Lawrence Ledger Opinion

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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 - have noticed that winters have gotten milder over the last few...

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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...

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Thank this New Jersey woman for your blueberries!

by Alison Mitchell, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation Walk into nearly any grocery store, any time of year,...

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Winter’s sounds of silence soon to be broken

by Jay Watson, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation Winter is the northeast's quiet season, when songbirds go south,...

Lawrence Ledger Opinion

Opinion: A question of ballot harvesting during 2021 elections

Lawrence Ledger Opinion

Reader Submitted - March 11, 2022

The Lawrence Township School Board campaign leading up to the 2021 election presented seven candidates vying for three seats. Of the seven, the overall...

SOLUTIONS 3/11: What’s at stake? Everything!

Bordentown Opinion

Submitted Content - March 11, 2022

By Huck Fairman The United Nations (UN) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) just issued its latest warning: “The scientific evidence is unequivocal: climate change is...

SOLUTIONS 3/4: Unending Reports of Change

Bordentown Opinion

Submitted Content - March 4, 2022

By Huck Fairman  Pretty much every day now reports in the news and publications document that humans are changing the natural world. The increased frequency...

SOLUTIONS 2/25: Reviving lithium-ion batteries from electric vehicles

Bordentown Opinion

Submitted Content - February 25, 2022

By Huck Fairman Countless used lithium-ion batteries, many from electric vehicles, are being added to our waste collections. This has been because there has been no...

SOLUTIONS 2/18: Not Enough

Bordentown Opinion

Submitted Content - February 18, 2022

By Huck Fairman While January’s cold days seemed to stretch on and on, the Earth, as most of us know, is warming. In response, in...

Your Turn: Wandering Wednesdays – a wonderful break

Lawrence Ledger Opinion

Submitted Content - February 9, 2022

By Susan Kirkland While it might not be easy to think of positives that have come from the pandemic, I have one I’d like...

Opinion: Gerrymandering causes the opposite of free and fair elections

Lawrence Ledger Opinion

Reader Submitted - February 3, 2022

In November 2010, the Congressional representative for Lawrence Township (District 12) Rush Holt (D) defeated his challenger, Scott Sipprelle (R), in a very tight...

SOLUTIONS 1/21: Good news with the bad

Bordentown Opinion

Submitted Content - January 21, 2022

By Huck Fairman While COVID-19 continues to spread rapidly, if not entirely predictably, segments of the nation are making progress in dealing with other health...

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