The Pinelands Protection Act designated about 900,000 acres of the Pinelands National Reserve as the state Pinelands Area, and put land use planning for these lands in the hands of the New Jersey Pinelands Commission.

The balance of the Pinelands National Reserve falls under the jurisdiction of New Jersey's Coastal Area Facilities Review Act (CAFRA), a much weaker body of regulations that govern development along the Jersey Shore.
 
 

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