Answers for student worksheet "Mapping the Pines"

1. e-the Preservation and the Protection Areas both make up the New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve.

2. Major cities near the Pinelands National Reserve include Philadelphia, New York City, Atlantic City, Trenton, Newark and Dover.

3. Counties that have more Pinelands than non-Pinelands land include Atlantic, Burlington, Ocean, and Cape May.

4. Burlington County contains the largest portion of the Pinelands National Reserve.

5. The Pinelands National Reserve is about equal in land area to the states of Delaware and Rhode Island, and the Long Island region of New York state.

6. Students should draw an area approximately the same size as the Protection/Preservation area illustrated on map 2.

7. The location of your town might be more easily located in you have a good quality road atlas

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9. Salem is the only southern New Jersey county entirely outside the Pinelands National Reserve