{"id":53634,"date":"2024-01-30T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/?p=53634"},"modified":"2024-01-29T16:28:46","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T21:28:46","slug":"news-2024-01-30-sparta-mountain-trail-and-site-closure-february-through-march-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/news-2024-01-30-sparta-mountain-trail-and-site-closure-february-through-march-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Sparta Mountain Trail and Site Closure February through March 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A\u00a025-acre area that includes just over\u00a0\u00bc\u00a0mile of trail on the eastern side of Sparta Mountain WMA will be temporarily closed to the public on or about February 1, 2024 through March 31, 2024 (see map).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Please remove any tree stands, blinds, or other items remaining in this area before work begins, pay attention to\u00a0the posted signs in this area, and do not enter the posted area.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The purpose of the temporary closure is for a habitat restoration project that will open the forest canopy to allow for the growth of young oak and hickory trees, blackberries, sedges, and a variety of other native shrub and sapling plants. This habitat will become breeding and\/or foraging habitat for numerous wildlife, including the 80 different bird species that have been observed using other sites of restored open-canopy forest on Sparta Mountain WMA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NJ Fish & Wildlife regrets having to close the area. However, during previous management activities, spectators entering the work area and disregarding posted signs created significant safety concerns that result in the current closure during the entire work period.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A\u00a025-acre area that includes just over\u00a0\u00bc\u00a0mile of trail on the eastern side of Sparta Mountain WMA will be temporarily closed to the public on or about February 1, 2024 through March 31, 2024 (see map).\u00a0 Please remove any tree stands, blinds, or other items remaining in this area before work begins, pay attention to\u00a0the posted […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":254,"featured_media":53630,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservation","category-destinations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/254"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}