{"id":1524,"date":"2022-01-17T00:01:27","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T00:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/?page_id=1524"},"modified":"2023-12-15T15:28:56","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T20:28:56","slug":"tools-of-chanj","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/conservation\/tools-of-chanj\/","title":{"rendered":"Tools of CHANJ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Whether on the local or statewide scale, the CHANJ Tools can help land managers, transportation planners, conservation groups, and the general public to visualize their place in New Jersey’s habitat connectivity puzzle and to take meaningful steps to preserve and restore important linkages for wildlife across our landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CHANJ <\/strong>home page<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mapping<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n
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The CHANJ Web Viewer<\/a> is easy to use from your computer or mobile device. Bookmark it!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

The CHANJ Mapping highlights important areas for habitat connectivity across New Jersey. These include large intact “Core” habitats and the best available “Corridors” between them. The CHANJ Mapping also identifies road segments which bisect habitats and are likely to pose problems for animal movement. Together, these Cores, Corridors, and Road Segments represent the most advantageous places to preserve and restore wildlife connectivity in New Jersey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Access the Mapping via our online interactive CHANJ Web Viewer<\/strong><\/a> <\/i> – it’s easy to use from any computer or mobile device. The Web Viewer is pre-loaded with various supplemental layers, like municipal and county boundaries, watersheds, water bodies, preserved lands, road-wildlife mitigation project locations and several aerial imagery and basemap options. Bookmark the CHANJ Web Viewer page or add it to your Home Screen for quick access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A complete description of the CHANJ Mapping – including goals, supplemental layers, and the methodology used to create it – is found in Chapter 2 of the Guidance Document (see below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The CHANJ layers are also available to GIS users:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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1. Download the layers from the NJDEP Bureau of GIS CHANJ menu<\/strong><\/a> <\/i>, or
2. Add the layers to your ArcMap project as Feature Services<\/strong><\/a> <\/i>. From ArcMap Desktop, under “Add Data,” choose “Add Data From ArcGIS Online” and search for the layer by its name or its ArcGIS Online Item ID.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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