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Highlands Regional Master Plan
Monitoring Program Recommendation ReportBaseline Report: 2017
New Jersey Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council
DRAFT- FOR FINAL ADOPTION
Highlands Regional Master Plan Monitoring Program Recommendation Report2
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Mud Pond
Mud Pond
Echo Lake
Lake Anne
Stag Pond
Duck Pond
Wolf LakeBear Pond
Duck Pond
Bass Lake
Sand Pond
Star Lake
Deer Pond
Echo Lake
Lake Emma
Lake Ames
Cozy Lake
Foxs Pond
Glen Lake
White Lake
Mecca Lake
Lake Iliff
Quick Pond
Lake Kemah
Hunts Pond
Cedar Lake
Ryker Lake
Carpi Lake
Green Pond
Pines Lake
Cedar Pond
Baker Pond
Cooks Pond
Lake Iosco
Hanks Pond
Stony Lake
Lake Laura
White Lake
Wolfes Pond
Raritan Bay
Seneca Lake
French Lake
Lake Owassa
Wright Pond
Marine Lake
Whites Pond
Ravine Lake
Lake Nelson
Turtle Pond
Saxton Lake
Youngs Pond
Dators Pond
Lake Tappan
Silver Lake
Verona Lake
Ramapo Lake
Egbert LakeDurham Pond
Lake Kampfe
Taylor Lake
Cupsaw Lake
Shadow Lake
Dunker Pond
Lake Sonoma
Beaver Lake
Lake Ashroe
Barry Lakes
Barry Lakes
Silver Lake
Morris Lake
Beaver Lake
Sunset Lake
Lake Gerard
Laurel Pond
Kohout Lake
Summit Lake
Arbutus Lake
Panther Lake
Culvers Lake
Lake Shawnee
Lake Wasigan
Shuster Pond
Lake Success
Catfish Pond
Stickle Pond
Howells Pond
Glovers Pond
Jutland Lake
Lake Kathryn
Sawmill PondFayson Lakes
Barbour Pond
Wyckoff Lake
Lake Erskine
Shongum Lake
Stickle Pond
Crystal Lake
Lake Estling
Kohlers Pond
Lake Denmark
Gordon Lakes
Ledells Pond
Hemlock Lake
Sunfish Pond
Holiday Lake
Sawmill Pond
Hemlock Lake
Lake Windsor
Lake Saginaw
Lake Lookout
Heaters Pond
Lake Pochung
Jacksons Pond
Columbia Lake
Delaware Lake
Lake Surprise
Lake Plymouth
Frenches Pond
Plymouth Pond
Lawrence Lake
Buckmire Pond
Watchung Lake
Fairview Lake
Lake Solitude
Reynolds Lake
Crandon Lakes
Kofferls Pond
Woodland Lake
Skyline Lakes
Lake Valhalla
Surprise Lake
Lake Ricabear
Holstein Lake
Schlegel LakeFranklin Lake
Longwood Lake
Surprise Lake
Sheppard Pond
Moosepac Pond
Crescent Lake
Lake Grinnell
Wallkill Lake
Panorama Lake
Franklin Pond
Tamarack Lake
Glenwood Lake
Lake Wildwood
Weequahic Lake
Cranberry Lake
Lake Hopatcong
Waterloo Lakes
Clearview Lake
Deer Park Pond
Cushetunk Lake
Horseshoe Lake
Jefferson Lake
Allamuchy Pond
Lake Genevieve
Birchwood Lake
Packanack Lake
Cliffwood Lake
Greenwood Lake
Speedwell Lake
Lake Stockholm
Lake Swannanoa
Oak Ridge Lake
Fox Trail Lake
Buckabear Pond
Pinecliff Lake
Picatinny Lake
Long Pine Pond
Lake Wapalanne
Wawayanda Lake
Hawthorne Lake
Lake Neepaulin
Lake Lackawanna
Swartswood Lake
New Market Pond
Clearwater Lake
Fox Hollow Lake
Mount Hope Lake
High Crest Lake
Bee Meadow Pond
Lake Parsippany
Lake Pocahontas
Untermeyer Lake
Bear Swamp Lake
Bear Swamp Lake
Mount Hope Lake
Kittatinny Lake
Bearfort Waters
Lake Rutherford
Orange Reservoir
Lake Tranquility
Lake Susquehanna
Butler Reservoir
Cold Spring Lake
Butler Reservoir
Mashipacong Pond
Weldon Brook Lake
Lake Musconetcong
Paulins Kill Lake
Upper Lake Mohawk
Willow Crest Lake
Boonton Reservoir
Oradell Reservoir
Haledon Reservoir
Clinton Reservoir
Oradell Reservoir
Mount Kemble Lake
West Milford Lake
Green Turtle Lake
Wanaque Reservoir
Lake Robert Rooke
Mount Laurel Lake
Ringwood Mill Pond
Lower Hemlock Lake
East Highland Lake
Middlesex Reservoir
Merrill Creek Reservoir
MacMillan Reservoir
Canistear Reservoir
Oak Ridge Reservoir
Splitrock Reservoir
Upper Highland Lake
Spruce Run Reservoir
Pleasant Valley Lake
Taylortown Reservoir
Point View Reservoir
Kittatinny Camp Lake
Pleasant Valley Lake
Upper Greenwood Lake
Branchville Reservoir
Cedar Grove Reservoir
Clyde Potts Reservoir
Upper Mount Glen Lake
Little Swartswood Lake
Round Valley Reservoir
Reservoir Number Three
Harrison Mountain Lake
Charlotteburg Reservoir
Lower Blue Mountain Lake
Lower Yards Creek Reservoir
Washington Valley Reservoir
Upper Yards Creek Reservoir
Hackensack Reservoir Number Two
Canoe Brook Reservoir
Vernon Township
Wantage Township
West Milford Township
Newark
Sparta Township
Montague Township
Rockaway Township
Raritan Township
Jefferson Township
Readington Township
Sandyston Township
Washington Township
Clinton Township
Hardwick Township
Frankford Township
Chester Township
White Township
Clifton
Lebanon Township
Linden
Hardyston Township
Elizabeth
Tewksbury Township
Jersey City
Blairstown Township
Mansfield Township
Wayne Township
Kearny
Ringwood Borough
Bridgewater Township
Stillwater Township
Mount Olive Township
Mahwah Township
Byram Township
Walpack Township
Alexandria TownshipHolland Township
Hampton Township
Franklin Township
Knowlton Township
Bernards Township
Franklin Township
Union Township
Harmony Township
Bedminster Township
Roxbury Township
Hope Township
Morris Township
Harding Township
Warren Township
Andover Township
Randolph Township
Kinnelon Borough
Fredon Township
Green Township
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Paterson
Frelinghuysen Township
AllamuchyTownship Montville
Township
Lafayette Township
Washington Township
Piscataway Township
Bayonne
Mendham Township
Independence Township
Parsippany-Troy Hills Township
Summit
Pohatcong Township
Secaucus
Westfield
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Liberty Township
Livingston Township
Plainfield
Long Hill Township
ParamusBorough
Bernardsville Borough
Hanover Township
Fairfield Township
Union Township
Millburn Township
Rahway
Oakland BoroughWanaqueBorough
Chatham Township
Passaic
Dover
Boonton Township
Englewood
Newton
Lopatcong Township
Florham Park
Boonton
Phillipsburg
Garfield
TenaflyBorough
Closter Borough
Branchburg Township
HopatcongBorough
West Orange
Greenwich Township
Franklin Lakes
AlpineBorough
Bloomingdale
Perth Amboy
Scotch Plains
Hackensack
Wyckoff Township
Oxford Township
East Hanover
TeaneckTownship
SouthPlainfield
Ramsey
East Orange
LincolnPark
PequannockTownship
Montclair
Watchung
RidgewoodVillage
Mendham Borough
Clark
Far Hills Borough
Fair LawnBorough
Hackettstown
Carteret
Morristown
Franklin Borough
Cranford
LyndhurstTownship
TotowaBorough
Springfield
Madison
CarlstadtBorough
Berkeley Heights
Saddle River
North Bergen
Montvale
RiverVale
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PeapackGladstone
NutleyRoseland
OldTappan
Clinton
Green Brook
CedarGrove
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Middlesex
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Mountainside
Belleville Township
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Allendale
Hawthorne
Hillsdale Borough
East Rutherford
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Mine Hill
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Harrison
Norwood
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Metuchen
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Kenilworth
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Fanwood
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Caldwell
Northvale
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Roselle Park
Netcong
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Fairview
Bloomsbury
Branchville Borough
Victory Gardens
Martinsville
Budd Lake
Iselin
Short Hills
Avenel
Colonia
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Lake Mohawk
Fords
Franklin Center
Highland Lake
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Vienna
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Long Valley
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Port Reading
White Meadow Lake
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Silver Lake
Mountain Lake
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Byram Center
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Highlands Regional Master Plan Monitoring Program Recommendation Report 3
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Star Lake
Deer Pond
Echo Lake
Lake Emma
Lake Ames
Cozy Lake
Foxs Pond
Glen Lake
White Lake
Mecca Lake
Lake Iliff
Quick Pond
Lake Kemah
Hunts Pond
Cedar Lake
Ryker Lake
Carpi Lake
Green Pond
Pines Lake
Cedar Pond
Baker Pond
Cooks Pond
Lake Iosco
Hanks Pond
Stony Lake
Lake Laura
White Lake
Wolfes Pond
Raritan Bay
Seneca Lake
French Lake
Lake Owassa
Wright Pond
Marine Lake
Whites Pond
Ravine Lake
Lake Nelson
Turtle Pond
Saxton Lake
Youngs Pond
Dators Pond
Lake Tappan
Silver Lake
Verona Lake
Ramapo Lake
Egbert LakeDurham Pond
Lake Kampfe
Taylor Lake
Cupsaw Lake
Shadow Lake
Dunker Pond
Lake Sonoma
Beaver Lake
Lake Ashroe
Barry Lakes
Barry Lakes
Silver Lake
Morris Lake
Beaver Lake
Sunset Lake
Lake Gerard
Laurel Pond
Kohout Lake
Summit Lake
Arbutus Lake
Panther Lake
Culvers Lake
Lake Shawnee
Lake Wasigan
Shuster Pond
Lake Success
Catfish Pond
Stickle Pond
Howells Pond
Glovers Pond
Jutland Lake
Lake Kathryn
Sawmill PondFayson Lakes
Barbour Pond
Wyckoff Lake
Lake Erskine
Shongum Lake
Stickle Pond
Crystal Lake
Lake Estling
Kohlers Pond
Lake Denmark
Gordon Lakes
Ledells Pond
Hemlock Lake
Sunfish Pond
Holiday Lake
Sawmill Pond
Hemlock Lake
Lake Windsor
Lake Saginaw
Lake Lookout
Heaters Pond
Lake Pochung
Jacksons Pond
Columbia Lake
Delaware Lake
Lake Surprise
Lake Plymouth
Frenches Pond
Plymouth Pond
Lawrence Lake
Buckmire Pond
Watchung Lake
Fairview Lake
Lake Solitude
Reynolds Lake
Crandon Lakes
Kofferls Pond
Woodland Lake
Skyline Lakes
Lake Valhalla
Surprise Lake
Lake Ricabear
Holstein Lake
Schlegel LakeFranklin Lake
Longwood Lake
Surprise Lake
Sheppard Pond
Moosepac Pond
Crescent Lake
Lake Grinnell
Wallkill Lake
Panorama Lake
Franklin Pond
Tamarack Lake
Glenwood Lake
Lake Wildwood
Weequahic Lake
Cranberry Lake
Lake Hopatcong
Waterloo Lakes
Clearview Lake
Deer Park Pond
Cushetunk Lake
Horseshoe Lake
Jefferson Lake
Allamuchy Pond
Lake Genevieve
Birchwood Lake
Packanack Lake
Cliffwood Lake
Greenwood Lake
Speedwell Lake
Lake Stockholm
Lake Swannanoa
Oak Ridge Lake
Fox Trail Lake
Buckabear Pond
Pinecliff Lake
Picatinny Lake
Long Pine Pond
Lake Wapalanne
Wawayanda Lake
Hawthorne Lake
Lake Neepaulin
Lake Lackawanna
Swartswood Lake
New Market Pond
Clearwater Lake
Fox Hollow Lake
Mount Hope Lake
High Crest Lake
Bee Meadow Pond
Lake Parsippany
Lake Pocahontas
Untermeyer Lake
Bear Swamp Lake
Bear Swamp Lake
Mount Hope Lake
Kittatinny Lake
Bearfort Waters
Lake Rutherford
Orange Reservoir
Lake Tranquility
Lake Susquehanna
Butler Reservoir
Cold Spring Lake
Butler Reservoir
Mashipacong Pond
Weldon Brook Lake
Lake Musconetcong
Paulins Kill Lake
Upper Lake Mohawk
Willow Crest Lake
Boonton Reservoir
Oradell Reservoir
Haledon Reservoir
Clinton Reservoir
Oradell Reservoir
Mount Kemble Lake
West Milford Lake
Green Turtle Lake
Wanaque Reservoir
Lake Robert Rooke
Mount Laurel Lake
Ringwood Mill Pond
Lower Hemlock Lake
East Highland Lake
Middlesex Reservoir
Merrill Creek Reservoir
MacMillan Reservoir
Canistear Reservoir
Oak Ridge Reservoir
Splitrock Reservoir
Upper Highland Lake
Spruce Run Reservoir
Pleasant Valley Lake
Taylortown Reservoir
Point View Reservoir
Kittatinny Camp Lake
Pleasant Valley Lake
Upper Greenwood Lake
Branchville Reservoir
Cedar Grove Reservoir
Clyde Potts Reservoir
Upper Mount Glen Lake
Little Swartswood Lake
Round Valley Reservoir
Reservoir Number Three
Harrison Mountain Lake
Charlotteburg Reservoir
Lower Blue Mountain Lake
Lower Yards Creek Reservoir
Washington Valley Reservoir
Upper Yards Creek Reservoir
Hackensack Reservoir Number Two
Canoe Brook Reservoir
Vernon Township
Wantage Township
West Milford Township
Newark
Sparta Township
Montague Township
Rockaway Township
Raritan Township
Jefferson Township
Readington Township
Sandyston Township
Washington Township
Clinton Township
Hardwick Township
Frankford Township
Chester Township
White Township
Clifton
Lebanon Township
Linden
Hardyston Township
Elizabeth
Tewksbury Township
Jersey City
Blairstown Township
Mansfield Township
Wayne Township
Kearny
Ringwood Borough
Bridgewater Township
Stillwater Township
Mount Olive Township
Mahwah Township
Byram Township
Walpack Township
Alexandria TownshipHolland Township
Hampton Township
Franklin Township
Knowlton Township
Bernards Township
Franklin Township
Union Township
Harmony Township
Bedminster Township
Roxbury Township
Hope Township
Morris Township
Harding Township
Warren Township
Andover Township
Randolph Township
Kinnelon Borough
Fredon Township
Green Township
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Paterson
Frelinghuysen Township
AllamuchyTownship Montville
Township
Lafayette Township
Washington Township
Piscataway Township
Bayonne
Mendham Township
Independence Township
Parsippany-Troy Hills Township
Summit
Pohatcong Township
Secaucus
Westfield
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Liberty Township
Livingston Township
Plainfield
Long Hill Township
ParamusBorough
Bernardsville Borough
Hanover Township
Fairfield Township
Union Township
Millburn Township
Rahway
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Chatham Township
Passaic
Dover
Boonton Township
Englewood
Newton
Lopatcong Township
Florham Park
Boonton
Phillipsburg
Garfield
TenaflyBorough
Closter Borough
Branchburg Township
HopatcongBorough
West Orange
Greenwich Township
Franklin Lakes
AlpineBorough
Bloomingdale
Perth Amboy
Scotch Plains
Hackensack
Wyckoff Township
Oxford Township
East Hanover
TeaneckTownship
SouthPlainfield
Ramsey
East Orange
LincolnPark
PequannockTownship
Montclair
Watchung
RidgewoodVillage
Mendham Borough
Clark
Far Hills Borough
Fair LawnBorough
Hackettstown
Carteret
Morristown
Franklin Borough
Cranford
LyndhurstTownship
TotowaBorough
Springfield
Madison
CarlstadtBorough
Berkeley Heights
Saddle River
North Bergen
Montvale
RiverVale
WestCaldwell
PeapackGladstone
NutleyRoseland
OldTappan
Clinton
Green Brook
CedarGrove
Upper SaddleRiver
Middlesex
Maplewood
Mountainside
Belleville Township
LodiBorough
Allendale
Hawthorne
Hillsdale Borough
East Rutherford
Verona
Roselle
Belvidere
Hillside
Mine Hill
Oradell
Harrison
Norwood
Irvington
Metuchen
Ridgefield
WoodcliffLake
NorthHaledon
New Providence
Fort Lee
LittleFalls
Glen Rock
Bergenfield
Manville
Emerson
Hoboken
WashingtonButler
Chatham
Park Ridge
Haworth
North Caldwell
WoodlandPark
Raritan
Cresskill
Somerville
Wharton
Morris Plains
ElmwoodPark
MountainLakes
Westwood
High BridgeAlpha
Dumont
Stanhope
Riverdale
Demarest
Rockaway
Waldwick
Mount Arlington
Kenilworth
New Milford
Ogdensburg
Leonia
North Arlington
Chester
Washington
South Orange
Orange
Ho-Ho-Kus
Moonachie
RidgefieldPark
Hampton
EnglewoodCliffs
Milford Bound Brook
Fanwood
Glen Gardner
Haledon
Caldwell
Northvale
Hamburg
Califon
Roselle Park
Netcong
Lebanon
Fairview
Bloomsbury
Branchville Borough
Victory Gardens
Martinsville
Budd Lake
Iselin
Short Hills
Avenel
Colonia
Finderne
Lake Mohawk
Fords
Franklin Center
Highland Lake
Succasunna
Vienna
Green Knoll
Long Valley
WoodbridgeBradley Gardens
Kenvil
Brass Castle
Port Reading
White Meadow Lake
Panther Valley
Vernon Center
Vernon Valley
Weston
Crandon Lakes
Upper Montclair
Brookdale
Annandale
Society Hill
Anderson
Asbury
Singac
Lake Telemark
Sewaren
Great Meadows
Silver Lake
Mountain Lake
New Village
Byram Center
White House Station
Zarephath
Delaware
Ross Corner
Upper Pohatcong
Broadway
Finesville
Buttzville
Marksboro
Silver Lake
Brookfield
Brainards
Bridgeville
Lopatcong Overlook
Port Colden
Johnsonburg
Port Murray
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The Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council (Highlands Council) is a regional planning agency that works in partnership with municipalities and coun-ties in the Highlands Region to encourage a comprehensive regional approach to implementation of the 2004 Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act (the Highlands Act).
The Highlands Act established the Highlands Council and charged it with the creation and adoption of a Regional Master Plan (RMP) to protect and enhance the resources within the New Jersey Highlands. The Act delineated the bound-aries of the New Jersey Highlands Region, dividing it into two distinct parts, the Preservation Area and the Planning Area, specifying that the Preservation Area was of exceptional natural resource value that required stringent protections. The Highlands RMP was adopted by the Highlands Council on July 17, 2008 and became effective on September 8, 2008. This Monitoring Program Recommen-dation Report provides the first evaluation of the RMP since adoption.
The 1,300-square mile (860,000-acre) New Jersey Highlands Region extends from Pohatcong Township in the southwest to Mahwah Township in the north-east, including 88 municipalities and portions of seven counties (Bergen, Hunt-erdon, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, and Warren). Although the Highlands Region covers less than 15% of the state’s land area, it provides drinking water to more than 300 municipalities that are home to 70% of New Jersey’s population.
Highlands MunicipalitiesAlexandria Township, 7BAllamuchy Township, 4CAlpha Borough, 6ABedminster Township, 6DBelvidere, 5ABernards Township, 6EBernardsville Borough, 6EBethlehem Township, 6BBloomingdale Borough, 3GBloomsbury Borough, 6ABoonton, 4FBoonton Township, 4FButler Borough, 3FByram Township, 4DCalifon Borough, 6CChester Borough, 5DChester Township, 5DClinton, 6CClinton Township, 7CDenville Township, 4EDover, 4EFar Hills Borough, 6EFranklin Borough, 2EFranklin Township, 6BFrelinghuysen Township, 4CGlen Gardner Borough, 6BGreen Township, 3CGreenwich Township, 6AHackettstown, 5CHamburg Borough, 2EHampton Borough, 6B
Hanover Township, 5FHarding Township, 6EHardyston Township, 2EHarmony Township, 5AHigh Bridge Borough, 6CHolland Township, 7AHopatcong Borough, 4DHope Township, 4BIndependence Township, 4CJefferson Township, 3EKinnelon Borough, 3FLebanon Borough, 6CLebanon Township, 6CLiberty Township, 4BLopatcong Township, 6AMahwah Township, 2HMansfield Township, 5CMendham Borough, 5EMendham Township, 5EMilford Borough, 7AMine Hill Township, 4EMontville Township, 4FMorris Plains Borough, 5FMorris Township, 5EMorristown, 5FMount Arlington Borough, 4EMount Olive Township, 4DMountain Lakes Borough, 4FNetcong Borough, 4DOakland Borough, 3GOgdensburg Borough, 3E
Oxford Township, 5BParsippany-Troy Hills
Township, 4FPeapack-Gladstone
Borough, 6DPequannock Township, 4GPhillipsburg, 6APohatcong Township, 6APompton Lakes Borough, 3GRandolph Township, 5ERingwood Borough, 2GRiverdale Borough, 3GRockaway Borough, 4ERockaway Township, 4ERoxbury Township, 4DSparta Township, 3EStanhope Borough, 4DTewksbury Township, 6CUnion Township, 7BVernon Township, 1EVictory Gardens Borough, 4EWanaque Borough, 3GWashington Borough, 5BWashington Township
(Warren), 5BWashington Township
(Morris), 5CWest Milford Township, 2FWharton Borough, 4EWhite Township, 5B
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Contents
Pochuck Boardwalk / Vernon Township
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Natural Resources / 10
Water Resources / 20
Water and Wastewater Utilities / 26
Agricultural Resources / 32
Historic, Cultural, Archaeological, and Scenic Resources / 36
Transportation and Air Quality / 40
Future Land Use / 46
Landowner Equity / 54
Sustainable Economic Development / 60
Implementation / 64
Introduction / 6
Topic Areas / 8
Process Summary / 194
Summary of Recommendations / 197
Supporting Documents / 204
Appendix A: List of Indicators Considered / 205
Appendix B: Public Comments and Highlands Council Responses / 216
Acknowledgments / 217
Indicator Analysis Reports / 70
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The 2008 Highlands Regional Master Plan (RMP) is continually updated as a result of new or corrected information received from municipalities as part of the Plan Conformance process. In addition, the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act requires a more substantive review take place every six years. The RMP outlined a Monitoring Program to meet this requirement:
“The RMP Monitoring Program and associated Monitoring Review Report will evaluate the progress in achieving the goals of the RMP through implementation of policies and programs. The implementation of a monitoring program will ensure that the RMP remains effective and current.” — Highlands Regional Master Plan, pg. 416
This first-ever Monitoring Program Recom-mendation Report (MPRR) provides a baseline evaluation of the RMP. Recommendations contained in the MPRR are the result of an analysis of indicators identified through a public process, combined with an examina-tion of implementation activities to date. In this way, the MPRR provides a framework for potential amendments to the RMP along with a six-year work plan for the Highlands Council.
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Topic AreasTopic Area Chapters are organized around program areas of the RMP and provide the recommendations found in this Report. Each chapter is structured as follows:
⊲ Background and Introduction – A discussion of the significance of a particular topic area to the High-lands Region, followed by prescribed Highlands Act Goals (see the Highlands Act “Goals of regional master plan,” N.J.S.A. 13:20-10) and resulting RMP Programs.
⊲ Indicators – A listing of program-relevant indicators that were identified through the public participation process and refined by Technical Advisory Commit-tees. (Full analysis of all indicators is included in the “Indicator Analysis Reports” section.)
⊲ Recommendations – Recommendations are drawn from a combination of implementation experience and analysis of identified indicators. The Recom-mendations section of each chapter is organized by a program area of the RMP and provides a summary of implementation activity and indicator findings, followed by program issues and recommendations. Items that require further study and investment are included under the heading, “Science and Research Agenda.”
Indicator Analysis ReportsComplete analysis of indicators identified in the Topic Area chapters. Please note that due to data limita-tions and/or applicability to the RMP, not all indicators identified through the public process were analyzed for this report. A complete list of all indicators identified is included in Appendix A.
Process SummaryA summary of the process followed in the development of this Report including public outreach, consultation with technical experts and state agencies, and analysis of identified indicators.
Summary of RecommendationsA complete list of all recommendations contained in this Report including items recommended for further study and investment as part of a Science and Research Agenda.
Supporting DocumentsA listing of documents referenced throughout this Report with links to each.
Report Structure
Monksville Reservoir / Ringwood Borough
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