Endangered and Threatened Wildlife of New Jersey is a richly illustrated color guide to the state's seventy-three most imperiled species, from bobcats to bobolinks, shortnosed sturgeons to loggerhead turtles, frosted elfins to triangle floaters, blue whales to American burying beetles. Written primarily by the people who know these species best, the biologists of the New Jersey's Endangered and Nongame Species program, the book is divided into seven sections¾ mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects, and bivalves (mussels). Each animal is discussed individually including its ecology, distribution, and population status. Sixty-four detailed maps and more than one hundred spectacular color photos provide readers with a rare glimpse of these seldom-seen species.

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife of New Jersey is an extraordinary resource and educational tool for anyone interested in preserving the state's natural heritage and provides a valuable wake-up call for all of us.

Bruce E. Beans is the chief editor/writer for the New Jersey Endangered and Nongame Species Program and author of Eagle's Plume: The Struggle to Preserve the Life and Haunts of America's Bald Eagle. Larry Niles is chief of the New Jersey Endangered and Nongame Species Program, which is within the Department of Environmental Protection's Division of Fish and Wildlife.