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Explore D&R Canal State Park during 50th celebration!

by Alison Mitchell, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation It's hard to imagine a world in which the fastest way to move freight between Philadelphia and New York City was...

Bordentown Opinion

The ‘Ivy League’ look is unhealthy for your trees!

by Jay Watson, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation While out walking or driving, did you ever notice trees...

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Warmer winters shift plant growing zones

by Jay Watson, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation Most longtime New Jerseyans – especially gardeners and growers -...

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Shy, elusive bobcats rebounding in New Jersey

by Alison Mitchell, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation You might think a biologist who's spent nearly two decades...

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Can New Jersey cities become more ‘spongy’ and green?

by Jay Watson, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation Ever heard of a "sponge city?" Sponge cities are urban...

Hopewell Opinion

Don’t cut funds for saving open space and farmland!

Bordentown Opinion

Submitted Content - December 4, 2023

by Tom Gilbert, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation Four years ago, residents of rural Warren County were shocked when a Pennsylvania developer announced plans...

Protecting the wetlands that help protect New Jersey

Bordentown Opinion

Submitted Content - November 28, 2023

by Alison Mitchell, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation For the past 20 years, a New Jersey organization not widely known among the general public...

Rematriations’ return Native Americans to their land

Bordentown Opinion

Submitted Content - November 20, 2023

by Jay Watson, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation It goes almost without saying – but I'll say it anyway – that all the land...

New Jersey hits milestone: 250,000 acres of farmland preserved

Bordentown Opinion

Submitted Content - November 13, 2023

by Tom Gilbert, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation For a small state, New Jersey is a big producer of fruits and vegetables. We earn...

Saving open space and history in one Big Bang

Bordentown Opinion

Submitted Content - November 6, 2023

by Alison Mitchell, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation "Our whole universe was in a hot, dense state; Then nearly fourteen billion years ago expansion...

‘Magic of the Carve’

Hopewell Opinion

Reader Submitted - November 1, 2023

This October, the Hopewell Valley Arts Council hosted the ninth annual Amazing Pumpkin Carve, an event that has become a cherished fall tradition in...