To the Editor:

The state Department of Environmental Protection is on course to close most of the South Jersey state forests to motorized vehicles, the third most popular recreation, according to the Pinelands Comprehensive Management Plan. This has already started in Wharton Forest, startling residents with the suddenness.

The closure was announced at the same time “keep out” signs were going up in Wharton. No hearings, no notice and no appeals.

October 9, 2015