The New Jersey Pinelands Commission is considering revisions to the boundaries of Pinelands Management Areas based on a comprehensive re-examination of the region’s ecological characteristics.

Under the Pinelands protection program, there are nine land-use management areas with varying goals, objectives, development intensities and permitted uses. These management areas are charted on the Pinelands Land Capability Map.

Commission scientists recently completed a study, called the Ecological Integrity Assessment, that evaluates the current status of the Pinelands ecology by analyzing landscape and watershed conditions throughout the million-acre region.

The Commission is using information from this study, among other data, in considering these management area changes, which seek to ensure that important natural areas receive the appropriate protection.

For more information about this project please (click here) for the Revisions to Pinelands Management Areas fact sheet.

Below are seven maps (one for each county) depicting DRAFT revisions to Pinelands Management Areas as of November 5, 2008. Please note that these maps are subject to change.

• Atlantic County (11/05/2008)
• Burlington County (11/05/2008)
• Camden County (11/05/2008)
• Cape May County (11/05/2008)
• Cumberland County (11/05/2008)
• Gloucester County (11/05/2008)
• Ocean County (11/05/2008)
• Map Key