CHESTER TOWNSHIP, NJ (Morris County) – A prescribed burn at the Black River Wildlife Management Area in Chester Township is scheduled to begin on Jan. 9, according to New Jersey Fish & Wildlife officials.
The Fish and Wildlife’s Bureau of Land Management will be conducting habitat management at the office and lots off of Pleasant Hill Road at the Black River Wildlife Management Area, officials said.
Working collaboratively with the New Jersey Forest Fire Service, several large brush piles of nonnative vegetation will be burned, beginning January 9, 2023, weather dependent, to make room for native habitat plantings, officials said.
