In addition, these concerned citizens successfully gained the release of moneys from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which buys parkland and wildlife refuges. While wetlands have legal protection in New Jersey, forests and farms remain vulnerable. Four members of the New Jersey Legislature along with 23 conservation organizations and civic groups added their support to this effort. With help from the Littoral Society and National Audubon Society, NJAS won tough new regulatory proposals to limit the harvest of horseshoe crabs. We also proposed that the red knot be listed as a threatened species in New Jersey because the entire hemispheric population which is found on the Delaware Bayshore every May is at great risk due to the sharp decline in the number of crab eggs.
Conservation is the key to saving threatened and endangered species.
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