Stand · Find your defenders

Who’s defending New Jersey?

Public lands in New Jersey

10 groups have them in their care

New Jersey has defenders. It needs more.

1 group on the record, Appalachian Mountain Club with 859 staff + 5,000 volunteers. That is who is holding it. Find your way in.

Sources and methodGroup crews and program ratios: IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, latest filed year, EINs on each group’s profile. Which groups defend New Jersey, and their role: MTJP editorial curation, one verified link at a time, plus the federal court record and each group’s own footprint. Match ranges decompose into those signals on every row. Org-reported figures are always labeled. Data verified as of 2026-09-23. Nothing on this page is pay-to-play.