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  • We need your help! Take action today! 

    The Pinelands Commission is going to discuss the MAP on Friday, March 11th and they need to hear from you. Click here to provide your feedback. It will take less than one minute of your time. It is critically important that they hear from you! Click here to submit your comment!

  • Get Involved with OTNJ!

    As you enjoy this spring like day, remember that spring is right around the corner and will be bringing with it more volunteer opportunities with OTNJ. We need your help! If you haven’t already, please sign up to volunteer with us. You can contribute as much or as little as you like! Please click here…

  • Update on Pinelands Commission Meeting

    The meeting went extremely well. Thanks to all who came out to support and especially those who spoke. Everyone made thoughtful, intelligent, and reasonable comments and it was clear the Commission was listening to us. The MAP opposition significantly, and visibly, outnumbered the MAP supporters. There was no action taken today and the Commission committed…

  • Volunteer with Open Trails NJ!

    We are often asked “How can I help?”  Effective today, Open Trails NJ is launching our committees,  activity representatives  and volunteer program.  You can participate as little or as much as you would like. Please click here for details.  Please sign up today!

  • Pinelands Commission CMP Policy and Implementation Committee Meeting

    Your help is needed! There will be a meeting of the Policy and Implementation Committee of the Pinelands Commission on Friday, 1/29/16 at 9:30 AM. On the agenda is a “Discussion of DEP’s Motorized Access Plan for Wharton State Forest.” That discussion takes place right before Public Comment. This meeting is open to the public.…

  • Article on Wharton State Forest

    This article should serve as a reminder that continued vigilance is needed on this matter.  The state has continued to confirm that there is no timeline for a new plan.  They also mention enforcement and technology as part of the solution (which is also OTNJ’s position) and don’t mention mass closures.  However, the fact of…

  • Volunteer Activity at Double Trouble State Park

    Date: January 23, 2016 Time: Tentatively 9:00 AM, temperature permitting. Location: Double Trouble State Forest The State Park Service asked OTNJ to pass along this important volunteer opportunity. Note: this is not the OTNJ activity we mentioned in an earlier post, more to follow on that as soon as it is approved. There is a…

  • Partnership and Volunteer Efforts in Wharton State Forest

    Open Trails met with the DEP this week to discuss how we can partner on volunteer efforts which will help protect Wharton State Forest, but do not involve mass road closures. When these plans are finalized and approved, we will be calling on you to help volunteer and make them successful! More to come…..

  • News Before the Holidays

    We just wanted to check in and give you all an update before we get into the holiday hustle and bustle. We have a few exciting things going on. First, we have been incorporated! That is getting us one step closer to being able to offer OTNJ memberships and starting to plan other activities. We…

  • Open Trails Update

    Hello all! We hope you are enjoying this beginning of the Thanksgiving week.  We wanted to give you an update of what we have been up to and what is coming next.  While the DEP has been digesting all the input from the stakeholder and public forums, we have started to plan for our future.…