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Advocates for motor vehicle access in Wharton State Forest say a map of 200 miles of dirt roads eliminates far too many routes, while preservationists like the plan. A public comment period is underway.

Advocates for motor vehicle access in Wharton State Forest say a map of 200 miles of dirt roads eliminates far too many routes, while preservationists like the plan. A public comment period is underway.

Credit: (AP Photo/Wayne Parry) New Jersey Pinelands The Department of Environmental Protection plans to hold public hearings to try to settle a long-running confrontation over the illegal use of off-road vehicles on state property in the Pinelands, the DEP’s new Commissioner, Shawn LaTourette, said. LaTourette hopes the hearings will find a way of balancing the interests of drivers of pickup trucks and all-terrain vehicles with those of hikers, birders or anglers. The hearings represent the l...