195~ - rl~ i<efPJ!tt t959 · at t~ COMMISSIONER OF CONSERVATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ... STATE OF NEW JERSEY 1958 1959 ANNUAL REPORT of the COMMISSIONER OF CONSERVATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SALVATORE A. BONTEMPO Commissioner DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TRENTON 25, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION 8 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ------------1 I I I DIVISION OF DIVISION OF I PLA,NING WATER POLICY I I AND SUPPLY I DEVELOPMENT! J 0, aiJIIUU SPECIAL AGENCIES OOIIMERCE 110111111 CAIIAL a U.llle CO. STATE PROMOTION II . J . PILOTAIIE COIIIIIUIOIIIEIII IWIIIAC .. AIIOCIA'tiOII RESEARCH AND OLD STATISTICS IOtLC-IIVAnOII COIIIIITTU Letter of Transmittal To the Honorable Robert B. ll1eyner, Governor, and to Members of the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey : I have the honor to transmit this report concerning the activities of the Department of Conservation and Economic Development during the fiscal period 1958-59. SALVATORE A. BoNTEMPO Commissioner Page Three Long-range programs are being created by the State of New Jersey to meet the challenge of this age of transition. Adopting this basic concept, the Department of Conservation and Economic Development designs its diversified programs to meet the future as well as the present needs of the people of New Jersey. The guide for all Department activities is simply: CONSERVATION THROUGH WISE USE OF NATURAL AND MAN-MADE RE­ SOURCES ... ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH MORE JOB OPPORTUNITIES . Thus, the Department has assumed its responsibility to the people by undertaking the following projects: The Construction of Spruce Run-Round Valley Reservoirs, page 88. The Rehabilitation of The State's Oyster Industry, page 101. The Reclamation and Development of The Hackensack Valley Meadows, page 25. The Evaluation of North Jersey's Urban Renewal Problems, page 24. The Opening of Island Beach State park To The General Public, page 41. The Initiation of a State Program for Constructive Use of Atomic Energy, page The Investigation of New Jersey's Small Business Problems, page 11. Within the Department, an extensive promotion campaign has been started to encourage the construction of middle in­ come housing projects throughout the State, page 32 . The Land Use Committee ~ has submitted surveys and recommenda­ tions concerning preservation and use of ~ public lands, page 17 . And our concern for the present and future has not caused the Department to overlook the past. A Committee of leading historians has been appointed to develop a method that will protect and preserve our historic sites throughout the State, page 45. Volunteer marine patrols report traffic on New Jersey's waters are becoming as complex ·as on any proportionate stretch of roadway. Recognizing the ever­ increasing need for safety regulations that would offer protection to the boating public the Department sought legislation which would place administrative re­ sponsibility with the State rather than the Federal Government, page 37. Inter and intra-State cooperation has facilitated the progress of current water projects, such as the deepening of the Delaware River and the formulating of flood control measures where necessary. Implementation of the 1958 water pro­ gram as endorsed by the voters of the State has been undertaken since the November 3, 1958 general election, pages 94-96. STATE OF DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION 1958 ANNUAL RoBERT B. MEYNER Governor TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Page Introduction: State Game Farms . 68 TITLE PAGE . 1 Fisheries Management . 73 ORGANIZATION CHART . .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 Dingell-J ohnson Projects Financed by LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL . 3 Federal Funds . 76 Preface by Commissioner Bontempo . 4 Information and Education Unit-Hunter Safety 81 Executive Staff . 8 DIVISION OF WATER POLICY AND SUPPLY Council and Supervisory Staff . 84 SPECIAL STUDIES: Reorganization of Division . 86 Forecast of New Jersey's Economic Climate . 9 Water Referendum Funds . 87 New Jersey Industrial Atomic Engery Plan Spruce Run-Round Valley Launched . 88 Proposed . 10 Pennsauken Ground Water Investigation . 89 Atomic Industrial Park . 10 Interstate Delaware River Basin . 90 Economic Ambassadors . 10 Water Conservation . 90 Aid to Small Business . 11 Special Ground Water Investigation Program . 94 Flood Control . 94 DIVISION OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT Passaic River Basin . 95 Council and Supervisory Saff . 14 Delaware and Raritan Canal . 96 Bureau of Commerce . 16 Delaware River Master . 96 Bureau of Planning . 17 Federal Housing Bill of 1959 . 31 DIVISION OF SHELL FISHERIES Senior Citizens Survey . 31 Council and Supervisory Staff . 100 Bureau of Housing . 32 Oyster Mortality in Delaware Bay ....... ...... 101 Bureau of Recreation . 33 Maurice River Cove-Atlantic Coast Sections . 102 Bureau of Navigation . 37 Enforcement of Shellfish Laws . 103 Lake Hopatcong Weed Control Program . 39 DIVISION OF VETERANS SERVICES Forests and Parks . 41 Council and Supervisory Staff . 106 Historic Sites . 45 Report ...................................... 107 Bureau of Geology and Topography . 48 Bureau of Aeronautics . 48 FROM THE OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER Administrative Staff . 111 DIVISION OF FISH AND GAME Suggestion Awards Program-Public Information Council and Supervisory Staff . 62 Office . ...... ....... ....... .......... ..... 112 Wildlife Management . 63 APPENDIX A: Special Committees and Councils . 116 Deer Management-Forest Management . 65 Public Shooting and Fishing Grounds . 67 APPENDIX B: Financial Statement .............. 117 NEW JERSEY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPORT 1959 SALVATORE A. BoNTEMPO Commissioner TABLE OF CHARTS AND ILLLUSTRATIONS Page Page Economic Ambassadors Meeting . 11 Public Hunting and Fishing Ground Map 67 Department promotes the State of New Jersey 15 Public Shooting and Fishing Ground Fund 68 Department promotes the Industrial Development Game Farm Statistics . 69 of New Jersey . 16 Commerce-Statistical Summary . 17 And Then There Were Pheasants . 70 Local Planning and Assistance Program "701" 18 Hunters and Anglers License Fund . 71 Public Works Planning Program "702" . 22 New Jersey Citizen Goes Fishing . 72 Urban Renewal . 26 Ice Fishing . 74 Meadowlands Regional Development Agency . 28 New Jersey Landings for Calendar Year 1958 Disposition of State Owned Property . 30 (fish) . 75 Population Estimates . 34 New Fish Sorter . 77 Law Enforcement Report by Division of Fish Red Pennant Warning System f or Boaters . 35 and Game . 79 Water Safety Program . 36 Commercial Fishing Statistics . 80 Shore Protection . 38 Reorganization Chart of Division of Water Navigation Statistical Summary . 39 Policy and Supply . 86 Map of Har bor Master Areas . 40 Water Sale Program . 89 Island Beach State Park . 42 Water Supply Diversion Grants . 90 Bureau of F orestry-Statistical Data . 43 Water Consumption . 91 Map of State F orests, Parks, Historic Sites 46 Drilling at the Wharton Tract 92 Attendance and Income Report of Bureau of Ground-water observation wells map . ... .. 93 Parks and Recreation . ......... ... ...... 47 Oyster Production Chart 101 Aeronautics Statistical Summary . 49 Shell Fisheries Statistical Summary . 104 Urban Renewal Projects Summary . 50 Veterans Services Statistical Summary . 108 Federal Low Rent Public Housing Report . 55 Publications prepared and distributed by the Deer Census Statistics . 64 Department . 113 Game Supply and Harvest Statistics . 66 Financial Statement . 117 Page Seven EXECUTIVE STAFF of the DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SALVATORE A. BoNTEMPO ... ..... ..... .. Commissioner of Conservation and Economic Development D AVID S. DAVIES ... ... .... ...... ...... .. .... Executive Assistant J osEPH T. BARBER ..... ...... ... .... Assistant to the Commissioner KENNETH H. CREVELING . Director, Division of Planning and Development CHRISTOPHER H. RILEY Director, Division of Shell Fisheries GEORGE R. SHANKLIN ........... ..... .... .. ... Director, Division, of Water Policy and Supply A. H. UNDERHILL Director, Division of (Not pictured) Fish and Game Page Eight A FORECAST OF NEW JERSEY'S ECONOMIC CLIMATE: INDUSTRY AND ATOMIC ENERGY "Right now industrial organizations licensed to possess radio-isotopes (inN. J.) repre- sent only six-tenths of one percent of the total number of manufacturing and mining concerns. Studies indicate, however, that at least eight to 10 percent of industrial firms can presently make profitable use of radio active materials in their operations and this number is bound to grow rapidly. It is obvious that such industrial uses will expand considerably in the very near future and it is our immediate task to plan for this growth and to encourage it as an aid to our economy ... we in New Jersey have there­ fore conceived and are putting into operation as quickly as possible A PROGRAM FOR THE PROMOTION OF CONSTRUCTIVE USES OF NUCLEAR ENERGY. "Atomic energy for industrial use provides just one example of the vistas now open­ ing for our continued industrial growth. Already New Jersey ranks fourth in the nation in the number of industrial uses of radio-isotopes. Proudly we display the world's largest privately-owned nuclear reactor at Plainsboro, built by the cooperative in­ genuity of 10 companies." "We are on the verge of a period of discovery without parallel in history. And there is every reason to believe that New Jersey will be the industrial research capital of the United States, as the United States is of the world. We are already on the way to this distinction. It is estimated that expenditures on research and