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Policy Implementation Committee recommends CMP amendments, including Black Run redesignation, to full Pinelands Commission
Summary
On Sept. 26, 2025 the Pinelands Commission Policy Implementation Committee voted to recommend proposed Comprehensive Management Plan amendments — including redesignation of the Black Run watershed — to the full commission for adoption. Staff said the proposal drew 490 comments, most in support; adoption would change allowable development intensity but would not itself create permanent preservation.
The Pinelands Commission Policy Implementation Committee on Sept. 26 recommended that the full commission adopt a package of amendments to the Comprehensive Management Plan (CMP), including redesignation of part of the Black Run watershed to a more protective management area.
Committee members moved and seconded the recommendation after Executive Director Dave Holmes summarized public feedback and staff responses. Holmes told the committee, “We received 490 comments — unusual for us — and they were almost all positive,” and said roughly 342 of those commenters expressly supported the Black Run redesignation.
The amendments change the management‑area designation for the mapped portion of the Black Run watershed, reducing development intensity and narrowing the…
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