Outside on a warm day, something buzzes past in a blur. A large bumblebee or sphinx moth, perhaps? How about a hummingbird?
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Outside on a warm day, something buzzes past in a blur. A large bumblebee or sphinx moth, perhaps? How about a hummingbird?
It’s been six months since Superstorm Sandy pounded New Jersey, and summer is almost upon us.
It’s time to hit the trails and get “back to nature.” The benefits go far beyond pretty scenery and fresh air!
Land conservation is often invisible. When a farm or forest is permanently preserved, it looks exactly the same, so many folks don’t notice something important has happened.
Imagine a fantastic wildlife safari with bald eagles feeding chicks, wolves curled up in their den, elephants at a water hole in Africa, polar bears making their way across arctic ice and brightly-colored Brazilian rainforest birds in the canopy.
When author John McPhee was researching his book “The Pine Barrens” in the mid-1960s, nobody knew exactly where this unique region started or ended. Its borders had not been officially mapped.
The clock is ticking on beach restorations up and down New Jersey’s coast, but one noteworthy project is facing a deadline imposed by nature rather than tourism.
What’s slimy and wiggly, can live by the hundreds in your home, and transform junk mail and food scraps into a rich fertilizer known as “black gold”?
Are you eagerly waiting for spring? The first daffodils to bloom … chickadee song … snow drops and crocuses?
by Michele S. Byers, executive director of the New Jersey Conservation Foundation Ever since the serpent tempted Eve in the Garden of Eden, snakes have suffered from bad PR. Many folks flat-out hate and fear them. Even the evil Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter series came back as a snake! In reality, however, most…
