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In the state of New Jersey, the New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry is an administrative divisions of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. In its most visible role, the Division is directly responsible for the management and operation of New Jersey's public park system which includes 42 state parks, 11 state forests, 3 recreation areas, and more than 50 historic sites and districts. However, its duties also include protecting state and private lands from wildfire, managing forests, educating the public about environmental stewardship and natural resources, as well as growing trees to maintain and restore forests in rural and urban areas, and to preserve the diversity of the trees within the forests.〔(New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry ). Retrieved 24 April 2015.〕 The cultural and natural heritage of New Jersey is reflected in the diversity of its public parks, forests, and historic sites. The division is the steward of the historic homes, landscapes and battlefields where George Washington and the Continental Army spent almost half of the American Revolutionary War. ==History== * 1905: Forest Park Reservation Commission founded by Governor Edward C. Stokes. * 1915: (April 8) Department and Board of Conservation and Development created, Forest Park Reservation Commission and other agencies merged into it. * 1923: State Park Service formed. * 1945: Department and Board of Conservation and Development became Division of Forestry, Geology, Parks and Historic Sites, Department of Conservation.; consisted of Division of Forests and Parks, of which the State Forester was chief, and the Division of Geology and Topography, in charge of the State Geologists. The Department also administered the State Museum, the abandoned Morris Canal, and the Delaware and Raritan Canal. * Historic Sites dropped from name in 1947, division absorbed into Division of Planning and Development, Department of Conservation and Economic Development. * 1961, Name changed to the Division of Resource Development. * 1961: Restored Division of Parks, Forestry and Recreation in Department of Conservation and Economic Development. Bureau of Forestry managed the State forests, growing trees for reforestation projects and stationing firewardens throughout the State. The Bureau of Parks and Recreation maintained and operated the State Forests, Parks, and Historic Sites; Office of Natural Lands Management created. * 1966: (May 27) Division of Parks, Forestry and Recreation was re-established in the Department of Conservation and Economic Development and authorized to develop, improve, protect, manage and administer all State forests, parks, recreation areas, historic sites, and natural areas. * 1967: New Jersey Historic Trust established. * 1967: (June 21) Historic Sites Council was established within the Division of Parks, Forestry and Recreation * 1968: New Jersey Natural Lands Trust established. * 1970: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection created (April 22) by Governor Cahill * 1971: The Division of Parks, Forestry and Recreation joined the new Department of Environmental Protection and was designated the Division of Parks and Forestry in 1971. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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