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Nature and Wildlife

Lakota Wolf Preserve
The howling of wolves echo through the mountains of the Delaware Water Gap. Experience watching and listening to packs of Tundra, Timber, and Arctic wolves. Bobcats and foxes also.
89 Mt. Pleasant Road, Columbia -- 877-SEE-WOLF

Pequest Trout Hatchery and Natural Resource Education Center
Anyone with an interest in fishing, wildlife or the outdoors will enjoy a visit to the Pequest Trout Hatchery and Natural Resource Education Center. The center offers visitors a look at how more than 600,000 brook, brown and rainbow trout are raised each year for stocking the public waters of New Jersey. The exhibit hall contains live fish and a display of mounted New Jersey wildlife specimens. Children will find the interactive displays fun and educational. Take advantage of the hiking trails, picnic areas and free literature.
605 Pequest Road, Oxford -- (908) 637-4125

Scherman Hoffman Wildlife Sanctuary
This well-maintained trail traverse the Sanctuary, ranging in length from 0.3 miles to 1.3 miles and passing through upland deciduous forest, fields, woodland, and the flood plain along the headwaters of the Passaic River. The Sanctuary is home to more than 60 species of nesting birds, and over 175 species have been sighted at the Sanctuary, including as many as 25 species of warblers during spring migration. Nesting birds of interest include Worm-eating Warbler, Louisiana Waterthrush, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Pileated Woodpecker, Wild Turkey, and Great-horned and Screech owls. Scherman-Hoffman is conveniently located within minutes of the Morristown National Historical Park (Jockey Hollow preserves more than 2,500 acres, including the Cross Estate), the 7,000 acre Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, the Somerset County Environmental Education Center, the Raptor Trust, Washington Valley Park's Chimney Rock Hawk Watch, and Montclair Hawk Watch.

Newly published and posted on line is the Birding and Wildlife Trails - Skylands Edition.
11 Hardscrabble Rd., Bernardsville -- 908-766-5787

Sunset View Farms
Educational and fun field Trips for pre-school and elementary schools, home-schoolers, scouts, seniors, church groups. Visit the National Arbor Foundation Nature Explore Classroom, explore the gardens, feed the farm animals, participate in a square-dance lesson, create a nature craft. Many topics to choose from such as “Six Parts of a Plant”, “Tree Identification,” and more! Visit the website:www.DestinationCountry.com
27 Pierce Road, Lafayette -- 973-579-7382