Motorozed Vehicles allowed in NJ WMAs??
Most of the state land in the pines and WMA's are open to motorized use, just gotta follow the rules.
I'm not sure this is exactly accurate, I went to the NJDEP Division of Fish & Wildlife website, and found the following information regarding the WMA's in the state -
"Managed by the Division's Bureau of Land Management for fish and wildlife habitat, a variety of wildlife-associated recreation is available on most areas. While hunting and fishing are probably the two activities most associated with the Division, WMAs are also prime locations for birding, wildlife viewing and photography, cross country skiing, hiking and mountain biking."
I don't see anything about being open to motorized use - I may be wrong, but I couldn't find anything stating that they could be there. I also don't really think that ATV's are recreation associated with wildlife :hmmm: If anyone knows where in fact the rules for ATVs in the WMAs are listed, I'd be interested in knowing what rules they have to follow.
I was in Mahlon's WMA last January mountain biking with Joe. We were almost run over by 2 AVTer's who proceeded to try and spray us with gravel. Now, I'm sure they were having a grand time, but we didn't really find their antics very amusing.
When we got back to the parking lot, the park police were looking for them and asked if we'd seen them, turns out that they were caught later that afternoon by the police, and had they shiny new toys confasgated. Clearly the Mahlon park police didn't think that ATVs were legal in their park...
Also, Allaire is a really fun place to ride, not a "little crap holes", Frank and company have put in alot of time and effort at that place, and it shows. It has some fantastic flow, and nice twisty singletrack.
DD