WILD NEW JERSEY: Conserve Wildlife: Final Phase of Site Work at Ballanger Creek Complete!
Conserve Wildlife: Final Phase of Site Work at Ballanger Creek Complete!
An excavator removes milled asphalt that was dumped into freshwater wetlands. Photo Credit: Ben Wurst
From Conserve Wildlife: In late 2009 we received notification that we were going to receive funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to carry out a habitat enhancement project inside Bass River State Forest. The purpose of the project was to enhance habitat on site for migratory birds and other wildlife, especially rare species. The main part of the project was to remove fill and control invasives, like phragmites, that was illegally dumped on the edge of freshwater wetlands. The first phase of the project was to create scrub-shrub habitat. In early 2010 we planted over 1,000 native shrubs that provide both food and cover.
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