[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] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: [[Page 40107]] 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] BILLING CODE 4310-70-P