The New Jersey Division of Fish & Wildlife is excited to share that CHANJ (Connecting Habitat Across New Jersey) is featured in a new episode of the PBS show EcoSense for Living.
CHANJ is an effort to make the New Jersey landscape and roadways more permeable for terrestrial wildlife by identifying key areas and actions needed to achieve habitat connectivity across the state. CHANJ offers two main products – statewide Mapping and a Guidance Document – to help prioritize land protection, inform habitat restoration and management, and guide mitigation of road barrier effects on wildlife and their habitats.
The episode “Wild Crossings” tells the story of three major habitat connectivity projects, from North Carolina to New Jersey, that are helping wildlife navigate our increasingly developed world. See how planners in the Great Smoky Mountains are helping elk get across an interstate highway, and how a massive swath of preserved land is keeping the Central Appalachians intact.
CHANJ comes in at the 14-minute mark with salamander migrations, turtle tunnels, timber rattlesnakes, and various connectivity projects that the NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife and its colleagues are tackling in the most densely populated U.S. state. There’s even some “action footage” of the Division’s bobcat scat-sniffing dog, Fly.
Watch “Wild Crossings” and CHANJ’s 12 minutes of fame.
