WNJ Exclusive: Wild New Jersey - the book - launches video and website campaign
The "Wild New Jersey" video, produced by Krysti Sabins of New Green Media, captures many of the thrilling images of nature and action in the great New Jersey outdoors. This video is the first of a series that will bring this charismatic journey to online viewers over the next few months leading up to the book's publication in early February 2011.
The "Wild New Jersey" book website - located conveniently online at www.WildNewJerseyBook.tv - serves as a companion site for the WildNewJersey.tv site, while also offering wildlife enthusiasts a treasure trove of wildlife and nature resources. From wildlife species checklists to nature destinations to outdoor activities, WildNewJerseyBook.tv brings a clearinghouse of conservation information. The site also includes links for purchasing the book early through the Rutgers University Press website and for upcoming events with David Wheeler such as readings, book signings, and lectures.
Image credit: wildnewjerseybook.tv
This highly touted narrative tour of destinations from Cape May to the Delaware Water Gap, encountering wildlife from bobcats to bottlenose dolphins, has brought acclaim from a range of conservation leaders across the state.
Jeff Tittel of the New Jersey Sierra Club states, "This book captures why we must preserve what’s left of nature in New Jersey – and it reads like a page-turner you can't put down."
"Wild New Jersey brings the reader on a real-life safari through the Garden State's wildlife and natural wonders," says Tom Gilmore of the New Jersey Audubon Society.
Renowned Rutgers biologist Joanna Burger - who has written critically acclaimed books like "A Naturalist Along the Jersey Shore" - notes that Wild New Jersey is "full of exciting tales about New Jersey, from the crowded urban areas to the most remote places of the state."
Another coastal New Jersey advocate, Greg Remaud of NY/NJ Baykeeper, praises this "entertaining overview of the diversity of wildlife in New Jersey that challenges the notion that our state is merely a crowded, overdeveloped stretch of toxic sites.... It's not often we can refer to a book about nature as a 'page turner.' "
And Captain Bill Sheehan, the longtime Hackensack Riverkeeper who nearly singlehandedly transformed the Meadowlands region from a forbidding wasteland into an popular ecotourism destination noted for its biological diversity, notes that “Wild New Jersey proves that in many places and in so many ways, New Jersey is still the ‘Garden State’. And the Wetlands State, the Woodlands State, the Beach State and more. Once you read this book, don’t be surprised if you find yourself going straight to the nearest outdoor adventure, whether it be boating and birding the Meadowlands, hiking the Appalachian Trail or exploring the Pinelands."
Groups interested in booking David Wheeler for a book signing, presentation,or other event should contact Jersey Green Marketing at 732-762-7070 or via email at explore@wildnewjerseybook.tv.
Posted by WILDNEWJERSEY at 10/20/2010 1:00 PM 
Categories: WNJ Exclusives, Wild New Jersey book
Tags: Rutgers University Press New Jersey wildlife New Jersey outdoors David Wheeler New Jersey Audubon Society Nature Adventures in the Garden State Garden State NY/NJ Baykeeper Hackensack Riverkeeper Wild New Jersey New Jersey Sierra Club
Categories: WNJ Exclusives, Wild New Jersey book
Tags: Rutgers University Press New Jersey wildlife New Jersey outdoors David Wheeler New Jersey Audubon Society Nature Adventures in the Garden State Garden State NY/NJ Baykeeper Hackensack Riverkeeper Wild New Jersey New Jersey Sierra Club
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