New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife

National Hunting and Fishing Day (NHFD) recognizes sportsmen and women for their contributions to our nation’s natural resources and sporting heritage. While NHFD is officially celebrated by the public on the fourth Saturday every September, the staff, partners, and volunteers of the Lenape...

The New Jersey Endangered and Nongame Species Program, the Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have compiled all rufa red knot peak count methodology and results since spring surveys of Delaware Bay began in 1981.

On Saturday, August 23, 2025, Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge welcomed new and returning hunters for a hands-on Waterfowl Hunting Workshop, hosted in partnership with New Jersey DEP Fish & Wildlife’s R3 Hunting and Shooting Program and the Wallkill River Ducks Unlimited Chapter.

Partners received funding from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Delaware Watershed Conservation Fund and the Department of the Interior’s America’s Ecosystem Restoration Initiative to support interstate brook trout conservation in the Delaware River watershed

A recent video produced by New Jersey Fish and Wildlife tells the story of the invasive silty pond mussel (aka Chinese pond mussel) and the collaborative effort in New Jersey to stop its spread. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qplXLi5tOPY

Deputy Director Steve Guertin was pleased to present awards to the 2021 and 2022 Presidential Migratory Bird Federal Stewardship Awardees: The Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Sector Delaware Bay and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health...

In recent years, the two methods biologists use to survey rufa red knots have been telling different stories about the numbers that visit Delaware Bay, known as the stopover population. Partners are trying to figure out why.