River Road Turtle Tunnels
Bedminster Twp., Somerset County |
Completed in 2015, New Jersey's first wildlife tunnel project gives turtles and small animals safe passage across a busy local road. |
Read about it (pdf, 4.6mb) |
Bobcat Alley
Sussex and Warren Counties |
The Nature Conservancy has launched an effort to protect and connect critical habitats for New Jersey's endangered wildcats. |
Read about it (pdf, 2.0mb)
Interview with a Roadkill Expert (The Nature Conservancy) |
Assunpink WMA Wildlife Passage System
Upper Freehold Twp., Monmouth County |
NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife has installed new tunnels to help animals move safely through a road-crossed habitat. |
Read about it |
CHANJ Gene Flow Analysis
New Jersey Statewide |
A DNA study is underway to assess the impacts of landscape fragmentation and road barriers on New Jersey's wild mammals. |
Read about it (pdf, 630kb) |
Waterloo Road Amphibian Passage System
Byram Twp., Sussex County |
Funding is secured for under-the-road tunnels and guide fencing at NJ's largest known amphibian crossing. |
Read about it (pdf, 270kb)
Amphibian Migration - Meet the salamanders, frogs and toads and the people who help them across roads. (YouTube) |
Stream Culvert Assessments
CHANJ Pilot Areas in North Jersey |
Montclair State University Passaic River Institute is surveying culverts at road-stream crossings, assessing their suitability as wildlife travel corridors. |
Read about it (pdf, 1.6mb) |