Month: June 2025

  • NJ DEP Surveillance in Wharton State Forest

    NJ DEP Surveillance in Wharton State Forest

    Through a series of public records requests (OPRAs), Open Trails NJ has uncovered that the NJ DEP’s State Park Service — not law enforcement — has installed at least 20 cameras in Wharton State Forest. Here’s what we found: OTNJ supports responsible stewardship of our forests. But this is surveillance without rules — and it violates the…