Safari Club International v. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

The opinion of the court was delivered by

SKILLMAN, P.J.A.D.

This appeal challenges the validity of a notice issued by the Commissioner of Environmental Protection on October 26, 2004, which directed the Division of Fish and Wildlife not to issue black bear hunting permits for the 2004 hunting season, and also “directed the Assistant Commissioner for Natural and Historic Resources to close all lands owned, managed, or controlled by the Department, whether through [the Division of Fish and Wildlife] or Division of Parks and Forestry, to the hunting of black bears[.]” In another appeal, filed…