NJDEP Division of Fish & Wildlife

Main Office (Trenton)

David Chanda, Director
N.J. Division of Fish and Wildlife
Mail Code 501-03
P.O. Box 420
Trenton, NJ 08625-0420
609-292-2965
Fax: 609-292-8207

Walk-in/deliveries: 501 E. State St., 3rd Floor

E-mail the Division of Fish & Wildlife
NOTE: Due to the holiday closure and staff scheduling, E-mail responses will not be sent before Tuesday afternoon, May 29.
If you need assistance sooner please see office phone numbers below or use the "Search" box above. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Internet License/Permit Assistance - 908-637-4125

Phone Contacts

State of New Jersey Employee Telephone Directory

DEP Environmental Hotline 877-WARNDEP (877-927-6337) - 24-hour toll-free number for reporting environmental complaints and abuses including spills, discharges and emergencies.

General Information - 609-292-2965

Captive Game Permits - 609-292-2966

Deer and Turkey Permit Hotline - 609-292-9192

Endangered & Nongame Species - 609-292-9400

Exotic Species Permits - 609-292-9591

Freshwater Fisheries - 908--236-2118

Hunter Education 877-2-HUNT-NJ or 856-629-0552

Importation Permits - 609-292-2966

Law Enforcement - use regional or Nacote Creek offices below

Marine Fisheries - 609-292-2083

Mosquito Control - 609-292-3649

Trout Stocking Hotline - 609-633-6765

Wildlife Education - 908-637-4125

Wildlife Management - 609-292-6685

Wildlife Management Area Information - 609-984-0547

Wildlife Relocation Permits - 609-292-2966

Wildlife Rehabilitators

Northern Region Office (within Clinton WMA)
26 Rt. 173 West
Hampton, NJ 08827

Exotic Species - 908-735-5450

Hunter Education - 908-735-6826

Law Enforcement - 908-735-8240 (Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union, Warren)

National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) - 908-735-2006

Wildlife Management - 908-735-7040

Wildlife Management Area Information - 973-383-0918

Central Region Office (Assunpink WMA)
One Eldridge Rd.
Robbinsville, NJ 08691 (Actual location is Upper Freehold Twp., Monmouth Co.)

Information - 609-259-2132
Conservation Center - 609-259-8934
Disabled Veterans Licenses - 609-259-2132
Endangered and Nongame Species Program - 609-259-6962
Law Enforcement - 609-259-2120 (Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean)
Wildlife Control Unit - 609-259-7955
Wildlife Management - 609-259-7954
Wildlife Management Area Information - 609-259-2132

Southern Region Office (Winslow WMA)
220 Blue Anchor Rd.
Sicklerville, NJ 08081

Information - 856-629-0090
Endangered and Nongame Species - 856-629-0261
Freshwater Fisheries - 856-629-4950
Hunter Education - 856-629-0552 or 877-2-HUNT-NJ (toll free)
Law Enforcement - 856-629-0555 (Atlantic, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem)
Wildlife Control Unit - 856-629-7224
Wildlife Management Area Information - 856-629-0090

Pequest Trout Hatchery & Natural Resource Education Center
605 Pequest Rd.
Oxford, NJ 07863
Main Entrance - Rt. 46 nine miles west of Hackettstown

Freshwater Fisheries - 908-637-4173
Information & Education/Public Programs - 908-637-4125

Lebanon Field Office
1255 County Rt. 629
P.O. Box 394
Lebanon, NJ 08833

Freshwater Fisheries - 908-236-2118
Wildlife Health and Forensics (Toxicology) - 908-236-2118

Clinton Wildlife Management Area
141 Van Syckels Rd.
Hampton, NJ 08827

Wildlife Control Unit - 908-735-8793

Wildlife Health and Forensics - 908-236-2118

Endangered & Nongame Species Program Northern Office
1 Van Syckels Road
Clinton, NJ 08809
908-638-4127

Nacote Creek Research Station
P.O. Box 418
Port Republic, NJ 08241
Two miles north of Smithville on Rt. 9 in Galloway Township

Marine Fisheries - 609-748-2020

Marine Enforcement - 609-748-2050

Marine Education - 609-748-2031

Shellfisheries - 609-748-2040

Waterfowl Project - 609-748-2047

Wildlife Management - 609-748-2063

Tuckahoe Office
2201 Rt. 631
Woodbine, NJ 08270

Endangered and Nongame Species - 609-628-2103
Wildlife Management, Waterfowl - 609-628-3218

Rockport Pheasant Farm
700 Rockport Rd.
Hackettstown, NJ 07840
908-852-3461

Bevans/Millville WMA
8747 Ferry Rd.
Millville, NJ 08332

Land Management - 856-785-0455 or 856-785-0592

Clean Vessel Act - 856-785-2711

Delaware Bay Office
1672 E. Buckshutem Rd.
Millville, NJ 08332
856-785-0730

Whittingham WMA
150 Fredon Rd.
Newton, NJ 07860
973-383-0918