$35

This Buy-It-Now Item is a PDF Tour Packet of the Coalition's recent Spring Car Trek. The route begins in Boonton in Morris County and concludes in West Milford in Passaic County. The packet includes turn-by-turn directions for the 57-mile route and a wealth of information about the sites along the way. The theme of the route is Reservoirs of the Highlands and highlights the numerous reservoirs that more than 6.2 million New Jersey residents depend on for clean, healthy drinking water. As participants drive the expertly crafted tour route, passing deep forests, meadows, historic hamlets, and the steep ridges and narrow valleys that characterize the northern Highlands, they will learn about the Splitrock, Monksville and Wanaque Reservoirs, among others and why the Highlands were chosen as the finest “gathering grounds” for so much of the State’s water supply. The route will take participants through the Highlands Core Forest, 320 square-miles of the most mature and least fragmented forest in the northern part of the state. We point out the many prime hiking and outdoor recreation areas. Proceeds benefit the New Jersey Highlands Coalition, a nonprofit organization based in Morris County. The NJHC works to protect and enhance the vital water and other natural and cultural resources of the Highlands region.