by Brianna Baker - Next City | Jul 16, 2020 | Ecology, Education, Mercer, New Jersey, Wildlife
An iNaturalist user checks out a previous monarch butterfly observation made as part of Tally the Valley. (Photo courtesy: Rachel Kaufman) Every summer, New Jersey-based nonprofit Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space (FoHVOS) hosts a butterfly count. Volunteers...
by Brianna Baker - Next City | Jul 10, 2020 | Education, Mercer, New Jersey
(Photo courtesy: Painted Oak) As schools across the country debate how to safely reopen in the fall, Lisa Wolff, executive director of New Jersey-based nonprofit Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space, has heard her fair share of ideas — some more practical than...
by Bill Barlow - Cape May County Herald | May 20, 2020 | Cape May, Education, New Jersey
A pair of osprey make their home on a nesting platform set in the marsh in Ocean City. The species has had a remarkable comeback and is often cited as an environmental success story. (Photo Credit: Bill Barlow) Each May, at the historic John Wesley Gandy Farmhouse, on...
by Joseph F. Berenato - The Hammonton Gazette | May 20, 2020 | Atlantic, Education, New Jersey
Hammonton Environmental Commission Chair Dan Bachalis in front of the commission’s kiosk at Hammonton Lake Park. Bachalis said the purple martins are back in their apartment house by the lake. (Photo Credit: Hammonton Gazette) HAMMONTON—With the cancellation of all...
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...
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