[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 143 (Friday, July 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40106-40107]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19607]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route; Newport, New Jersey 
Designation of the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route

    In accordance with Public Law 100-515, dated 10/20 /88 as amended 
by Public Law 103-243, dated 5/4/94 Coastal Heritage Trail, New Jersey, 
the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, designates 
the following sites to constitute the Coastal Habitats theme trail of 
the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route to be effective August 25, 
1997:

Allaire State Park, Monmouth County
Barnegat Lighthouse State Park, Ocean County
Belleplain State Forest, Cape May County
Cape May Bird Observatory, Center for Research & Education (Goshen), 
Cape May County
Cape May Migratory Bird Refuge, Cape May County
Cape May National Wildlife Refuge, Cape May County
Cape May Point State Park, Cape May County
Cattus Island County Park, Ocean County
Cheesequake State Park, Middlesex County
Double Trouble State Park, Ocean County
Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, Atlantic County
Island Beach State Park, Ocean County
Sandy Hook Unit, Gateway National Recreation Area, Monmouth County
Wetlands Institute, Cape May County

    In addition, the following sites are designated to create the 
Wildlife Migration theme trail of the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail 
Route to be effective November 1, 1997:

Cape May Bird Observatory, Center for Research & Education (Goshen), 
Cape May County
Cape May Migratory Bird Refuge, Cape May County
Cape May National Wildlife Refuge, Cape May County
Cape May Point State Park, Cape May County
Cheesequake State Park, Middlesex County
Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, Atlantic County
Island Beach State Park, Ocean County

    Revisions to the existing Maritime History theme trail are also 
being officially made effective immediately:
     Remove Fort Monmouth, U.S. Army Communications--
Electronics Museum, Fort Monmouth, Monmouth County.
     Remove and change Steamboat Dock Museum, Keyport, Monmouth 
County from a site to a point of interest.
     Remove and change Finns Point Rear Range Light, Supawna 
National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pennsville, 
Salem County from a site to a point of interest.
    Supplementing these Trail sites will be a series of points of 
interest located throughout the area encompassed by the Trail. Points 
of Interest have no developed interpretive programs nor do they have 
typical visitor amenities such as water fountains and restrooms.
    The New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route is being developed as a 
partnership effort with the State of New Jersey and all the 
participating sites and points of interest. The Trail area extends from 
the Raritan Bay area south to Cape May, generally to the east of the 
Garden State Parkway, and along the Delaware Bay coast and generally 
south of Route 49 to Deepwater. For ease of visitation, the area has 
been divided into five regions as follows:

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    Sandy Hook Region: Perth Amboy south through Middlesex, and 
Monmouth County to Manasquan Inlet.
    Barnegat Bay Region: Ocean and Burlington Counties.
    Absecon Region: Atlantic County.
    Cape May Region: Eastern Cape May County from Ocean City south to 
Cape May Point and up the western edge of Cape May County to Norbury's 
Landing.
    Delsea Region: Cumberland and Salem Counties generally south of 
Route 49 and extending into western Cape May County as far as Norbury's 
Landing along the Delaware Bay coast.
    Welcome Centers for each region are under development with 
facilities at Fort Mott State Park for the Delsea Region, at Ocean View 
Service Area on the Garden State Parkway for the Cape May Region, an 
interim facility at Cheesequake State Park for the Sandy Hook Region, 
and planning underway for a facility at Double Trouble State Park for 
the Barnegat Bay Region. Brochures are available by writing New Jersey 
Division of Travel and Tourism, CN 826, Trenton, NJ 08625-0826 or the 
New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route, P.O. Box 568, Newport, NJ 
08345.
Janet Wolf,
Programs Director, Southern New Jersey Programs.
[FR Doc. 97-19607 Filed 7-24-97; 8:45 am]
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