Landscape Project Version 3.1 - State of New Jersey

CHAPTER 1 | A TOOL FOR STRATEGIC WILDLIFE HABITAT PROTECTION | 9A volunteer plants a native tree seedling on an old fairway insideCox Hall Creek Wildlife Management Area to help restore forestedhabitat that will benefit migratory songbirds and other wildlife.LANDSCAPE PROJECT APPLICATIONSDEP Agencies:NJDEP’s Natural and Historic Resources: e Natural & Historic Resources (N&HR) programs withinNJDEP are responsible for managing over 900,000 acres of parks and forests, recreation areas, historicsites, wildlife management areas, and natural areas. Managing these lands in a manner that avoids harmto imperiled species habitats requires that land managers subject proposed activities to an internal reviewprocess before undertaking any activity on state lands that may modify the terrestrial or aquatic landscape.Land managers use Landscape Project maps to conduct an initial screening to determine the presenceof habitat patches ranked 3, 4 or 5. If these features are on the proposed project site the landmanager is required to request a detailed review by ENSP. is review allows land mangers to alter proposedactivities in a manner that avoids or minimizes damage to critical imperiled species habitat.Division of Fish and Wildlife’s Landowner Incentive Program: e Landscape Project is an importanttool for the Landowner Incentive Program (LIP). When applications are submitted to LIP, biologists usethe Landscape Project as a screening tool to determine the species that may inhabit the site. Based onthe Landscape Project and the project description, biologists determine if the project warrants a site visitand use the Landscape Project to create a map of the site and surrounding landscape. LIP staff also usethe Landscape Project to support the species and habitat management plan developed for each property.