Advanced Environmental
Geomatics
Spring Semester, 2001
Project:
Assessing The Highlands of
New Jersey
Marc Anderson, Harry Brown,
Brian Fiebig, Brian Lettini
Group Synopsis
The Highlands region of the State of New Jersey is a rich land of
hills, small mountains, and diversity. In Revolution times, small ironworks,
hidden between hills produced cannons and munitions used by the Colonial Army
in the fight against the British. Some of them continued production until the
Civil War and beyond. In more modern times, it has become a haven for
outdoorsmen and -women, a place of forests, lakes and streams, and open fields,
teaming with wildlife. The area provides recreational enthusiasts with a vast
multitude of recreational opportunities, from agro-tourism and hiking to
sporting pursuits like hunting and trapping. Our objective, in coordination
with the other class-groups, is to show where in the highlands these
recreational opportunities are, as well as potential threats to them from
future construction/build-out, water management, and other hazards to the
natural order. As well as offering
possible protection considerations, and to provide an informational source to
the public for information about parks and trails to hunting/fishing sites,
dates, and other critical data.
All files types are shown.
Highlands Deer Management Zones
(Arc View)
Highlands Development and Field
Trip Route (Arc Info, Thanks to Scott of the Build-out Group)
Existing Highlands Recreation Sites
Highlands Agro-tourism and canoeing
Links
Back To The
Rutgers University, Cook College Advanced Environmental Geomatics page.
New Jersey Department of
Environmental Protection Home
Fish and Wildlife Division
of NJDEP
Trust for Public Land, non profit
group
Highlands Coalition,
non profit group
NJSkylands, New Jersey Tourism
Group
An Appalachian Trail Site
for hiking enthusiasts
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