The Wetlands Institute
Encyclopedia
The Wetlands Institute is a non-profit organization
started in 1969 by WWF
executive director Herbert Mills. The Wetlands Institute sits on 6,000 acre
s (24 km²) of protected wetlands in Stone Harbor, New Jersey
. The Institute hosts educational tours and courses, and serves as a base for research on wetlands ecology
.
It is home to the annual Wings 'n Water art festival.
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
started in 1969 by WWF
World Wide Fund for Nature
The World Wide Fund for Nature is an international non-governmental organization working on issues regarding the conservation, research and restoration of the environment, formerly named the World Wildlife Fund, which remains its official name in Canada and the United States...
executive director Herbert Mills. The Wetlands Institute sits on 6,000 acre
Acre
The acre is a unit of area in a number of different systems, including the imperial and U.S. customary systems. The most commonly used acres today are the international acre and, in the United States, the survey acre. The most common use of the acre is to measure tracts of land.The acre is related...
s (24 km²) of protected wetlands in Stone Harbor, New Jersey
Stone Harbor, New Jersey
Stone Harbor is a borough in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States. It is part of the Ocean City Metropolitan Statistical Area. It shares the barrier island Seven Mile Island with its northern neighbor Avalon...
. The Institute hosts educational tours and courses, and serves as a base for research on wetlands ecology
Ecology
Ecology is the scientific study of the relations that living organisms have with respect to each other and their natural environment. Variables of interest to ecologists include the composition, distribution, amount , number, and changing states of organisms within and among ecosystems...
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It is home to the annual Wings 'n Water art festival.