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New Jersey Special Area Plans and Initiatives

New Jersey Trails Plan

• http://www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/natural/trail_plan.htm
• http://www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/natural/njtrails.html

Jersey City, NJ:

• Public Access and Transportation Improvements Plan for Waterfront
  

Coopers’ Ferry: Camden Parks and Public Access Initiatives

• http://coopersferry.com/what-we-do/projects/cramer%20hill
• http://www.camdengreenways.org/

Manasquan River: Public access websites

• http://manasquanriver.org/documents-mrwa/y2-boating-and-fishing.pdf
• http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/mansqnaccess.htm
• http://www.trails.com/tcatalog_trail.aspx?trailid=CGN004-009

Maurice River: Access and stakeholder groups

• http://mauriceriver.igc.org/
• http://www.cumauriceriver.org/pages/maurice.html
• http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/newjersey/placesweprotect/delaware-bayshores-maurice-river-bluffs-preserve.xml

Mullica River

• http://www.trails.com/tcatalog_trail.aspx?trailid=CGN004-001
• http://library.fws.gov/pubs5/web_link/text/mr_gbe.htm

Rahway River Greenway Concept Plan, 2005 includes public access plan

• http://rahwayriver.org/images/RRAGreenwayPlan.pdf

Partial Access Plans on Rahway River:
Linden City Greenway on Rahway
Maplewood Map and proposal by Land Conservancy of NJ to Rahway
West Orange Open Space and Recreation Plan to Rahway
City of Orange Township public access plan to Rahway

Raritan River

• http://www.raritan.rutgers.edu/links/
• http://www.co.somerset.nj.us/planweb/learn/Sustainable%20Raritan%20-%20Final%20Action%20Plan%202009.pdf

Living Shorelines Initiatives

NJ Living Shorelines

• http://www.delawareestuary.org/science_projects_living_shoreline.asp
• http://www.delawareestuary.org/scienceandresearch/scienceprojects/PDE%20Factsheet%20-%20DELSI%20v%208-13-08.pdf
• http://baysavefoundation.com/sea-grass-restoration.htm

Mordecai Island, NJ Living shoreline restoration

• http://occnj.blogspot.com/2011/01/erosion-control-for-valuable-marsh.html