Astronomy Links

Local Nature Centers Near TNC

Demarest Nature Center
P.O. Box 41, Demarest, NJ 07627

Flat Rock Brook Nature Center
443 Van Nostrand Avenue, Englewood, NJ; (201) 567-1265

Fyke Nature Association
P.O. Box 141, Ramsey, NJ 07446

Greenbrook Sanctuary
PO Box 155, Alpine, NJ (201) 768 1360

Lorrimer Sanctuary
790 Ewing Avenue, PO Box 125, Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417; (201) 891-2185

McFaul Environmental Center
Crescent Avenue, Wyckoff, NJ; (201) 891-5571

Meadowlands Environment Center
2 DeKorte Park Plaza, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071; 201-460-8300

Palisades Interstate Park, New Jersey section
P.O. Box 155, Alpine, New Jersey 07620-0155; 201 768-1360

Teaneck Creek Conservancy
20 East Oakdene Avenue, Teaneck, NJ 07666; 201.836.2403

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Natural Places In New Jersey

Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area

Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge

Hackensack Meadowlands

Liberty State Park

New Jersey Birding and Wildlife Trails
This program provides all the information you need to plan weekend trips for wildlife viewing and enjoying the outdoors.  Detailed driving trails are provided for the southern-most part of the State and the Hackensack River Watershed.  Click here to order a guide, or click on the Trail links for all the same information.

New Jersey State Parks, Forests, Recreation Areas and Marinas

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NJ Environmental Issues

THE AMERICAN CHESTNUT FOUNDATION

GeesePeace dedicated to building better communities though innovative, effective, and humane solutions to wildlife conflicts.  GeesePeace works in partnership with local governments, business and community leaders to assure full support and availability of community resources to resolve the wildlife conflicts humanely.

Gypsy Moth Suppression Program

Hackensack Riverkeeper

Hamburg Mountain

Liberty State Park Development

North American Butterfly Association

http://www.climatecrisis.net/ Official website for the award winning movie An Inconvenient Truth.

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Environmental Education

ANJEE--Alliance for New Jersey Environmental Education

Bayshore Discovery Project
Home of the A.J. Meerwald, New Jersey's Official Tall Ship

Hudson River Snapshot Day Join us this year when we gather data on the Hudson River and share the results to gain a better understanding of this historic and vital estuary system.

New Jersey Earth Science Teachers Association

New Jersey Science Teachers Association

New Jersey Geological Survey

SEEDS--State Environmental Education Directory (NJ DEP)

EPA Environmental Education Department

The Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Bergen County has a volunteer master gardener program that trains individuals throughout the County.  They operate a Garden Helpline April through October and give advice to homeowners on how to solve garden & landscape problems by applying Integrated Pest Management tactics to minimize the use of pesticides.  Their is also a horticulture consultant available for questions Monday-Thursday from 10 am - 2 pm at 201-336-6788.

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NJ
Environmental Organizations

Bergen SWAN
Save the Watershed Action Network

DEP Division of Fish, Game, & Wildlife

Delaware Valley Raptor Center
excellent information about hawk rehabilitation and natural history in north-west NJ.

Environmental Commission of Tenafly, NJ
The Environmental Commission promotes an environmental, ecological conservation and natural resources program for the Borough of Tenafly. 

Garden State Environet

Lakota Wolf Preserve

National Audubon in NJ

New Jersey Audubon Society

New Jersey Non-Profit GIS Community

NEW JERSEY WATERSHED AMBASSADORS PROGRAM

North Jersey Group, NJ Sierra Club

New York-New Jersey Trail Conference
guide to hiking in the area

The Nature Conservancy in New Jersey

The Raptor Trust
non-releasable birds on view for the public, programs, and excellent bird rehabilitation center in central NJ.

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National & International Environmental Organizations

Center for Coastal Studies

Defenders of Wildlife
Works to protect wild animals

The Garden Club of America
Offers scholarships and fellowships for students

International Fund for Animal Welfare

National Wildlife Federation

North American Butterfly Association
Great Butterfly Information, they have a New Jersey Chapter

Sierra Club
can send action alerts regarding local, regional and national environmental issues

The Nature Conservancy
purchases property in order to protect vital habitats

World Wildlife Federation
education to protect wildlife

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Fun and Informative

The Endangered Species Chocolate Company
Organic chocolate bars and baking chips with endangered species information, too.

FunSprouts.com
Lists fun activities for families in the Northern NJ and Rockland

Garden State Tortoise
This site was created for tortoise and turtle enthusiasts world wide. Here our main focus is to bring you the most accurate information out there on chelonians, particularly Mediterranean tortoises and North American emydids.

Kids Planet, from Defenders of Wildlife
games, information, lesson plan

The Moms Of Pascack Valley
The purpose of this organization is to make new friends for our children as well as ourselves.

New Jersey's Regional Directory
links  by county, organizations, and much more.

Our Community Online
Connecting the community of Tenafly, Alpine, Closter, Demarest, Englewood, and Norwood.

Super Science Saturday
Family Fun in March each year.

Woodrow's Website
The Tenafly Nature Center would like to present the adventures of Woodrow the Wood Duck.  Each season excerpts from Woodrow’s Northern Migration journal will be presented. Along his migration route from North Carolina to Pfister’s Pond in Tenafly NJ he was sidetracked and was able to see many new natural places all found throughout New Jersey. 

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Birding Links

BIRD EAST
Rare Bird Alerts for Newfoundland to Florida

Birding America, New Jersey Links
Many links to birding organizations in NJ

iBird
Handheld Field Guide to birds of North America for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

International Federation of American Homing Pigeon Fanciers, INC.
Locate the owner of a banded pigeon by sorting through the "lost and found" link

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Astronomy Links

http://flyrockets.com/

http://heavens-above.com/

http://jackstargazer.com/

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/

http://sciencenewsforkids.org/

http://solarviews.com/

http://spaceflightnow.com/

http://spaceweather.com/

http://www.universetoday.com/

http://www.esa.int/esaCP/index.html

http://www.nasa.gov/

http://www.planetary.org/home/

http://www.space.com/

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/

Renewable Energy

New Jersey Clean Energy Program: This statewide clean energy initiative, administered by the NJ Board of Public Utilities, provides information and financial incentives to help New Jersey residents, business and communities reduce their energy use, lower costs and protect the environment.

Global Learning, Inc: A non-profit educational organization that translates the world's growing interdependence into educational activities for teachers, students, librarians, and educational systems, from elementary school through college and in community settings.

New Jersey Venturer: A partnership to produce the first fully functioning Hydrogen Powered Electric Vehicle

Interstate Renewable Energy Council: A non-profit organization dedicated to moving renewable energy resources into the marketplace.

GreenTreks Network, Inc: To make the health of the environment an intrinsic part of everyday life and to inspire individuals to make informed decisions that effect positive environmental change.

Northeast Sustainable Energy Association: Is the Northeast’s leading organization of professionals and concerned citizens working in sustainable energy and whole systems thinking.

American Solar Energy Society (ASES) - a national membership organization whose mission is to attain a sustainable U.S. energy economy.

The American Wind Energy Association: Promotes wind energy as a clean source of electricity for consumers around the world.

Energy newsgroups site: http://geocities.com/solarliving/

Power Scorecard: Is a rating mechanism that assesses the environmental impact of different types of electric generation.

The Solar Electric Power Association:  A nonprofit organization whose mission is to facilitate the use and integration of solar electric power by utilities, electric service providers, and their customers.

Earthscan: One of the leading publishers in Sustainable Development.

PV system calculator                        http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/codes_algs/PVWATTS/

Photos of renewables data base    http://www.nrel.gov/data/pix/

Sustainability news                           http://www.sustainable.doe.gov/

Industry/ utility associations /other technologies.

PV On-line monitoring                      http://www.solar.com/pvtoday.htm

Electric vehicle racing                      http://www.nedra.com/

Electric vehicle news                        http://evworld.com

solar/education pages                                  http://www.aep.com/ 

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Public Interest

Bear Facts for New Jersey

Bergen County Health Services

Coyote Facts for New Jersey

Coyote Management in New Jersey

Discover Life
An interactive encyclopedia about the taxonomy, natural history, distribution, abundance & ecology of species.

Encyclopedia of Life
A new project to create an online reference source and database for every one of the 1.8 million species that are named and known on this planet.

Environmental Health Information Services
is a service of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the National Toxicology Program.

How-to Report Dead Birds
Protocols for having dead birds tested for West Nile Virus. You will need to work with the local health department.

Lyme Disease
Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Lyme Disease and Tick-borne Diseases
NJ Department of Health & Senior Services

Lyme Disease Network
Nonprofit organization

Rabies
NJ Department of Health & Senior Services

West Nile Virus
NJ Department of Health & Senior Services

West Nile Virus
NJ Local Information Network and Communication Systems Links  to informative web sites

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