Proposed Estuarine Sanctuary Grant Award to the State of New Jersey for a Mullica River Estuarine Sanctuary

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has applied for a grant from the Office of Coastal Zone Management to establish an estuarine sanctuary in the Mullica River system in Atlantic, Burlington, and Ocean Counties. The proposed sanctuary, which will be established through a two-phase land acquisition program, will preserve, protect and place under State management approximately 17,748 acres of the Mullica River drainage basin including saline freshwater and brackish wetlands, and forested uplnds, all of which include a broad diversity of salinity and physical systems, will be used for research, education and recreation purposes.Proposed Estuarine Sanctuary Grant Award for Mullica River, Atlantic, Burlington, and Ocean Counties, New Jersey. Draft Environmental Impact Statement.Purpose: To provide baseline data useful for assessing the impacts of human activities within the Mullca River area and the Virginia biogeographic region