State Of New Jersey Awards Ducks Unlimited For Wetlands Conservation Efforts

By Ammoland

TRENTON, New Jersey – -(AmmoLand.com)- The state of New Jersey honored Ducks Unlimited with the 2019 Directors Award for the protection and improvement of thousands of acres of wetlands throughout the state.

David Golden, acting director of New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife, named Ducks Unlimited the recipient of the award for its leadership on the Tuckahoe Wildlife Management restoration project in Cape May County, and for assistance with land acquisition across New Jersey.

“This $1 million project restored habitat for waterfowl and shorebirds including the 1,000-acre Tuckahoe Wildlife Management Area,” Golden said. “Ducks Unlimited has been a long-term partner with the Department of Fish and Wildlife on wetland and waterfowl protections in New Jersey.”

Ducks Unlimited added new infrastructure to Tuckahoe and enhanced 941 acres in 2017. This project gave habitat managers the tools they need to control water levels, encouraging healthy vegetation for migrating waterfowl and other wetland-dependent species of waterfowl.

Tuckahoe and numerous other projects are part of Ducks Unlimited’s Southeast New Jersey Coastal Initiative, established in 2013 to protect, restore and enhance critical coastal wetland habitat in Delaware Bayshore and the Atlantic Coast of New Jersey.

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Source:: AmmoLand