N.J. Stat. § 40:12-15: Forest reserve as public park

The governing body of any county or municipality may enter into an agreement with the board of conservation and development for the maintenance of a forest reserve, or any portion thereof, which portion may be a pond or lake, as a public park; and from time to time to appropriate money and to pay the same to the board of conservation and development to be expended by it for the maintenance and improvement of such state property.