You are about to search the Recreation and Open Space Inventory
(ROSI) database maintained by the Green Acres Program.
Each Local Unit (municipality or County) is required to prepare
a ROSI as a condition of applying for and receiving Green Acres
funding. The ROSI lists all Green Acres-funded properties ("funded
parkland") as well as all other lands held for conservation
and/or recreation purposes at the time the Local Unit last received
funding from Green Acres ("unfunded parkland"). Lands
listed on a ROSI include those owned, leased, or otherwise controlled
by the Local Unit and may include land owned in fee, land leased
by the Local Unit for recreation purposes, land owned by a private
entity upon which the Local Unit holds a conservation easement,
or any land in which the Local Unit holds a specific recreation
and/or conservation interest. Please be aware that because Green
Acres restrictions are contractual and statutory in nature,
a property may be subject to Green Acres restrictions even if
it is omitted from a ROSI.
Please also note that the ROSI is a document provided to Green
Acres by a Local Unit requesting funding. Although Green Acres
works with Local Units to reconcile ROSI information as part
of the funding process, Green Acres relies in good faith on
the accuracy of the information provided to us by the Local
Unit(s) in maintaining the accuracy of our database. Because
it is possible since the last submission of the ROSI that the
block and lot numbers may have changed within the Local Unit,
or that typographical errors may have been made and/or properties
may have been erroneously listed or omitted when the ROSI was
last submitted, and because it is the responsibility of the
Local Unit to ensure compliance with Green Acres rules, it is
strongly recommended that you confirm the following information
with the appropriate Local Unit(s).
A new column has been added to the web version of the ROSI. Although we try to update the web version of the ROSI quarterly, the date of update for the information contained within the ROSI (municipality by municipality) varies. The new column shows the last time the specific ROSI information was updated. If the field is blank, the information has not been updated since 2005.
If there is question as to whether a parcel should or should
not be included on the ROSI, please see the Green Acres Rules,
specifically N.J.A.C. 7:36-25.3, for guidance and then contact
the Local Unit. All questions concerning proposed uses of Green
Acres restricted lands should first be addressed to the Local
Unit and then the appropriate Green Acres County Steward, found
at http://www.state.nj.us/dep/greenacres/staff.htm.
Any discrepancies, whether in the form of an incorrect block/lot
listing or parcels missing from the ROSI, should be brought
to the attention of the Bureau of Legal Services and Stewardship
at (609) 341-2054 or Nancy.Lawrence@dep.state.nj.us.