by Brianna Baker - Next City | Jul 16, 2020 | Ecology, Education, Mercer, New Jersey, Wildlife
An iNaturalist user checks out a previous monarch butterfly observation made as part of Tally the Valley. (Photo courtesy: Rachel Kaufman) Every summer, New Jersey-based nonprofit Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space (FoHVOS) hosts a butterfly count. Volunteers...
by Joseph F. Berenato - The Hammonton Gazette | Jul 15, 2020 | Atlantic, Ecology, New Jersey
Arnold Cappuccio stands in front of his first koi pond, now 30 years old. (Photo courtesy: THG/Joseph F. Berenato) When Arnold Cappuccio moved into his home, he had no idea that one day his backyard would one day house its own mini-ecosystem. “When I moved here, there...
by Joseph F. Berenato - The Hammonton Gazette | Jul 15, 2020 | Agriculture, Atlantic, New Jersey
HAMMONTON—For the Catania family, Felice Catania’s garden is a long-standing tradition. Catania’s son, Franco, said that his father has been growing produce for most of his life. “He’s been farming since the age of 16 in Sicily, but in Sicily they did lemon trees and...
by Bill Barlow - Cape May County Herald | Jul 15, 2020 | Agriculture, Cape May, New Jersey
Ocean City resident Amy Havens transformed the area around her home into a vegetable garden. Interest in growing food locally was already on the rise before the coronavirus, but it increased, as people have more time at home, more interest in things they can do...
by Brianna Baker - Next City | Jul 10, 2020 | Education, Mercer, New Jersey
(Photo courtesy: Painted Oak) As schools across the country debate how to safely reopen in the fall, Lisa Wolff, executive director of New Jersey-based nonprofit Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space, has heard her fair share of ideas — some more practical than...
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