and oak forests, swamps, and bogs, encompass more than 1 million acres of south and central New Jersey. This unique ecosystem protects historic districts, over 850 plant species, and nearly 500 different animal species including 43 listed as threatened or endangered. The Pinelands ranks number four in the country for cranberry production.
Hiking, biking, and canoeing are a few of the most popular ways to explore the Pinelands.

The Pinelands National Reserve includes portions of seven southern New Jersey counties, and encompasses over one-million acres of farms, forests and wetlands. It contains 56 communities, from hamlets to suburbs, with over 700,000 permanent residents. In the Pinelands, specific areas have been designated for environmental protection, forestry and agriculture, with growth being directed and encouraged in and around areas capable of accommodating further development. As a United States Biosphere Reserve, the Pinelands also serves as a laboratory for fostering a harmonious relationship between humans and their environment through a program of research that integrates the social, physical and biological sciences. The Pinelands is truly a special place. Its people are distinguished by a unique relationship with their environment, and the environment is distinguished by being habitat for over a thousand species of plants and animals--almost 100 of which are threatened or endangered.