News and information from
New Jersey Audubon Society's Department of Conservation.

Click Here to play a Radio Spot (MP3 file) recorded by Tom Gilmore, President of NJAS and Chair of the NJ Keep it Green Campaign.  The NJ Keep it Green Campaign is a coalition of 135 groups, seeking continued funding for the Garden State Preservation Trust and for preservation of our clean water and beautiful open spaces including our parks, farmland and historic places.  You can make a difference before November 3rd, 2009 by visiting the NJ Keep It Green website, or the NJ Keep It Green page on Facebook. 

Another way to make a difference is to receive occasional updates from New Jersey Audubon Society's "Online Action Center"

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The New Jersey Keep It Green Campaign Investing in Our Communities through the Garden State Preservation Trust New Jersey has been a national leader in preserving open space, historic sites and farmland over the past decade. However, the fund that makes us that leader - the Garden State Preservation Trust (GSPT) - has run out of money for new preservation projects.  NJAS helped launch a campaign in November 2006 to call on the Legislature and the Governor to ensure passage of legislation by the end of March 2007 which resulted in a November 2007 ballot referendum to renew and strengthen the GSPT.   Now, voters will again have the choice to renew the Garden State Preservation Trust on November 3, 2009.  To learn more about this important campaign, click here.

NJAS Stewardship Program Actively managing your property for wildlife can give you the personal satisfaction of conserving resources for present and future generations. In fact, most rare species in New Jersey are found on privately owned lands.  In New Jersey, wildlife is critically threatened by encroaching development and loss or fragmentation of habitat.

Verizon recently won the Governor's Environmental Excellence Award for its habitat restoration work with the New Jersey Audubon Society.  Click Here for more information, and to view a video of the award presentation.

A new ecotourism and education project, the New Jersey Birding and Wildlife Trails Guides, is now available. Driving tours throughout the Delaware Bayshore and the Hackensack River Watershed can be accessed here .

Habitat Protection Rule Campaign Overdevelopment threatens New Jersey's wildlife and open spaces, particularly areas critical to the survival of threatened and endangered species. In order to ensure the immediate protection of this habitat, NJAS and a coalition of over 40 environmental and sportsmen's groups, affordable housing advocates and environmental justice activists are calling for regulations to protect this critical habitat. We need your help to ensure the survival of our rare species.

Harmony Township Conservation Plan NJAS is interested in working with both private landowners and the municipal government in Harmony to help preserve the Town's agricultural culture and natural resources.

Click Here for more information and to sign up for our Get Active Action Center - a free e-mail subscription service to keep you better informed.

New Jersey's Forest Health is Threatened Click on this link to read the Press Release, and for a link to download the Policy White Paper (in PDF format).

NJAS has launched the New Jersey  Important Bird and Birding Areas Program.  To find out more about this exciting new conservation initiative and to get involved, Click here.

New Jersey Audubon is partnering with the American Bird Conservancy on Cats Indoors! -- The Campaign for Safer Birds and Cats.

New Jersey Audubon Society is part of a coalition of groups working to address global warming and alternative energy sources.  Click here and see what New Jersey Audubon Society is doing about Global Warming.