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The Pinelands National Reserve includes portions of seven southern New
Jersey counties, and encompasses over one-million acres of farms, forests
and wetlands. It contains 56 communities, from hamlets to suburbs, with
over 700,000 permanent residents. In 1978 it was established by Congress
as the country’s first National Reserve -- a Reserve being an area
of nationally significant resources that are protected through a program
of local land use management supported by federal financial and technical
assistance.
In the Pinelands, specific areas have been designated for environmental
protection, forestry and agriculture, with growth being directed and encouraged
in and around areas capable of accomodating further development. As a United
States Biosphere Reserve, the Pinelands also serves as a laboratory for
fostering a harmonious relationship between humans and their environment
through a program of research that integrates the social, physical and biological
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