Local Links for Biodiversity—Jersey City, NJ

Environmental and Conservation Organizations:

New Jersey Audubon Society Headquarters
9 Hardscrabble Road
PO Box 126
Bernardsville, NJ 07924
Phone: 908-204-8998
http://www.njaudubon.org
The New Jersey Audubon Society (NJAS) is a privately supported, not-for-profit statewide membership organization. NJAS fosters environmental awareness and a conservation ethic among New Jersey's citizens; protects New Jersey's birds, mammals, other animals, and plants, especially endangered and threatened species; and promotes preservation of New Jersey's valuable natural habitats.

Clean Ocean Action
P.O. Box 505
Highlands, NJ 07732-0505
Phone: 732-872-0111
http://www.cleanoceanaction.org
Clean Ocean Action represents a coalition of organizations, businesses, educators, and citizens working to clean up and protect the waters of the New York Bight. The groups investigate sources and effects of ocean pollution, as well as solutions.

New Jersey Conservation Foundation
Bamboo Brook, 170 Longview Road
Far Hills, NJ 07931
Phone: 908-234-1225
http://www.njconservation.org
The mission of New Jersey Conservation Foundation is to preserve the state's land and natural resources for the benefit of all. NJCF protects strategic lands through acquisition and stewardship, promotes strong land use policies, and forges strategic partnerships to achieve conservation goals.

Sierra Club New Jersey
57 Mountain Ave.
Princeton, NJ 08540-2611
Phone: 609-924-3141
http://njsierra.enviroweb.org
The Sierra Club is a national member-supported environmental organization that seeks to influence public policy in both Washington and the state capitals through public education and grass-roots political action.

New Jersey Chapter of The Nature Conservancy
200 Pattersville Road
Chester, NJ 07930
Phone: 908-879-7262
http://nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/newjersey
The Nature Conservancy, established in 1951, is an international, nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the plants, animals, and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive. Active in the Garden State since 1955, the Conservancy established the New Jersey Chapter in 1988.