New York - New Jersey Highlands Regional Study: 2002 Update

The ridges and uplands of the Highlands are noted for their rich and diverse forests with the exception of major farming areas in the lower river valleys of the Delaware, Musconetcong / Pohatcong, and Wallkill Rivers. These forests serve as a great timber resource among many other purposes. The active management of the Highlands forests as a "working landscape" to produce wood and other forest products was a major goal of the 1992 New York--New Jersey Highlands Regional Study and is still an issue of concern today.The primary objective was to examine the status of forests and timber resources in the New York--New Jersey Highlands study region. A secondary objective was to map the lands under active forestry management through the Forest Stewardship Program, a Federal-State cooperative program designed to promote responsible forest management and the maintenance of forest lands in timber production.

Keywords: Case Study,New Jersey,New York,Social Issues

Pages: 207

Publisher: US Forest Service

Category: Land planning

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