Official Site of The State of New Jersey
Below are examples of CHANJ projects benefiting the wildlife of our state:
| River Road Turtle Tunnels Bedminster Twp., Somerset County |  Completed in 2015, New Jersey’s first wildlife tunnel project gives turtles and small animals safe passage across a busy local road. | Read about it (pdf, 4.6mb) New Underground Tunnel to Help Wildlife Cross Road – DEP News Release, 6/4/15 |
| Bobcat Alley Sussex and Warren Counties |  The Nature Conservancy has launched an effort to protect and connect critical habitats for New Jersey’s endangered wildcats. | Read about it (pdf, 2.0mb) Interview with a Roadkill Expert (The Nature Conservancy) |
| Assunpink WMA Wildlife Passage System Upper Freehold Twp., Monmouth County |  NJ Fish and Wildlife has installed tunnels to help animals move safely through a road-crossed habitat. | Read about it |
| CHANJ Gene Flow Analysis New Jersey Statewide |  A 5-year study (2017-2022) was done to assess the impacts of landscape fragmentation and road barriers on New Jersey’s wild mammals. | Read the full report (pdf, 1.61mb) |
| Waterloo Road Amphibian Passage System Byram Twp., Sussex County |  Funding is secured for under-the-road tunnels and guide fencing at NJ’s largest known amphibian crossing. | Learn more Amphibian Migration – Meet the salamanders, frogs and toads and the people who help them across roads. (YouTube) |
| Stream Culvert Assessments CHANJ Pilot Areas in North Jersey |  Montclair State University Passaic River Institute is surveying culverts at road-stream crossings, assessing their suitability as wildlife travel corridors. | Read about it (pdf, 1.6mb) |
