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