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Research
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Research Overview
Who We Are
New Jersey Audubon 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.
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
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CITIZEN SCIENTISTS NEEDED!!!
Heron, shorebird, and grassland
research projects
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What We Do
NJ Audubon 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.
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