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Township
Information
Total Preserved Open Space in Vernon Township
| Vernon
Total Land Area |
43,718
acres |
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|
State of New Jersey - D.E.P.
|
11,796
acres |
|
| Preserved
Farmland |
691
acres |
|
| Federal
Land |
2,817
acres |
|
| Vernon
Township ROSI |
385 acres |
|
| Newark
Watershed |
3,896
acres |
|
| Environmentally
Constrained Land (ESA's) |
8,704 acres |
|
| Total
Preserved Land |
28,289
acres |
= 65% |
Highlands
Core Preservation Area
(Land further restricted for development) |
28,416
acres |
= 69% |
| Source:
Vernon Township Open Space and Recreation Plan, May
2003 |
| Total
Preserved Open Space in Sussex County |
|
|
Total Federal Land |
26,406
acres |
|
| Total
State Land |
73,870
acres |
|
| Total
County Land |
1
acre |
|
| Total
Municipal Land |
1,521 acres |
|
| Total
Farmland |
7,057 acres |
|
| Total
Non-profit Conservation Land* |
2,315 acres |
|
| Total
Preserved Land |
111,170
acres |
= 65% |
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*
Properties described in the text twice are included
as farmland
and not counted in this non-profit land total
Source:
Sussex County Open Space and Recreation Plan, September
2003
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