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New Jersey Stewards, New Jersey Field Office
Pleasantville, New Jersey
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New Jersey's Nature of Learning program is the only one in the nation administered by a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Field Office. Since Nature of Learning programs need an "outdoor classroom," National Wildlife Refuges can use their own lands for this purpose and thus are well-suited for ecological and environmental education. Field Offices, on the other hand, specialize in ecological services and do not manage any land of their own. So the New Jersey Field Office has made sure that every school in the program has a natural area either on its own grounds or nearby that fulfills this requirement.
Because New Jersey is bounded on east and south by salt water and fresh water on the west, wetlands play a significant role in the New Jersey Nature of Learning program. Even in the state's interior, cranberry bogs and other low-lying areas remain dominant in many of New Jersey's ecosystems. All of the Nature of Learning sites in New Jersey have been involved in studying wetlands because of their importance to the state's natural resources.
Besides its wetlands, New Jersey is famous for being the most populous state in the nation. As such, New Jersey is a crucial model for Americans in the struggle to learn how to balance land development concerns with conservation needs. Education is critical in this process. That is why the New Jersey Field Office seeks to expand its Nature of Learning program into new sites. If you are interested in initiating a Nature of Learning program in your school, please contact us.
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New Jersey Stewards contact:
James Cramer, Communications Specialist
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
New Jersey Field Office
927 N. Main St., Bldg D
Pleasantville, New Jersey 00232
609.646.9310
James_Cramer@fws.gov
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