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NJDEP Green Acres Program Preserves On December 31, 2024, after four and a half years of effort by the NJDEP Green Acres Program, the state has finalized the preservation of two spectacular forest properties totaling 265 acres in Hamilton Township, Atlantic County.\u00a0 The properties were formerly owned by Aniland, LLC (93 acres) and CABA Hamilton, LLC (172 acres) and will greatly expand the Pomona Woods Preserve, managed by the New Jersey Natural Lands Trust, more than doubling its size.<\/p>\n The preserved lands provide important habitat for numerous species including federally and state threatened species.\u00a0 The property is also a showcase of blossoming shrubs and wildflowers throughout the year, which visitors can enjoy using numerous unmarked woods roads and trails.\u00a0 In addition to helping further NJDEP\u2019s Connecting Habitat Across New Jersey (CHANJ) initiative, this large forest acquisition helps advance NJDEP\u2019s Carbon Sequestration strategy to help mitigate climate change.<\/p>\n Unfortunately, these properties had been used for decades as a dumping ground.\u00a0 The good news is that as part of this acquisition project, the properties have now been cleaned up, returning the forest to a natural state.\u00a0 Thanks to the cooperation of the former owners and with guidance from the Green Acres Program, an unbelievable 70 tons of debris was removed!<\/p>\n NJDEP was awarded matching grants from the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund to assist with this acquisition project.<\/p>\n More information about the Pomona Woods Preserve can be found at https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njnlt\/list-of-preserves\/pomona-woods-preserve\/<\/a><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”6332″ img_size=”large” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1739886292527{padding-top: 5px !important;padding-right: 5px !important;padding-bottom: 5px !important;padding-left: 5px !important;}”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”6327″ img_size=”large” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center” css=””][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n Photo credits:\u00a0 Larry Fink, Green Acres Team Leader and Project Manager<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”6329″ img_size=”large” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1739886359213{padding-top: 5px !important;padding-right: 5px !important;padding-bottom: 5px !important;padding-left: 5px !important;}”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]-January 2025<\/p>\n See our\u00a0other recent Green Acres Success Stories<\/a> [vc_row][vc_column][breadcrumb-shortcode][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] Green Acres Success Story- Pomona Woods Preserve [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] NJDEP Green Acres Program Preserves 265 Acres in Hamilton Township, Atlantic County Major Addition to New Jersey Natural Lands Trust\u2019s Pomona Woods Preserve On December 31, 2024, after four and a half years of effort by the NJDEP Green Acres Program, the state has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":152,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6325","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/greenacres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/greenacres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/greenacres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/greenacres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/152"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/greenacres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6325"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/greenacres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6973,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/greenacres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6325\/revisions\/6973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/greenacres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n265 Acres in Hamilton Township, Atlantic County
\nMajor Addition to New Jersey Natural Lands Trust\u2019s Pomona Woods Preserve<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
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