Millburn’s annual deer hunt set to begin
The population-control effort, in its 11th consecutive year, will last through January on three tracts of land that is off-limits to the public Google MapsGero Park in Millburn, ...
View ArticleNew Jersey bear hunt set to begin
New Jersey will hold its fourth bear hunt in the past eight years starting Monday, pitting animal activists against hunters Robert Sciarrino/The Star-LedgerA 327.5 pound male bla...
View ArticleN.J. bear hunt to start this morning
Overseen by the Department of Environmental Protection, officials say the six-day hunt is needed to reduce the state's bruin population, now estimated at about 3,400. Ed Mur...
View ArticlePublic should have say on $100M bond act, even for flood aid
Taxpayers should be given the opportunity to decide how much more debt they want to shoulder, even to help out neighbors.
View ArticlePolice, media outnumber protesters as N.J. bear hunt starts
21 bears have been killed as of early this afternoon; a state official anticipates about the same number of bear kills as last year Watch video FRANKLIN —...
View ArticleAt Sussex County bear hunt, same animal-rights protester is arrested for...
Veteran animal rights activist was arrested today after refusing to move from the front of a Sussex County black bear weigh-in station on Route 23 Jerry McCrea/The Star-Ledger Bi...
View ArticleRuling: N.J. anti-bear hunt protesters can demonstrate at certain stations
A ruling in state superior court ruled today says up to 25 people can demonstrate at the Franklin bear check station in Sussex County, along with other locations Jerry McCrea/The...
View ArticleN.J. bear hunt’s outset yields big-game kills, activist protests
Some 257 bears were killed Monday, compared to 264 on the first day last year Watch video Thick fog lay like a blanket over rural northwestern New Jersey early ...
View ArticleNew Earth-like planet discovered outside our solar system
The planet is smack in the middle of what astronomers call the Goldilocks zone, that hard to find place that's not too hot, not too cold, where water, which is essential for life, doesn't freeze or ...
View ArticleThe End of Traffic: Goals of an Ecopreneur
Savraj Singh Danjal, an ecopreneur based in New Jersey, has some practical solutions for your home energy bill -- and for traffic, congestion, your view of the night sky, and how to keep your coffee warm.
View ArticleOffshore Wind Gets a $180 Million Push
© Oceana Offshore wind development got a huge boost last week when the Department of Energy announced that it would provide $180 million in funding to support four planned offshore wind farms off the...
View ArticleNew Jersey’s Ben Franklin Elementary is the Highlight of My Week (and a...
On Monday I had the privilege of traveling to New Jersey with Director Jane Nishida and Justin Harris of the US EPA Office of Regional and Bilateral Affairs to visit with our partners, Sustainable...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Atlantic Harbor Seal
This Photo of the Day was donated by a participant in the annual National Wildlife Photo Contest. See more photos or sign up for the 42nd Annual National Wildlife Photo Contest. Read more >
View ArticleLessons From a Rock Fall
A 500-foot-high sliver of the Palisades Cliff came crashing down May 12 at 7:28 p.m., jiggling our seismometer at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory a few micrometers. Weighing about 10,000 tons, the...
View ArticleCool Green Morning: Wednesday, May 30
From moonbirds to green jobs, here's your morning dose of green news. B95, or "Moonbird" -- A famous red knot -- is back in the Delaware Bay, located by the same biologist who banded it 19 years ago!...
View ArticleGirl Power + 650 Plants + Great Partners = More Wildlife Habitat
Dozens of Girl Scout troop leaders, Verizon and Liberty Mutual employee volunteers, Certified Wildlife Habitat Owners, NWF staff, and what felt like a zillion girl scouts made my last weekend a really...
View ArticleFlocking to Clean Energy: Conservationists Unite Behind Offshore Wind
Hundreds of conservation and public health groups, Atlantic coast elected officials and businesses are joining together to send a loud and clear message to the Obama administration: We’re united behind...
View ArticleCool Green Morning: Wednesday, September 12
Sometimes it's not just about what's organic, but what is good for you and the environment. Here's a list of foods that are generally clean, nutritious and affordable. (The Daily Green) Check out these...
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Super, mega, monster, summer-lovin Sandy
Hurricane Sandy made landfall Monday, October 29, 2012 and for most states in the Northeast the impacts are the worst anyone has ever seen from any weather system. New Jersey in particular, my home...
View ArticleNature Photo of the Week: Silly Rabbit
We love a nature photo with a sense of humor! Flickr user Brett NJ made us chuckle with this “caught in the act” shot of a hungry Eastern cottontail photographed at Julian L Capik Nature Preserve in...
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