Listed below is just a handful of the many Meadowlands Resources available to help research the area and its wildlife while planning your visit.
For more background information on wildlife watching in New Jersey, visit New Jersey Audubon at www.njaudubon.org or New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection at www.state.nj.us/dep. You can download species checklists of birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians at www.nj.gov/dep/fgw/chklists.htm.
In addition, here is a link to local Meadowland businesses that support the Birding & Wildlife trails in initiative.
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Fields of Sun and Grass: An Artist’s Journal
of the New Jersey Meadowlands
John R. Quinn
Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ. 1997
H2O: Highlands to Ocean:
A First Close Look at the Outstanding
Landscapes and Waterscapes
of the New York/New Jersey Metropolitan Region
Tony Hiss and Christopher Meier
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation. Morristown, NJ. 2004
The Meadowlands: Wilderness Adventures At The Edge Of A City
Robert Sullivan. Anchor Books. 1999 |
The Shorebird Guide
Michael O’Brien, Richard Crossley, and Kevin Karlson
Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston and New York, NY. 2006
Swamp and Bog, Trees, Shrubs and Wildflowers of Eastern Freshwater Wetlands
John Eastman
Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, PA. 1995
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Audio, Video and Software Tools
Building A Meadowlands
Filmmaker: Scott Dennis.
Video is available for loan at all Hackensack River
Watershed libraries.
A copy for purchase in DVD format is available
from Hackensack Riverkeeper, Inc.
For purchase information access: www.hackensackriverkeeper.org/BAM.html
or contact Hackensack Riverkeeper, Inc. (see contact information below). |
Turning the Tide
DVD, NJN Public Television & Radio. 2006.
To purchase a copy visit:
www.njn.net/store/ or call
NJ Network Video at 609-777-5093. |
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Contact Information for Local and Regional Conservation Organizations:
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Hackensack Riverkeeper, Inc.
231 Main Street
Hackensack, NJ 07601-7304
201-968-0808
www.hackensackriverkeeper.org
New Jersey Audubon
Sherman Hoffman Wildlife Sanctuary
11 Hardscrabble Road
Bernardsville, NJ 07924
908-766-5787
www.njaudubon.org
Meadowlands Conservation Trust
1 DeKorte Park Plaza
Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
201-777-2410
www.njmeadowlands.gov |
Meadowlands Environment Center
2 DeKorte Park Plaza
Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
201-460-8300
www.njmeadowlands.gov
Meadowlands Regional Chamber of Commerce
201 Route 17 N.
Rutherford NJ 07070
201-939-0707
www.meadowlands.org
New Jersey Meadowlands Commission
1 DeKorte Park Plaza
Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
201-460-1700
www.njmeadowlands.gov |