by Vernon Ogrodnek - The Press of Atlantic City | May 27, 2020 | Atlantic, Cape May, New Jersey, Water
Fred Akers, of Buena Vista Township, patrols the Great Egg Harbor River and finds many types of large debris floating in the water, Tuesday, May 12, 2020. (VERNON OGRODNEK / For The Press) You could call him a river sweeper. Fred Akers has made it his job to try to...
by Dan Preston - CivicStory | Apr 14, 2020 | Burlington, Camden, Ecology, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, New Jersey, Other Sources, Salem, Sussex, Warren, Water
Story and video produced by CivicStory as part of “From the Source: Stories of the Delaware River,” a reporting collaborative organized by the Lenfest Institute. The Delaware River watershed provides drinking water to more than 13 million people, including...
by Bill Barlow - Cape May County Herald | Feb 18, 2020 | Cape May, Infrastructure, New Jersey
Steel and stone protects Ocean Drive, between Strathmere and Ocean City, where most of the inlet beach has eroded. State and federal officials are looking at options to protect homes and infrastructure from rising water. Bill Barlow STRATHMERE – In 30 years,...
by Donna Liu - CivicStory | Jan 22, 2020 | Ecology, New Jersey, Other Sources, Sussex, Warren, Water
Careful sampling and analysis is crucial to maintaining clean water sources and cleaning up polluted ones, but keeping constant track of water quality across thousands of miles of rivers and streams in New Jersey is a daunting task – one that would be almost...
by Brianna Baker - Green Philly | Dec 10, 2019 | Camden, New Jersey, Water
Photo: UrbanPromise Three Camden high schoolers share their experiences caring for and exploring the Cooper River–and the impact it’s had on their lives. Samyiah Williams, 17, admits that when she applied to be a student employee through UrbanPromise Ministries’...
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