by Ambreen Ali - VillageGreenNJ.com | Jan 20, 2020 | Ecology
The test will be conducted at the base of Floods Hill, where South Orange screens outdoor movies in the summer. (Photo by Ambreen Ali) South Orange is testing organic methods for maintaining grass turf on a two-acre field in Floods Hill this year to determine whether...
by Alexis Shanes - NorthJersey.com | Jan 3, 2020 | Ecology
Iconic monarch butterfly populations have declined 90 percent in 20 years, but good weather has produced a bumper crop this summer. Climate change and regulatory rollbacks spell doom for threatened and endangered species. But along the New Jersey coastline, one...
by Alexis Shanes - NorthJersey.com | Nov 27, 2019 | Ecology
Dia, a caramel-colored Labrador, is ecstatic. It’s a chilly day in a Ramapo Valley forest in Mahwah, and Dia, clad in a red vest, is ready to work. Joshua Beese, her handler, wraps his arms around her neck. When Beese unclips a leash from Dia’s collar, she’s the...
by Alexis Shanes - NorthJersey.com | Nov 19, 2019 | Ecology
Ridgewood preschoolers explore an outdoor classroom Monday, Nov. 18. (Photo: Bethlehem Early Learning Center) RIDGEWOOD — A new outdoor classroom at Bethlehem Early Learning Center will combine imaginative play with reading, math and environmental education for more...
by Vernon Ogrodnek - The Press of Atlantic City | Nov 17, 2019 | Ecology, Water
Could eating an oyster be a way to save the planet? Maybe not on a large scale, but it is one way people can take a bite out of New Jersey’s sustainability issues. Oyster farming in New Jersey was once a booming industry bringing in millions of bushels a year...
by Brianna Baker - Green Philly | Nov 7, 2019 | Agriculture, Ecology, Energy
The controversial N.J.-based outdoorsman releases his latest book, a guide to reversing the damage we’ve done to the earth He can track any living creature through the wilderness, be it beast or man. He can revive entire felled forests to their original glory. And he...
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