New Jersey § 13:8-48

§ 13:8-48.

The department is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to establish a State system

of rivers to be known as the New Jersey Wild and Scenic Rivers System, which shall

comprise river areas classified, designated and administered as wild, scenic, recreational,

or developed recreational rivers. Such river areas shall be administered by the department or by a local commission

as provided in section 9 of this act. 1 Such administration shall reflect the classification of such river area so as to

prevent incompatible management or development which could detract from the quality

or alter the character of such area. The administration of all State-owned lands within any wild river area shall be

consistent with the administration of lands included within the New Jersey Natural

Areas System pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1975, c. 363 ( C. 13:1B-15.12a et seq. ); provided, however that such lands within such river areas shall be deemed to be

in addition to, and not a part of, the New Jersey Natural Areas System for the purposes

of section 4 of P.L.1975, c. 363 ( C. 13:1B-15.12a3 ). Such classifications shall be as follows: a. Wild river areas, which are those rivers, or sections thereof, that are free of

impoundment and generally inaccessible except by trail, with watersheds or shorelines

essentially primitive and undeveloped and waters unpolluted. b. Scenic river areas, which are those rivers, or sections thereof, that are free

of impoundment, with watersheds or shorelines still largely primitive and undeveloped,

but accessible in places by road. c. Recreational river areas, which are those rivers, or sections thereof, that are

readily accessible, that may have some development along their shorelines, and that

may have undergone some impoundment or diversion prior to their inclusion in the New

Jersey Scenic River System. d. Developed recreational rivers, which are those rivers, or sections thereof, that

are readily accessible, that may have substantial development along their shorelines,

that may have undergone substantial impoundment or diversion, but which remain suitable

for a variety of recreational uses. 1

N.J.S.A. § 13:8-53.