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Monitoring report: three preserved Highlands sites show ORV use and dumping; staff urge better stewardship coordination
Summary
Staff reported monitoring visits to three Highlands sites preserved with PCF funds: two Ocean County sites and one Camden County site. Monitoring found ORV tracks, repeated fence damage, and construction-grade dumping; staff said more monitoring and funding for stewardship would improve outcomes.
Katie Elliott, a planning specialist, presented results of December monitoring visits to three Highlands sites preserved with Pinelands conservation funds.
Elliott said the first site, Clayton Ridgeway in Jackson Township (reserved in 2009, 16 acres, owned by the Ocean County Natural Lands Trust), appeared to be in generally good condition with no large-scale dumping and no marked trails.
A larger adjacent site, Clayton 2010 B…
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