New Jersey Ecological Services Field Office

The New Jersey Field Office protects endangered species, supports federal planning, mitigates environmental contamination, and partners with landowners to restore wildlife habitats. We work with others across New Jersey to conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people.

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Restoration Ripples Through the Raritan River

The ongoing journey from contamination to conservation

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Raritan River Floodplain Reforestation Project

NRDAR Restoration: Compensating for Injuries at the American Cyanamid NPL Site

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About Us

The New Jersey Field Office is located in Galloway, New Jersey, a short distance outside of Atlantic City. We are the local Ecological Services field station, serving all of New Jersey in four program areas: endangered species, conservation planning assistance, environmental contaminants, and private lands restoration.

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What We Do

The New Jersey Field Office works with experts, conservation groups, landowners, and many others to protect and recover threatened and endangered species. We coordinate with federal and state agencies, local governments, the business community, and private citizens to make sure that wildlife resources are considered during project planning, such as for transportation, energy, coastal management, and development. New Jersey Field Office biologists serve on oil spill response teams, investigate the effects of environmental contamination, and work to restore polluted habitats. And we work with private landowners to restore fish and wildlife habitats.

Here are some of our focal programs in New Jersey:

Conservation Planning Assistance

Endangered Species

Environmental Response and Restoration

Partners for Fish and Wildlife

Services

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ESA Section 7 Consultation

Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) is titled Interagency Cooperation. It identifies the responsibilities of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), National Marine Fisheries Service ( NMFS), and other federal agencies to use their authorities in...

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Consultation and Technical Assistance

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Coastal Barrier Resources Act Project Consultation

The Coastal Barrier Resources Act (CBRA) established the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System (CBRS), a defined set of geographic units along the Atlantic, Gulf of America, Great Lakes, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico coasts. The CBRA encourages the conservation of hurricane...

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Consultation and Technical Assistance

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Recovery Challenge Grants

The Recovery Challenge funding opportunity provides a unique financial assistance opportunity for non-federal partners �� both new and longstanding �� working on implementing high-priority recovery actions for species listed as...

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Financial Assistance

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Our Organization

Ecological Services

The Ecological Services Program works to restore and protect healthy populations of fish, wildlife, and plants and the environments upon which they depend. Using the best available science, we work with federal, state, Tribal, local, and non-profit stakeholders, as well as private land owners, to...

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Baileys Crossroads,VA

Coastal Barrier Resources Act

We administer the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (CBRA), which saves taxpayer dollars and encourages the conservation of storm-prone and dynamic coastal barriers by withdrawing the availability of federal funding and financial assistance within a designated set of units known as the John H. Chafee...

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Baileys Crossroads,VA

Endangered Species

We provide national leadership in the recovery and conservation of our nation's imperiled plant and animal species, working with experts in the scientific community to identify species on the verge of extinction and to build the road to recovery to bring them back. We work with a range of public...

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Baileys Crossroads,VA

Listing and Classification

We use the best scientific information available to determine whether to add a species to (list) or remove from (delist) the federal lists of endangered and threatened wildlife and plants. We also determine whether already listed species should be reclassified from threatened to endangered (uplist...

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Baileys Crossroads,VA

Recovery

We work with partners to conserve the ecosystems upon which endangered species and threatened species depend, developing and maintaining conservation programs for these species to improve their status to the point that Endangered Species Act protection is no longer necessary for survival. This...

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Baileys Crossroads,VA

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Candidate Conservation

We assess the conservation status of species, using the best scientific information available, and identify those that warrant listing as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act. A species that we find warrants a proposal to list as endangered or threatened, but listing is...

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Baileys Crossroads,VA

Partners for Fish and Wildlife

The Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program provides free technical and financial assistance to landowners, managers, tribes, corporations, schools and nonprofits interested in improving wildlife habitat on their land. Since 1987, we have helped more than 25,000 landowners to complete more than 40,...

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Wading bird stands in oil damaged marsh.

Environmental Response and Restoration

We provide national leadership in the protection and restoration of fish, wildlife, and habitats that have been threatened or injured by oil discharges, releases of hazardous substances, or other emerging contaminants of concern.

Program

Baileys Crossroads,VA

Conservation Planning Assistance

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service works collaboratively with other federal agencies, industries, and other stakeholders to achieve infrastructure development goals in ways that are sustainable and compatible with the conservation of fish, wildlife, and their habitats.

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Baileys Crossroads,VA

Our Species

**New Jersey Field Office Focal Species**
Federally Listed or Proposed Species	Other Species
bog turtle eastern black rail piping plover rufa red knot roseate tern Indiana bat northern long-eared bat tricolored bat dwarf wedgemussel green floater@ northeastern beach tiger beetle monarch butterfly**@ small whorled pogonia swamp pink Knieskern's beaked-rush American chaffseed sensitive joint-vetch seabeach amaranth	blueback herring @ alewife @ spotted turtle@ wood turtle@ American black duck northern bobwhite black-crowned night heron bald eagle*** American oystercatcher @ whimbrel @ ruddy turnstone @ eastern whip-poor-will @ wood thrush @ cerulean warbler @ golden-winged warbler@ prairie warbler saltmarsh sparrow@ savannah sparrow little brown bat* hoary bat* brook floater @ tidewater mucket @ yellow lampmussel @ Septima's clubtail dragonfly@ Appalachian grizzled skipper@ Eastern arogos skipper @ frosted elfin@ regal fritillary American bumble bee@ variable cuckoo bumble bee

* Being evaluated for possible listing under the ESA (National Listing Workplan)
@ Priority at-risk species
** Proposed for listing under the ESA
*** Protected by the

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Our Library

Visit our library for species survey protocols, surveyor lists, guidance documents, and great information about New Jersey's varied ecosystems and habitats.