Join us for two spooky bat house building days on Friday, October 29 and Friday, November 5 starting at 10:30 AM at the Environmental and Natural Resources Building (14 College Farm Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901). The Rutgers Cooperative Extension Wildlife Conservation and Management Program will install these bat houses on homes to protect and … Read More
The Northern Saw-whet owl is North America's smallest owl species, and they're stopping over in New Jersey for the winter! Join us for a nighttime owl banding excursion in Pennington! … Read More
Learn about the NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife's CHANJ Program with GIS Specialist and Biologist Gretchen Fowles. Visit the CHANJ website to learn more.
Welcome back! For our monthly January meeting, we will introduce the new E-Board and discuss future plans for the upcoming semester. This meeting will have a hybrid format. If you wish to attend in-person, please fill out this form. You can also attend by using the zoom link found below under "website."
Movie night! We will be watching an episode of Our Planet. Free pizza will be provided like usual. Space will be limited. If you wish to attend in person, please fill out this form. You can also attend by using the zoom link found below under "website."
Hunter's Education Day is an annual tradition for RUWTS. This event will provide the opportunity to learn about hunting in New Jersey. Food will be provided. No prior experience in hunting is needed and there is no cost for attendance. We will be capping this event at 20 people. If you have any interest, please … Read More
Trapping education day is a great opportunity to learn about the extensive work, research, and importance of trapping. You can also become a certified trapper by skinning a raccoon (optional). This event will be a maximum of 15 people. Please click this form to sign up. Timeline: 8:00 AM: meet at ENR 8:15 AM: leave … Read More
RU Wildlife Society will be joining the Forestry Club for a full-day trip to the Sparta Mountain Wildlife Management Area. Forester Don Donnelly and wildlife biologist Sharon Petzinger will serve as guides through the area, which is a part of an ongoing stewardship project that removes trees in order to create successional habitat for wildlife. … Read More
This month's meeting features Gene Huntington, an ecological land planner with degrees from Penn State and Columbia Business School. He is currently the New Jersey Environmental advisor for Rutgers Agricultural Experiment Station Board of Managers. Gene and his team have been honored with NJ Governor’s Awards for Environmental Excellence twice, as well as awards from … Read More