Highlands Chapter National Wild Turkey Federation P.O. Box 273, Ringwood, NJ 07456
Back in the summer of 1996 some avid turkey hunters from the Ringwood (Bergen/ Passaic County) area were introduced to the NWTF and the work that they do to promote wild turkey conservation. These guys hooked up with some other hunters from Morris County to become the Highlands Chapter. At that time, there were no other chapters in the region, so we became the focus for the North Jersey Area, with members from Morris, Sussex, Passaic, Bergen, Essex and Hudson Counties for a start. In actuality, we had about ten active members in the chapter. We elected a Board of Directors, President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer and Banquet Chairman. In the twelve years that we have been working with the NWTF, our board members have changed. We have lost a few members and gained others; we have helped other chapters get established and grow, but we still only have less than a dozen ACTIVE members in the chapter getting the work done. The fall of 1996 we held our first banquet at the Ringwood Fire House. Gerry Zimmerman was the Regional Director and our auctioneer. We had less than 100 guests, but we were successful and we were off. That was the first of our annual banquets. Our second banquet was at the Russian hall just a few months later in February, 1997. The hall is located just off Rt 23, a few blocks south of the shopping malls on Rt 46. We had more than 150 guests at that event. We outgrew the Russian Hall and moved our banquet to the Wayne Manor on Route 23 where we have had every banquet untilt they closed their doors. Our banquets are now held at the Knoll Country Club in Parsippany. Some of the accomplishents of the Highlands Chapter:
Awarded over $3000 in Scholarships for College Education Worked with the Kittatinny Chapter to run severak Award Winning Jakes Days with over 100 children participating Worked with the Central Jersey Limbhangers for our first Women in the Outdoors Event Have achieved Golden Gobbler Status for fund raising more than Five Consecutive Years

The chapter is meetings are supposed to be held monthly. However, due to the small committee that we currently have, it has been difficult to meet on a regular basis.

We have just found a new location that is working well for us. We have been meeting at the North Jersey Gun Club on Horseneck Road in Fairfield, NJ. The trap range clubhouse is an ideal setting for our meetings and is centrally located to our area.
Please call or email one of our officers for our next meeting date and time.

DIRECTIONS
From the west: Take I-80 to Exit 48b Rt 46 East. At second traffic light bear right past Wendy's and take jug-handle to cross Rt 46 onto Hook Mtn Road. Take Hook Mtn Road to end. At traffic light, turn right onto Horseneck Road. One half mile to range on left, just past tree line. (Look for fire hydrant on left and telephone pole with red reflector.) Turn left into club parking lot.