This technical report focuses on the landscape of the Raritan River Basin and includes detailed descriptions of historical, current and future land uses, soils, vegetation and wildlife resources of the Basin. It also provides a general summary of the existing regulations and plans that aid in the protection of these natural resources.This report relies heavily upon the State Development and Redevelopment Plan (SDRP) Policy Map for comparisons of current and future land uses with planning area designations. In addition, 1995 land use/land cover (LU/LC) data obtained from the NJDEP was compared to existing and approved sewer service areas for the Basin as well as to New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) Road Network geographic information systems (GIS) data to assess existing land uses.August 200
