The Grants

Each year, the Friends of the Bergen County Zoo awards grants to help support field conservation projects throughout North and South America.

Projects Helped

Below is a list of conservation projects that the Bergen County Zoo has participated in or supported since the inception of the grant program.

• Release of a Bergen County Zoo-hatched Andean Condor Chick in Colombia
• Population study of Threatened Wood Turtles in New Jersey
• Construction of breeding ponds for endangered Puerto Rican Crested Toads
• Nutritional assessment of Anegada Island Iguanas
• Health assessment of Wild Giant Anteaters in Brazil
• Development of the Brazilian Ocelot consortium
• Nutrition, toxicology, and genetics of wild Giant Anteaters in Paraguay
• Release program for Andean Condors along the Atlantic Coast of Argentina
• Conservation initiative for the Golden-Cheeked Warbler in Honduras
• Field participation by Bergen County Zoo staff in Thailand Clouded Leopard Conservation Program
• Borderlands Jaguar Detection Project on US / Mexican Border
• Restoration of Wintering Bat habitat in Morris County, NJ
• Creating a Condor Conservation Corridor in Argentina
• Distribution / demographics of Diamondback Terrapins in Galveston Bay, TX