{"id":1836,"date":"2021-12-14T10:55:27","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T15:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/?page_id=1836"},"modified":"2026-02-24T13:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T18:57:08","slug":"041910a","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/notice-of-rule-proposal-archive\/041910a\/","title":{"rendered":"041910a"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<b>NJ DEPARTMENT of ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION<\/b><br \/>\nNatural and Historic Resources<br \/>\nDivision of Fish and Wildlife<br \/>\nFish and Game Council<\/p>\n<p><strong>Notice of Rule Proposal<br \/>\n<\/strong>2009-2012 Game Code<br \/>\n2010 New Jersey Comprehensive Black Bear Management Policy<br \/>\nProposed Amendment: N.J.A.C. 7:25-5.6<\/p>\n<p><b>Public Notice<\/b><br \/>\nThe Department of Environmental Protection (Department) and the New Jersey Fish and Game Council (Council) are seeking public comment on the proposed New Jersey Comprehensive Black Bear Management Policy (CBBMP), which has been developed by the Council and approved by the Commissioner of Environmental Protection in accordance with N.J.S.A. 13:1B-28.\u00a0 The Comprehensive Black Bear Management Policy is a compilation of the Council\u2019s black bear preservation and management goals, the various means by which the preservation and management goals may be accomplished, and the factors to be considered in determining which means should be implemented to achieve those goals.\u00a0 The CBBMP includes several integrated tools to accomplish these goals, such as research and monitoring, non-lethal and lethal control of problem bears, public education on coexisting with bears, law enforcement to reduce human-bear conflicts, and a controlled hunt. Once adopted, the CBBMP will be codified as the Appendix to N.J.A.C. 7:25-5.6. A PDF version of the CBBMP and supporting documents are available on the Division of Fish and Wildlife\u2019s website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.state.nj.us\/dep\/fgw\/\">http:\/\/www.state.nj.us\/dep\/fgw\/<\/a>(see \u201cWhat\u2019s New\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>The proposal is scheduled to be published in the New Jersey Register dated April 19, 2010. A copy of the proposal is available from: Department of Environmental Protection\u2019s (DEP) <a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/proposals\/041910a.pdf\">website<\/a> (PDF); LexisNexis Customer Service at (800) 223-1944 or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lexisnexis.com\/hottopics\/njoal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.lexisnexis.com\/hottopics\/njoal\/<\/a>. Be advised that there may be a fee for obtaining a copy of the proposal from some sources.<\/p>\n<p>A public hearing concerning the proposal is scheduled as follows:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Tuesday, May 11, 2010 at 6:00 P.M.<br \/>\nNew Jersey State Museum<br \/>\n205 West State Street<br \/>\nTrenton, NJ\u00a0 08625<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Written comments may be submitted by June 18, 2010 to:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Larry Herrighty<br \/>\nCBBMP<br \/>\nDivision of Fish and Wildlife<br \/>\nDepartment of Environmental Protection<br \/>\nP.O. Box 400<br \/>\nTrenton, New Jersey 08625-0400<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]NJ DEPARTMENT of ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Natural and Historic Resources Division of Fish and Wildlife Fish and Game Council Notice of Rule Proposal 2009-2012 Game Code 2010 New Jersey Comprehensive Black Bear Management Policy Proposed Amendment: N.J.A.C. 7:25-5.6 Public Notice The Department of Environmental Protection (Department) and the New Jersey Fish and Game Council (Council) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":0,"parent":79,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"fullwidth-title.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1836","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/112"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1836"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4024,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1836\/revisions\/4024"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/79"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}