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Hit the ‘trail’ and learn about New Jersey’s Black history

by Jay Watson, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation James Still always wanted to become a doctor, but as a Black child in the 1800s, never had the opportunity to...

Saving money, helping the climate, aiding justice

by Alison Mitchell, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation Interested in saving money on home energy bills? How about...

Migrating birds from the tropics returning to New Jersey

by Jay Watson, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single...

‘We need both natural lands and playgrounds, sports fields’

In calling for the "preservation" of "half" of New Jersey's land (https://centraljersey.com/2024/05/06/an-urgent-call-to-preserve-half-of-new-jerseys-land/), Jay Watson and the New Jersey Conservation...

An ‘ode’ to New Jersey’s dragonflies and damselflies

by Alison Mitchell, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation If you're near a pond, stream, or marsh on a...

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A win for Liberty State Park – and the people of New Jersey!

by Jay Watson, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation Ever since Liberty State Park was established in 1976 along the Jersey City waterfront, the guiding...

Attorney General targets illegal off-road vehicles

by Tom Gilbert, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation The illegal use of off-road vehicles (ORVs) - including four-wheel-drive vehicles, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), and dirt...

Share the sand with beach-nesting birds!

by Jay Watson, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start of beach season at the Jersey shore. As if...

SOLUTIONS: A Writer Reminds Us

By Huck Fairman Many people across our country and around the world recognize the climate crisis we face. The storms, floods, droughts, and heat are...

Pine Barrens plants – the rare, the weird and the wonderful

by Alison Mitchell, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation If you look at the New Jersey Pine Barrens from the road or the air, it...

Reforms needed to protect our public lands

 by Tom Gilbert, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation The chunky woodland sandpiper called the American woodcock is a favorite of spring birdwatchers due to...

Delivering environmental justice to help communities breathe easier

by Jay Watson, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation New Jersey is known as the Garden State, but not all communities are filled with trees,...

Solutions: A poem titled ‘So much’

By Huck Fairman We live on a planet both large and small. There is so much, as we know, to it all. So much has...

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