Lawrence Ledger Opinion

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 so covered with ivy that they look like totally different life...

Bordentown Opinion

Warmer winters shift plant growing zones

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

Bordentown Opinion

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...

Bordentown Opinion

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...

Bordentown Opinion

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,...

Lawrence Ledger Opinion

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...

SOLUTIONS 1/14: The Benefits and Costs of Switching to Electric School Buses

Bordentown Opinion

Submitted Content - January 14, 2022

By Huck Fairman The New Jersey Sierra Club, including former New York City transportation manager, Bill Baren, and local member, Kip Cherry, presented an informative talk...

SOLUTIONS 12/24: Our Warming Poles

Bordentown Opinion

Submitted Content - December 23, 2021

By Huck Fairman While we worry about new strains of the virus and rising prices, recent environmental reports in the news reveal that we have...

SOLUTIONS 12/17: Emerson and Thoreau speak to our time

Bordentown Opinion

Submitted Content - December 17, 2021

By Huck Fairman In happening upon a book review of a new history of the American Transcendentalists, particularly Emerson and Thoreau, I was awakened, as...

Opinion: Solutions needed to combat gun violence in schools

Hopewell Opinion

Reader Submitted - December 11, 2021

Recently, a 15-year-old Oxford High School student from Oxford Township, Michigan, opened fire and killed four other classmates and wounded many others. The sheriff...

Opinion: Safe Storage of Guns bill is needed in New Jersey

Lawrence Ledger Opinion

Reader Submitted - December 10, 2021

The news that a 15-year-old brought a loaded gun on Dec. 8 to Lawrence High School is a wakeup call that mass shootings like...

SOLUTIONS 11/19: The Glasgow Climate Accord

Bordentown Opinion

Submitted Content - November 19, 2021

By Huck Fairman Last Saturday night, the Glasgow Climate Accord was signed. Like the climate crisis itself, it came down to the wire. The question remains: will we...