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US Fish & Wildlife Service - Journal Entry The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Partners Program Works With the New Jersey Audubon Society Region 5, January 22, 2008 The Service's New Jersey Field Office's Partners program is excavating a wetland at the New Jersey Audubon Society's Scherman-Hoffman Wildlife Sanctuary in Bernardsville. The wetland site and surrounding uplands will be seeded with a variety of native grasses and forbs to benefit foraging migratory birds and the wood turtle, which is listed by New Jersey as threatened.  The wetlands will also benefit State-listed amphibians.  The sanctuary lies in the Great Swamp watershed upstream of the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge and lies in the Passaic/Hackensack Rivers Partners Focal Area. With conservation properties throughout the state, the New Jersey Audubon Society has been a strong partner of the Service. Audubon staff are dedicated to generating interest in Partners as well as in natural resources conservation Service programs and other grant opportunities for restoration.  The wetland will lie along one of the wildlife trails at the sanctuary used for educational programs. Contact Info: Jennifer Lapis, (413) 253-8303, jennifer_lapis@fws.gov