New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 7 - COASTAL PERMIT PROGRAM RULES
Subchapter 9 - SPECIAL AREAS
Section 7:7-9.37 - Critical wildlife habitats
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) Critical wildlife habitats are specific areas known to serve an essential role in maintaining wildlife, particularly in wintering, breeding, and migrating.
(b) Development that would directly or through secondary impacts on the relevant site or in the surrounding region adversely affect critical wildlife habitats is discouraged, unless:
(c) The Department will review proposals on a case-by-case basis.
(d) Rationale: The State of New Jersey, as custodian of a particular portion of the national wildlife heritage, has the obligation of stewardship on behalf of the people of the state and nation to perpetuate wildlife species within its borders for the use, education, research, and enjoyment by future generations.