The Wetlands Institute
A non-profit organization studying, preserving, and protecting wetlands and coastal ecosystems for more than 50 years.
Mission
The Wetlands Institute’s mission is to promote appreciation, understanding and stewardship of wetlands and coastal ecosystems through programs in research, education and conservation. Annually, the Institute educates over 20,000 visitors, and 12,000 school aged children in formal education programs. Founded in 1969 by the late Herbert H. Mills, The Wetlands Institute has pioneered a number of research, education and conservation programs about wetlands and coastal ecosystems, and worked with numerous regional, national and international organizations to foster stewardship of these resources worldwide.
Ruling year
1969
Executive Director
Lenore P Tedesco Ph.D.
Main address
1075 Stone Harbor Blvd
Stone Harbor, NJ 08247 USA
EIN
23-7046783
NTEE code
Natural Resource Conservation and Protection (C30)
Environmental Education and Outdoor Survival Programs (C60)
Wildlife Preservation/Protection (D30)
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Environmental Education
The Wetlands Institute accomplishes its mission of education through a multi-faceted approach. Over 12,000 children visit from schools in New Jersey and neighboring states in the spring and fall. Distance-learning programs provide an opportunity to interact with students around the country while local schools are visited with hands-on programs. During the summer season, nature classes reach children in grades pre-K through 6. Our Junior Naturalist and Intern-for-a-Week programs give senior high students a chance to gain personal insight into the world of the field biologist and the environmental educator. Visitors to the Institute are shown a short film "Secrets of the Salt Marsh" followed by a visit to exhibits and aquarium that reveal those secrets. A guide takes visitors on a "salt marsh safari" on the marsh and pier extending over a salt water channel.
Traveling Environmental Education Program
Our professional staff travel to schools and conduct exciting live animal presentations including topics such as Sea Creatures with Amazing Feature, Traveling Turtles, Plankton: Bugs of the Sea, Aquatic Adaptations and Saltwater Gene Pools.
Science Education at Sea (SEAS) Program
The Science Education at Sea (SEAS) program is conducted entirely on a boat! This program sails out of Cape May/Wildwood or Sandy Hook and educational activities aboard the vessel cover a broad range of subject areas including plankton, specimen collection, animal handling, horseshoe crabs and dolphins or crabbing.
Coastal Conservation Research Program
10 week summer internship program for undergraduates. Interns work closely with research scientists at The Wetlands Institute on a wide variety of research and conservation projects. Since 1989, over 200 college and university students from more than 100 academic institutions have participated in the program. Program focal points include:
- Diamondback Terrapin Research and Conservation
- Surveys of Breeding Birds in Coastal Habitats
- Delaware Bay Horseshoe Crab Research and Conservation
- Wetland Condition Monitoring in the Coastal Salt Marshes
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The Wetlands Institute
Board of directorsas of 01/26/2023
Deborah Hays
Archer & Greiner
James Donohue
White and Williams, LLP, retired
G. Wayne Renneisen
Jeffrey Alderton
John Flynn
Roberta DeVries
Ray Burke
Henry E Schellenger
Donna Rothman
John Cuthbert
Amy Welsh
William Wermuth
Francis J White III
Timothy Jon Clay, D.M.D
William Hankowsky
Margaret McAllister
John Millar
Jean (Jeannie) Morris
Jane Rakestraw
Jon Tullis
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Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
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Board performance
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