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Baldpate Habitat Restoration

Stewardship Leader volunteers planned and implemented a complex restoration initiative within an area of ash tree decline on Baldpate Mountain.

 

  • Volunteers immersed in a wild landscape. This was a unique class format.
  • They planned a restoration from the ground up, with keen observation of the site, its plants and animals, and history.
  • It was a hand-on collaborative learning experience with an amazing and dedicated group!
  • We aimed to model practices that anyone can do in their backyard or neighborhood park, to help our forests recover from ash decline and other degradation.
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Project goals

  1. Restore holistically with the intention of uplifting overall ecological health and quality;
  2. Maintain or improve neotropical migrant bird habitat including for species of concern;
  3. Maintain or expand habitat for state-listed (S2) plant species;
  4. Educate the general public about realistic restoration scenarios; and
  5. Train Stewardship Leaders to lead groups of volunteers to perform critical stewardship work throughout the region.


This project was funded in part with a Franklin Parker Conservation Excellence grant given by New Jersey Conservation Foundation

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