Causes: Animals, Environment, Land Resources Conservation, Protection of Endangered Species, Water, Water Resources, Wetlands Conservation & Management

Mission: The mission of New Jersey Conservation Foundation is to preserve New Jersey''s land and natural resources for the benefit of all.

Programs: Land cquisition: recently acquired land in West Milford, Wickecheoke Creek Preserve (Stockton area), Gloucester, Atlantic and Salem counties that are critical for water, open space and productive farmland. Stewardship:at the Franklin Parker Preserve in the pine barrens, we are conducting prescribed burns to reduce catastrophic fires; restoring Atlantic White Cedar; developing a 10-year management plan, wetlands restoration, and providing public access. Policy: working on the Highlands Regional Master Plan and Emergency Highlands Rules; co-leading efforts to renew the Garden State Preservation Trust; working with the NJ Office of Smart growth on a proposed series of planning area changes in the Delaware Bayshore regionto re-designate ecologically important areas from suburban planning areas to environmentally sensitive planning. Garden State Greenways, which ties together NJCF's core programs of land acquisition, stewaradship, public policy and strategic partners by providing visual and quantitative information for planning for land conservation organizations, non-conservation groups, and state and local governments. Farmland preservation in the Highlands for which we received $1 million from the State Agriculture Development Committee for use in the Musconetcong Valley in Warren County.