The preserve is home to Barred Owls, Ospreys, Woodcocks and River Otters. Next spring we will open the preserve with weekend programs. In the fall the Township of Plainsboro will break ground on an education center it is building which NJAS will staff. It will be modeled after our Center for Research and Education. By the fall of 2001, we hope to host the grand opening of this exciting new facility.
Negotiations are currently underway for a staffed nature center in Atlantic County.
Future plans include the establishment of our first urban environmental education center. Every year, NJAS reaches tens of thousands of children through our environmental education programs. In 1990, our staff and board of directors decided that we needed to reach all of New Jersey's children with the Audubon message of fostering environmental awareness and wildlife conservation. The route for doing that was through their teachers. Our plan called for developing a natural history guide for teachers of grades pre-kindergarten through 6.