Highlands Task Force Action Plan: Recommendation to Preserve New Jersey's Highlands

The Highlands is New Jersey's last remaining large expanse of pristine mountain lakes and streams and unbroken forests. The region has long been recognized for its most significant natural resource -- drinking water -- which it supplies to over half of New Jersey. But the Highlands is under threat from population growth, large-lot residential subdivisions, increased deforestation and fragmentation, and sprawl. This report to N.J. Governor James E. McGreevey and the New Jersey Legislature from the Highlands Task Force presents an action plan to preserve the Highlands and its natural resources