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New Jersey
Honoring the importance of home
The Nature Conservancy has been active in New Jersey since 1955, where it has helped to protect nearly 50,000 acres of important habitat, and where it owns and manages 33 preserves.
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Celebrating the Power of Nature
Earlier this year, the restored South Cape May Meadows preserve protected nearby residents from Hurricane Irene.
2011 was a banner year for conservation in New Jersey. Download our annual report to see our successes!
The Forest to Faucet Program teaches kids the connection between our forests and the freshwater resources we all depend on.
A paradise for piping plovers, the Meadows is located in the globally renowned birding hot spot of Cape May, NJ.
Red-headed woodpeckers, black bear, and bobcats make their home in this 183-acre preserve in northern NJ.
We protect rare habitat across New Jersey's remote Pine Barrens
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Take a virtual tour of New Jersey's Pine Barrens, where The Conservancy has safeguarded over 5,000 acres.
See what our LEAF Interns were up to this summer in New Jersey.
See the migratory birds that can be found along the Delaware Bayshores, a crucial stopover habitat for more than 100 species.
A LEAF intern's first hand experience.
Watch a video of a 2011 LEAF intern's perspective on how precious our freshwater really is and how small actions can conserve it.
Every fall, hundreds of owls fly over The Conservancy's South Cape May Meadows Preserve. Spend a night with owl bander Katy Duffy.
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New Jersey's Green Acres Program turns 50!
On Election Day fifty years ago, New Jersey voters approved the first Green Acres bond act, setting into motion a program that has produced a green legacy in the State and has become a national model for open space preservation. In recognition of this significant anniversary, the New Jersey Keep It Green Coalition released today A Legacy of Green: Celebrating 50 Years of the Green Acres Program , which reports on the Program’s tremendous successes and unfinished work in the Garden State.
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We need to act now, before it's too late. Watch the Video, Take Action
We're addressing Latin America's most pressing conservation issues. Read the Story
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