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The "Connecting Habitat Across New Jersey" team just released two of their tools mentioned during my presentation to the bird club last week (see the email below for more details):
1. An easy to use online mapping tool that folks can use to see where priority wildlife habitats are and see where their own properties fit into the New Jersey habitat connectivity puzzle
2. A guidance document that explains how the map was created and how to use the map to help make New Jersey friendlier to wildlife movement
The "NJ Wildlife Tracker App", which allows individuals to input their wildlife observations (live or roadkilled) hasn't been released yet. But when it does, I will let you know!
New tools guide efforts to help wildlife get around
Introducing the Tools of CHANJ!
The Endangered and Nongame Species Program's Connecting Habitat Across New Jersey (CHANJ) Team is proud to release two major tools to help make our fragmented landscape friendlier to wildlife movement so that healthy populations can persist long into the future.
Our interactive statewide CHANJ Mapping highlights areas across New Jersey that are critical for wildlife connectivity. These include the state's remaining intact habitats, called "Cores," and the best opportunities to link them together, called "Corridors." The Mapping also identifies road segments that cut through habitats and are likely to pose problems for animal movement.
The Mapping is available via an online HERE where land managers, transportation planners, conservation groups, and the general public can visualize their place in New Jersey's habitat connectivity puzzle.
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The CHANJ Web Viewer HERE is easy to use from your computer or mobile device. Bookmark it for quick access!
A companion Guidance Document HERE that helps users to make strategic choices about preserving land, restoring habitat, and mitigating the effects of roads on wildlife (i.e., making them safer to cross).
At least 127 land-based wildlife species in New Jersey stand to benefit from the CHANJ vision, including 82 Species of Greatest Conservation Need like the Bobcat, Blue-spotted Salamander, and Northern Diamond-backed Terrapin. A wide variety of aquatic organisms, as well as plants, will certainly also benefit from a more connected landscape.
"New Jersey has done an excellent job protecting natural spaces thanks to strong conservation partnerships and steadfast public support," says Division of Fish and Wildlife Acting Director Dave Golden. "Now, CHANJ gives us a literal roadmap for focusing our efforts ahead, filling in the gaps, and securing a legacy of healthy, connected ecosystems for the future."
CHANJ learn more HERE
Email us at CHANJ@dep.nj.gov<mailto:CHANJ@dep.nj.gov>
New Jersey Division of Fish & Wildlife HERE
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