The Central Jersey Invasive Species Strike Team is a pilot project between the Upper Raritan Watershed Association and Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space. We hope to expand our efforts on all preserved land in our project area and eventually over all of Central NJ.

We encourages every organization and private party who owns or manages open space in the area to partner with us on this project and utilize the Early Detection/Rapid Response (ED/RR) method. We will offer training and resources to help facilitate the process and will synthesize data collected so that all land holders can have access to the locations and densities of newly emerging plants. This method is an effective use of limited resources and prevents small populations from becoming widespread and difficult to manage.

If you are outside our project area, please contact URWA or FoHVOS to learn more about establishing ED/RR in your area.

Project Partners

Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Cora Hartshorn Arboretum
Delaware River Greenway Partnership
D&R Greenway Land Trust
Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space
Duke Farms
Hopewell Township
Hunterdon County Parks
Hunterdon Land Trust
Lawrence Brook Watershed Partnership
Meadows + More
Master Gardeners of Mercer County
Mercer County Parks Department
Mercer County Planning Department
Merck & Co. (Champions for the Environment)
Mendham Township
Middlesex County Department of Parks and Recreation
Millburn Township
Morris County Parks
Morristown National Historic Park
Musconetcong Watershed Association
Native Plant Society of New Jersey
Natural Resource Conservation Service
New Jersey Conservation Foundation
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Division of Fish & Wildlife
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Division of Parks and Forestry
NJ Forestry Association
NJ Audubon Society
Pennington Borough
Raritan Valley Community College
Rutgers University
Schiff Natural Lands Trust
Somerset County Parks
Sourland Planning Council
South Mountain Conservancy
Stony-Brook Millstone Watershed Association
Tewksbury Land Trust
Tewksbury Township Environmental Commission
Union County Parks
Upper Raritan Watershed Association
US Fish & Wildlife Service, Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
Verona Park Conservancy
Washington Crossing Audubon Society

Funders

Bunbury Foundation
Merck & Co.- “Champions for the Environment Program”
Conservation Resources Inc.
Conserve Wildlife Foundation, NJDEP - Division of Fish & Wildlife
Living Lands Project – Defenders of Wildlife
1772 Foundation
Washington Crossing Audubon Society

In-Kind Support

Duke Farms Foundation