by Vernon Ogrodnek - The Press of Atlantic City | Dec 21, 2019 | Cape May, Ecology, New Jersey, Wildlife
All eyes were on the skies during a New Jersey Audubon birding festival in Cape May Point. Bird watchers from all over over the state, and beyond, got their fill of the myriad of birds found in South Jersey from coopers to sharp-shinned hawks. And as varied as the...
by Alexis Shanes - NorthJersey.com | Nov 27, 2019 | Bergen, Ecology, New Jersey
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 | Bergen, Ecology, New Jersey
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...
by Donna Liu - CivicStory | Nov 19, 2019 | Audio, Ecology, Infrastructure, New Jersey, Other Sources, Somerset, Warren, Water
Removal of the Weston Mill Dam in the Millstone River in 2017 brought shad back upstream. (Photo courtesy: The Watershed Institute) The New Jersey Statewide Dam Removal Partnership (SDRP) holds regular meetings and workshops to advance its work, most recently at The...
by Vernon Ogrodnek - The Press of Atlantic City | Nov 17, 2019 | Cumberland, Ecology, New Jersey, 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, New Jersey, Ocean
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....
