2025 Pinelands Speaker Series

Thursday, August 21, 2025 – Connecting Habitat Across New Jersey (CHANJ)

CHANJ is an effort to make our fragmented landscape easier for wildlife to move through by protecting important habitats, restoring movement corridors, and making roads safer to cross. Gretchen Fowles, a biologist with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) Fish and Wildlife’s Endangered & Nongame Species Program, will demonstrate how the interactive CHANJ map and guidance tools show where and how best to support habitat connectivity across the state. The NJ Wildlife Tracker is a tool that allows the public to report wildlife sightings, including rare species and animals on roadways, to help inform CHANJ and other conservation efforts. (Register here)

Thursday, September 4, 2025 – Exploring Lenape Culture: Art, Balance, and Reclaiming Roots

The Lenape people are actively engaged in preserving their cultural heritage and reestablishing their connection to Lenapehoking, their ancestral lands. This involves diverse projects, including showcasing traditional and contemporary art forms, navigating modern life while maintaining cultural identity, and actively reclaiming traditional practices. This will be a three-part discussion with Ty "Dancing Wolf" Ellis and Lia "Watching Sparrow" Gould, and it will focus on initiatives that highlight the vibrant efforts of the Lenape people to preserve, revitalize, and celebrate their rich cultural heritage for future generations.

Thursday, September 25, 2025 – Plein Air Painting Demo

Join us for a live paint along demonstration en plein air, or “in the open air.” Painting from life like this can be very calming as you focus on the subject and spend time in nature. Attendees can select their own subject and bring their own materials, however there will be a limited supply of materials available for use. The demonstration will be led by Amber Mallm, a Pinelands Commission Planning Specialist and plein air painting enthusiast. The session will be held outdoors at the Pinelands Commission headquarters.

These presentations will be all held at the Commission's Richard J. Sullivan Center for Environmental Policy and Education located at 15 Springfield Road, in Pemberton, NJ at 2:00 p.m.

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Pinelands Events Calendar 
(This calendar lists a variety of events throughout the Pinelands.)