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Highlands
West Milford Township is part of the Highlands Region that extends from northwestern Connecticut across the lower Hudson River Valley and northern New Jersey into east Central Pennsylvania.
The State of New Jersey 211th Legislature adopted the Highlands bill on June 7, 2004. President Bush signed the Highlands Conservation Act into law on November 30, 2004.
The West Milford Chamber of Commerce provides the following links and information to help you understand the Highlands Preservation Acts enacted by the State and Federal Government. Additional links are provided to non-profit organizations with a mission of helping preserving the highlands region. Each link will take you to a website not associated with the West Milford Chamber of Commerce.
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NJ Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act
 The "Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act" creates highlands Water Protection and Planning Council, and dedicates a portion of realty transfer fee revenue annually for certain State aid purposes in the Highlands Region and the pinelands area.
- State of NJ 211th Legislature
NJ Highlands Council
In order to preserve the quality and quantity of the region’s precious resource, as well as the quality of life of the 880,000 people who live in the Highlands, the Governor signed the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act, on August 10, 2004. The Act calls for a fifteen member Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council, five of whom must be municipal officials from the Highlands Region and 3 of whom must be county officials from the Highlands Region. Fourteen members were appointed to the Council in the fall of 2004. The Highlands Council is charged with carrying out the provisions of the Act, including the development of a regional master plan for the Highlands Region.
- New Jersey Highlands Council - http://www.nj.gov/njhighlands/
NJ Highland Council Interactive Map
USDA Forest Service
A rugged landscape of forested mountains and hills stretches along the western edge of the coastal metropolis; these are the Highlands of Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Rising above the tide of urbanization that has washed all the way from the eastern seaboard, the Highlands are a series of discontinuous, steep-sided ridges and narrow valleys.
- USDA Forest Service http://www.na.fs.fed.us/highlands/
Saving the Heart of the Highlands
The Heart of the Highlands project area includes parts of Passaic and Morris Counties and contains the best examples of intact northern hardwood forests within the New Jersey Highlands. The forests are home to many endangered, threatened and declining species.
- New Jersey Conservation Foundation - http://www.njconservation.org/html/gfa-heart.htm
The Highlands Coalition
The Highlands Coalition, established in 1988, seeks to protect and enhance the sustainability of natural and human communities in the Highlands region of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut. At a regional level, we work to secure federal and state funding for land protection in the Highlands and to foster more regional approaches to planning for and managing growth. At the local level, members of the Highlands Coalition contribute to efforts to fend off inappropriate development projects that threaten important Highlands resources and work with planning boards and community groups to understand the values of the Highlands and incorporate them into their decision making. The Coalition is comprised of more than 150 local, state, regional and national conservation organizations.
- The Highlands Coalition http://www.highlandscoalition.org
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