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CJCPF Releases Pheasants at
Stickney, Stanton Ridge
By Marty Boa
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Central
Jersey Chapter Pheasants Forever conducted pheasant releases at the Stickney
Farm Museum Property and at Stanton Ridge Golf and Country Club. Both locations
are in Whitehouse Station, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Specific areas at the
two land tracts have been designated as habitat management areas where, with the
cooperation of local officials, CJCPF member/volunteers have instituted a
program of habitat cultivation, plantings, bird releases and other conditions
favorable to the establishment and continuance of resident ring-necked pheasant
populations. The Stickney Farm Museum habitat project is currently part of the
Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) a federal program.
On May 8, 2008 CJCPF volunteers
and associates under the direction of CJCPF
President Rich Toaldo, Seaside Park, and habitat committee co-chair Ken Sass,
Bordentown, released 18 ringnecks at each location. The releases included both
hen and cock pheasants. At Stickney the release was witnessed by the “habitat
team” (see photo and caption), while at Stanton Ridge the release was observed
by Golf Course Superintendent Fred Reidel.
Hunting is not allowed
at the Stanton Ridge Golf and Country Club and will not be allowed at Stickney
Farm for at least ten years. Stickney Farm includes 60 acres, 37 of which are
planted in pheasant supporting vegetation. At Stanton Ridge the course has
several hundred acres of land in and around the golfing area where
Superintendent Reidel has planted warm season grasses along with feed crops such
as sorghum.
The efforts and
accomplishments of CJCPF represent substantial strides toward the overall goal
of “Bringing Back Mr. Rooster.”
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