Save New Jersey's Bald Eagles
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Help us raise $5,000 by December 31st to save New Jersey’s Bald Eagles!
Our scientists helped New Jersey’s Bald Eagles return from the brink – but NJ eagles still face challenges today and need your help.
New Jersey is the most densely populated state in the nation. Our state poses an extraordinary number of threats to wildlife, from disturbance and overdevelopment to pollution. One amazing success story is the all-American recovery of the bald eagle. With the help of scientists from Conserve Wildlife Foundation and the Endangered and Nongame Species Program , bald eagles have rebounded from just a single nesting pair in the 1980s, to over 200 pairs today!
However, bald eagles’ recovery is far from secure – bald eagles continue to be at risk from threats such as developers clear cutting their nesting trees and power lines electrocuting the birds.
One man-made threat in particular can easily be avoided – the unnecessary ingestion of lead. It only takes a tiny fragment of lead to sicken and kill an eagle. Help our biologists spread the word to sportsmen about hunting without lead bullets!
Eagle with lead poisoning at Tri-State Bird Rescue. Photo by Dr. Erica Miller.
How YOU can help
As a biologist in New Jersey, I have studied, banded, and cared for bald eagles in the wild for over a decade. In 2000 there were ~25 pairs being monitored, it is rewarding to know that today in NJ eagles can be found throughout the state.
Our active role is vital to the bald eagles’ success. With limited funding and manpower at our nonprofit, we rely on a highly trained volunteer team to act as “the eyes and ears” of the New Jersey Bald Eagle Monitoring and Public Outreach Project . In partnership with the Endangered and Nongame Species Program, we coordinate this team and record their findings in order to protect our nesting eagles from disturbance. Our devoted volunteers work tirelessly to locate, monitor, and protect bald eagle nests in all types of weather and conditions!
With your support, we can work to ensure that bald eagles always have a place in New Jersey – so that the next generation can experience that same feeling of awe upon seeing a beautiful bald eagle fly across the sky.
Although many people have already supported our Bald Eagle Project, the nonprofit Conserve Wildlife Foundation must raise an additional $5,000 by year-end to allow us to keep this vital project moving forward at full strength for the 18th year!
Early December Update: A NJ Bald Eagle Project volunteer pledged to match donations up to $2,500! We are very thankful for this generous donation to support our work with eagles in New Jersey.
All donations are tax deductible. Thank you in advance for your support!
Click here to learn more about lead poisoning and bald eagles.
--Larissa Smith, CWF Wildlife Biologist
(photo at top by Kathy Clark/ENSP)
Our scientists helped New Jersey’s Bald Eagles return from the brink – but NJ eagles still face challenges today and need your help.
New Jersey is the most densely populated state in the nation. Our state poses an extraordinary number of threats to wildlife, from disturbance and overdevelopment to pollution. One amazing success story is the all-American recovery of the bald eagle. With the help of scientists from Conserve Wildlife Foundation and the Endangered and Nongame Species Program , bald eagles have rebounded from just a single nesting pair in the 1980s, to over 200 pairs today!
However, bald eagles’ recovery is far from secure – bald eagles continue to be at risk from threats such as developers clear cutting their nesting trees and power lines electrocuting the birds.
One man-made threat in particular can easily be avoided – the unnecessary ingestion of lead. It only takes a tiny fragment of lead to sicken and kill an eagle. Help our biologists spread the word to sportsmen about hunting without lead bullets!
Eagle with lead poisoning at Tri-State Bird Rescue. Photo by Dr. Erica Miller.How YOU can help
As a biologist in New Jersey, I have studied, banded, and cared for bald eagles in the wild for over a decade. In 2000 there were ~25 pairs being monitored, it is rewarding to know that today in NJ eagles can be found throughout the state.
Our active role is vital to the bald eagles’ success. With limited funding and manpower at our nonprofit, we rely on a highly trained volunteer team to act as “the eyes and ears” of the New Jersey Bald Eagle Monitoring and Public Outreach Project . In partnership with the Endangered and Nongame Species Program, we coordinate this team and record their findings in order to protect our nesting eagles from disturbance. Our devoted volunteers work tirelessly to locate, monitor, and protect bald eagle nests in all types of weather and conditions!
With your support, we can work to ensure that bald eagles always have a place in New Jersey – so that the next generation can experience that same feeling of awe upon seeing a beautiful bald eagle fly across the sky.
Although many people have already supported our Bald Eagle Project, the nonprofit Conserve Wildlife Foundation must raise an additional $5,000 by year-end to allow us to keep this vital project moving forward at full strength for the 18th year!
Early December Update: A NJ Bald Eagle Project volunteer pledged to match donations up to $2,500! We are very thankful for this generous donation to support our work with eagles in New Jersey.
All donations are tax deductible. Thank you in advance for your support!
Click here to learn more about lead poisoning and bald eagles.
--Larissa Smith, CWF Wildlife Biologist
(photo at top by Kathy Clark/ENSP)
Organizer
Ben Wurst
Organizer
Trenton, NJ
Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey
Beneficiary