DescriptionAs part of its Barnegat Bay Initiative, the Trust for Public Land has undertaken a three-pronged, long-range strategy for the conservation of the Barnegat Bay watershed. The three prongs are 1. The...
DescriptionThe New Jersey Envirothon is a competition for high school students that encourages them to learn about and participate in environmental conservation. This document contains supplementary material...
DescriptionThe authors undertook this study to assess the effects of different forest management practices on the plant and avian biodiversity in the New Jersey Pinelands. Many plant and animal communities in...
DescriptionPast land use and natural history in the New Jersey Pinelands have lead to the unique biodiversity of this ecosystem. Forestry management practices both past and present have shaped preserved State...
DescriptionThis brochure discusses federal wetland protection laws and how they affect New Jersey. It also discusses how the New Jersey Field Office of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service works with the New...
DescriptionThis activity booklet was developed as part of the educational component of the Penn-Jersey Urban Peregrine Partnership. Its main purpose is to promote awareness and increase understanding of the...
DescriptionThis document reports on a Piping Plover nesting survey done in 2004. It shows that a total of 135 pairs of piping plover nested in New Jersey in 2004, a 6% decrease from 2003 (144 pairs) and the...
DescriptionThis inventory table contains information about the New Jersey Least Tern, a small, beach-nesting shorebird on the endangered species list. Information included consists of total number of adults,...
DescriptionThis document reports on a piping plover survey that was conducted to determine statewide and site specific piping plover populations, nesting success and productivity.
The New Jersey Division of Fish...
DescriptionThe decline of the peregrine falcon in the eastern U.S. has been linked to persistent organochlorine pesticide contamination. The eastern population plunged from 350 active sites in the 1940's to no...