John Parke is currently Stewardship Project Director--North Jersey for New Jersey Audubon. He has been with New Jersey Audubon since 2005 helping to enroll a multitude of farmers, landowners, and corporate entities into various conservation incentive programs. John also designs and assists with implementation of numerous habitat restoration projects in New Jersey on both private and public lands. John received his B.A. in Environmental Studies from Ramapo State College of New Jersey and is also a certified Professional Wetland Scientist with the Society of Wetland Scientists and a Certified Ecologist by the Ecological Society of America. John is an alumnus of Class VIII of the New Jersey Agricultural Leadership Development Program, an alumnus of the NJ Conservation Leadership Program (Cohort One), as well as, an adjunct instructor at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey teaching avian identification.