{"id":1541,"date":"2022-01-17T00:12:31","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T00:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/?page_id=1541"},"modified":"2024-05-10T13:46:20","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T17:46:20","slug":"chanj-projects-and-partners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/conservation\/chanj-projects-and-partners\/","title":{"rendered":"CHANJ Projects and Partners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Below are examples of CHANJ projects benefiting the wildlife of our state:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>River Road Turtle Tunnels<\/strong><br>Bedminster Twp., Somerset County<\/td><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" class=\"wp-image-1548\" style=\"width: 250px\" src=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/culvert_river_rd300.jpg\" alt=\"River Rd. turtle tunnel\"><br><br>Completed in 2015, New Jersey&#8217;s first wildlife tunnel project gives turtles and small animals safe passage across a busy local road.<\/td><td><a href=\"\/njfw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/chanj_riverrdtunnel.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read about it<\/a><br>(pdf, 4.6mb)<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.gov\/dep\/newsrel\/2015\/15_0053.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New Underground Tunnel to Help Wildlife Cross Road<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 DEP News Release, 6\/4\/15<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Bobcat Alley<\/strong><br>Sussex and Warren Counties<\/td><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" class=\"wp-image-1543\" style=\"width: 250px\" src=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/bobcatalley300.jpg\" alt=\"Bobcat\"><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.org\/ourinitiatives\/regions\/northamerica\/unitedstates\/newjersey\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Nature Conservancy<\/a>&nbsp;has launched an effort to protect and connect critical habitats for New Jersey&#8217;s endangered wildcats.<\/td><td><a href=\"\/njfw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/chanj_bobcatalley.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read about it<\/a> (pdf, 2.0mb)<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.org\/en-us\/about-us\/where-we-work\/united-states\/new-jersey\/stories-in-new-jersey\/connecting-habitat-for-wildlife-in-new-jersey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Interview with a Roadkill Expert<\/a><br>(The Nature Conservancy)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Assunpink WMA Wildlife Passage System<\/strong><br>Upper Freehold Twp., Monmouth County<\/td><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" class=\"wp-image-1542\" style=\"width: 250px\" src=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/assunpink_tunnel300.jpg\" alt=\"Wildlife tunnel on Assunpink WMA\"><br><br>NJ Fish and Wildlife has installed tunnels to help animals move safely through a road-crossed habitat.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/conservation\/assunpink-wma-wildlife-passage-system\/\">Read about it<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>CHANJ Gene Flow Analysis<\/strong><br>New Jersey Statewide<\/td><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" class=\"wp-image-1550\" style=\"width: 250px\" src=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/dna_sample300.jpg\" alt=\"Collecting DNA sample from red squirrel\"><br><br>A 5-year study (2017-2022) was done to assess the impacts of landscape fragmentation and road barriers on New Jersey&#8217;s wild mammals.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/chanj-connectivity-assessment-mammals.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read the full report<\/a><br>(pdf, 1.61mb)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Waterloo Road Amphibian Passage System<\/strong><br>Byram Twp., Sussex County<\/td><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" class=\"wp-image-1551\" style=\"width: 250px\" src=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/waterlootoad300.jpg\" alt=\"Toad on white line as  headlights approach\"><br><br>Funding is secured for under-the-road tunnels and guide fencing at NJ&#8217;s largest known amphibian crossing.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/conservation\/waterloo-road-amphibian-crossing-project\/\">Learn more<\/a><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WqJ6IiTJCzQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amphibian Migration<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Meet the salamanders, frogs and toads and the people who help them across roads.\u00a0(YouTube)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Stream Culvert Assessments<\/strong><br>CHANJ Pilot Areas in North Jersey<\/td><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" class=\"wp-image-1549\" style=\"width: 250px\" src=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/culvert300.jpg\" alt=\"Culvert\"><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/passaic-river-institute\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Montclair State University Passaic River Institute<\/a>&nbsp;is surveying culverts at road-stream crossings, assessing their suitability as wildlife travel corridors.<\/td><td><a href=\"\/njfw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/chanj_habcon.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read about it<\/a><br>(pdf, 1.6mb)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/conservation\/connecting-habitat-across-new-jersey-chanj\/\">CHANJ Home<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below are examples of CHANJ projects benefiting the wildlife of our state: River Road Turtle TunnelsBedminster Twp., Somerset County Completed in 2015, New Jersey&#8217;s first wildlife tunnel project gives turtles and small animals safe passage across a busy local road. Read about it(pdf, 4.6mb) New Underground Tunnel to Help Wildlife Cross Road\u00a0\u2013 DEP News Release, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":52,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1541","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1541\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}