Paradigm:

Sustaining healthy forests in the NJ Pine Barrens is essential to the preservation of the Pine Barrens ecosystem. Proactive management of forest health issues will take place through planning and implementation of forest stewardship activities. 

Mission of the Pine Barrens Stewardship Council:

To identify and/or promote sustainable conservation practices by bringing together stakeholders, agencies, and industry to identify practical and replicable actions that will improve the health of the NJ Pine Barrens.

Goals:

-Improve populations of native plants, animals and natural communities in the Pinelands

-Inform resource managers and the public about forest management issues

-Coordinate the activities of a diverse group of advocates for the Pinelands as well as public and private stakeholders

Ecosystem Management Goals strive to:

1) maintain viable populations of all native species in place

2) protect native ecosystem types

3) maintain processes such as disturbance regimes, hydrologic processes, and nutrient cycles

4) long-term management

5) accommodate human use within the constraints established by the other four goals.

Objectives:

Identify barriers to the management activities that create and sustain healthy forests in the NJ Pine Barrens, prioritize identified issues, create a plan of action to the deal with high priority issues, and implement a plan of action in a coordinated and strategic manner.