This Plan is considered a living document and as such, the NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife welcomes comments and recommendations on how we may improve/refine NJ's Plan. Please use the Comment on NJ's Wildlife Action Plan page to submit your ideas

The documents can also be found using the Wildlife Action Plan Map.

Complete Draft New Jersey Wildlife Action Plan (pdf, 24mb)

I. Overview (pdf, 5.2mb)

II. Landscape Assessments and Conservation Strategies

A. Atlantic Coastal Landscape (pdf)
  1) The Atlantic Ocean (pdf)
  2) Atlantic Coastal Cape May (pdf)
  3) Atlantic City Area (pdf)
  4) Brigantine - Great Bay (pdf)
  5) Barnegat Bay - Little Egg Harbor (pdf)
  6) Northern Atlantic Coastal (pdf)

B. Delaware Bay Landscape (pdf)
  1) Cohansey (pdf)
  2) Maurice (pdf)
  3) Tuckahoe (pdf)
  4) Shoreline (pdf)
  5) Peninsula (pdf)

C. Piedmont Landscape (pdf)
  1) Northern (pdf)
  2) Raritan Bay (pdf)
  3) Central (pdf)
  4) Southern (pdf)

D. Pinelands Landscape (pdf)
  1) Western (pdf)
  2) Northern (pdf)
  3) Mullica River Watershed (pdf)
  4) Southern (pdf)

E. Skylands Landscape (pdf)
  1) Upper Delaware River Valley & Kittatinny Ridge (pdf)
  2) Kittatinny Valley (pdf)
  3) Northern Highlands (pdf)
  4) Upper Delaware/Musconetcong River Valley (pdf)
  5) Central Highlands (pdf)
  6) Urban Highlands (pdf)
  7) Southern Highlands (pdf)

  A. Appendix I (pdf): New Jersey's Most Vulnerable Wildlife
  B. Appendix II (pdf): Status of New Jersey's Most Vulnerable Wildlife
  C. Appendix III (pdf): Geology of New Jersey
  D. Appendix IV (pdf): Definitions
  E. Appendix V (pdf): Participants in Development of the WAP
  F. Appendix VI (pdf): Public Comments
  G. Appendix VII (pdf): Prefaces Developed for October 1, 2005 Submittal
  H. Appendix VIII (pdf): References

IV. Attachments

  A. Attachment A (pdf): The Landscape Project
  B. Attachment B (pdf): Summary Report on the First Wildlife Action Plan Stakeholder Meeting
  C. Attachment C (pdf): Summary Report on the Second Wildlife Action Plan Stakeholder Meeting
  D. Attachment D (pdf): Summary of State-level Conservation Objectives and Strategies Meeting
  E. Attachment E (pdf): Summary Report on the Wildlife Action Plan Piedmont Plains Implementation Meeting
  F. Attachment F (pdf): Report on Piedmont Plains Regional Landscape Stakeholder Implementation Meeting
  G. Attachment G (pdf): Report on Skylands Regional Landscape Stakeholder Implementation Meeting
  H. Attachment H (pdf): Report on Atlantic Coastal Regional Landscape Stakeholder Implementation Meeting
  I. Attachment I (pdf): Report on Pinelands Regional Landscape Stakeholder Implementation Meeting
  J. Attachment J (pdf): Report on Delaware Bay Regional Landscape Stakeholder Implementation Meeting