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New app nips invasives in the bud

April showers, check. May flowers, on the way!   At last, it’s the season of colorful blossoms in woods and meadows, and along roadsides and backyard edges. But sometimes looks are deceiving. Such is...

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A loss of wildlife and trust

New Jersey’s Green Acres Program wisely expanded the Menantico Ponds Wildlife Management Area in Cumberland County last summer with the purchase of 80 acres of forest, bringing the total preserve to...

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Act now for clean air, water, health and life

“Right now, we are on track to become the first state in the union to run out of open space. I love New Jersey being first in a lot of things, but that’s not where we want to be.”  That was former...

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Do your part for National Clean Beaches Week

It’s no coincidence that National Clean Beaches Week, July 1-7, falls during the first big vacation week of summer, when thousands of families are putting their toes in the sand and ocean.   As...

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Two Jersey guys – the filmmaker and the biologist

Tyler Christensen failed high school biology. He was too busy outside studying the natural world to pay attention to the classroom. His love of the outdoors, and birds in particular, led the...

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Len Soucy: Conservation Trailblazer

Emile DeVito will never forget an unusual encounter on a winter day in 1977.  When he was a college freshman, he and his father and brothers were looking for hawks in the Great Swamp when a man ambled...

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Barnegat Bay: A Jersey jewel in peril

Barnegat Bay, a favorite destination in this state we’re in, is famous for crabbing, fishing, swimming, sailing and boating. But in recent years, Barnegat Bay has been in decline. For decades,...

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A pedestrian pursuit

In honor of New Jersey’s 350th anniversary, Mount Holly resident Bill Bolger plans to walk 150 miles along the original Province Line that divided East Jersey and West Jersey in the late 1600s, when...

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Celebrating 50 years of wilderness and parks

September 3 marked the 50th anniversaries of two conservation milestones that literally changed the face of our nation: the Wilderness Act and the Land and Water Conservation Fund. The two landmark...

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A beautiful Pine Barrens late-bloomer

Of all the Garden State’s native wildflowers, few are more exciting in the fall than the spectacular, rare Pine Barrens gentians. Pine Barrens gentians (Gentiana autumnalis) are listed as a Species of...

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Outdoor ‘green’ can fight the blues

As many of us celebrate the holiday season, many others find it stressful.  Daylight is short, winter’s cold is coming on, and holiday pressures go on high.   Crawling under the covers and...

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Crossing to safety: Town builds ‘turtle tunnels’

Several years ago, Bedminster Township in Somerset County built bridges and pathways to help pedestrians and bicyclists safely cross some of its busiest roads, including Routes 206 and 287. Now it’s...

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No Sterling Forest casino = good news for NJ water

Sterling Forest, more than 22,000 acres of ruggedly spectacular forest in New York, just over New Jersey’s border, has been the target of many development proposals.  In addition to its natural beauty,...

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Celebrate the ‘Month of the Eagle’

It was only 30 to 40 years ago that things were looking grim for bald eagles in this state we’re in. Populations were plummeting across the United States due to pesticides. Eagles had all but vanished...

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‘Let food by thy medicine’

“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food,” declared Hippocrates, the Greek physician who lived nearly 2,500 years ago and is considered the father of modern medicine. If Hippocrates were to...

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Protect soil on preserved farms!

It’s hard to overstate the value of healthy soil on a planet whose population is 7.3 billion people … and counting. Topsoil is the rich upper layer of soil where most nutrients and organic materials...

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A strong voice urges climate action

“The climate is a common good, belonging to all and meant for all,” wrote Pope Francis in his recent encyclical, or papal letter. The Pope’s letter focused international attention on climate change,...

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They won’t suck your blood!

Bats are just about the most misunderstood creatures on the planet, often thought to be creepy, spooky or dangerous. “They want to suck your blood, they’ll fly into your hair and they spread disease”...

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Talking turkey about cranberries!

For most families, Thanksgiving wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without turkey. Or cranberries! Whether you like canned jellied cranberries or fresh chopped relish, tart cranberries can make or break a...

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A new park from old golf greens

New Jerseyans love parks and open lands, as demonstrated by their steady support for more than a dozen land preservation ballot questions over the past 50 years. Nowhere is this passion more evident...

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