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NJ Audubon Research
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Who We Are
The New Jersey Audubon Society fosters the application of
sound scientific principles and practices to address conservation issues related
to vertebrate and invertebrate fauna, and the natural habitats with which they
are associated. Our mission is to design and conduct scientifically valid
research that provides information to support ongoing conservation initiatives
in our state and region wide.
JOURNEY TO THE END OF
THE EARTH!
NJAS Vice-president for Research, Dr. David
Mizrahi, recently traveled to the Red Knot wintering site in Tierra
Del Fuego, Chile.
Click
here to read his blog.
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Where We Work
Much of our research
effort takes place at the Cape May Bird Observatory Center
for Research and Education. Northern NJ research is based
mainly out of our Scherman Hoffman Wildlife Sanctuary. Our staff,
along with an impressive team of dedicated volunteers, works
to monitor and investigate the status of our environment. In
recent years we have worked to help provide data on pressing
environmental matters such as the horseshoe crab population
decline, wind
energy, and airport grasslands management while developing
and maintaining
tools like our atlas, The Birds of New Jersey, to
preserve and protect our natural heritage.
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Photo: Mitch Dormont |
CITIZEN SCIENTISTS
NEEDED!!!
Heron and Shorebird
research projects
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What We Do
NJAS Research Department endeavors to:
- Advance knowledge of New Jersey's flora and
fauna, and their relationships to the habitats on which they
depend, through field research
- Evaluate and support conservation and
management activities in New Jersey through monitoring
- Help set priorities on environmental issues
in the state based on assessing needs and status of bird
species.
GOALS: to provide monitoring and assessment to different
types of managed grasslands in NJ
Atlantic City Airport
Lakehurst Naval Base
Citizen
Science monitoring
GOALS: to provide monitoring in different types of
habitats used by migratory birds in NJ
Hawk Watches
Avalon Sea Watch
Delaware Bay Shorebirds
Morning Flight
Shorebird
Counts/Citizen Science
Radar studies
GOALS: to understand flight patterns
and pathways of birds, using RADAR technology
Oases Along
the flyway
Wind energy studies
GOALS: to develop information datasets through
citizen participation, on the abundance distribution, and demography of avian
species; to
foster environmental awareness among New Jersey's citizens
through active participation
Grasslands
Shorebirds
Pinelands
GOALS:To provide monitoring of wildlife populations
and their health in urban habitats
Meadowlands bird studies
Avian abundance and distribution
Effects of contaminants on birds
Gateway National Recreation Area Surveys
Other Projects
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