Stewardship

Holiday Blog 2023

Holiday Blog 2023 Dear Friends of New Jersey Audubon’s Stewardship Team, I am writing to you as I sip on a hot cup of coffee, watching sparrows flip through the leaves on a brisk, overcast day. These are my favorite types of winter days because I can stop and reflect…...

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Happy Holidays from the New Jersey Audubon Stewardship Team

The New Jersey Audubon Stewardship Team   Dear Friends of New Jersey Audubon’s Stewardship Team, As the days grow shorter and nature takes a much-needed rest, I hope you too find time to reflect and recharge while being surrounded by family, friends, love, and warmth. As I write this note,…...

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New Jersey Audubon Recognized for Outstanding Efforts in the Field of Community and Urban Forestry in New Jersey

On October 13, 2002, New Jersey Audubon, as well as NJ Audubon Director of Forestry Don Donnelly, received a 2022 NJ Urban & Community Forestry Achievement Award by the New Jersey Forest Service, the New Jersey Community Forestry Council, and the New Jersey Tree Foundation. The New Jersey Urban &…...

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BioBlitz at CMBO’s Center for Research and Education – September 15, 2022

Last week we had our annual BioBlitz at the CMBO Center for Research and Education (CRE). A BioBlitz is an event that is aimed at identifying as many species as possible within a certain area within a certain amount of time. In our case, our BioBlitz took place at CRE…...

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To Plant a Pollinator Garden is to Believe in Tomorrow!

This past June was a “buzz” in the NJ Audubon Stewardship Department as the department received ten Xerces Society pollinator kit grants for installation at several pollinator habitat restoration projects sites across NJ ranging from inner-city community green space areas to rural agricultural areas and yards to public recreation areas…...

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NJ Audubon Monitoring Young Forest Treatment Areas

Since the start of the USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service’s (NRCS) Working Lands for Wildlife Program (WLFW) in 2012, New Jersey Audubon (NJA) has been instrumental in assisting numerous private landowners to enroll in the program, develop habitat management plans, as well as implementing those plans, for the recovery of…...

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Conserving Atlantic White-Cedar Forested Wetlands Through Active Forest Management and Restoration

Atlantic white-cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides) (AWC) wetlands represent a globally rare plant community, and one of ecological, economic, and cultural significance. In the state of New Jersey, this pant community has experienced severe decline, falling from an estimated 115,000 acres pre-European settlement to around 25,000 acres remaining in the state (NJFAP,…...

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NJ Audubon Conservation Projects Help Hudson Farm win 2021 Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award for Healthy Ecosystems & Habitat Category

NJ Audubon congratulates Hudson Farm on being selected by NJDEP as the winner of the 2021 Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award for Healthy Ecosystems & Habitat Category! The Hudson Farm property is over 4,000 acres of permanently preserved forest land in Sussex County (~2% of the total forest land in the…...

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What Does “Old-Growth” Really Mean? It depends. – Bringing it all together (installment 6 of 6)

In recent weeks, we discussed the concept of old growth forests and its application in New Jersey.  We provided some examples from Davis (1993, 2003r) and recent observations and developments in those areas.  We asked several questions.  In this final installment, we attempt to tie it all together and speak…...

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