Lawrence Ledger Opinion

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

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,...

Bordentown Opinion

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

Pine Barrens plants – the rare, the weird and the wonderful

Bordentown Opinion

Submitted Content - May 29, 2023

by Alison Mitchell, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation If you look at the New Jersey Pine Barrens from the road or the air, it...

Reforms needed to protect our public lands

Bordentown Opinion

Submitted Content - May 22, 2023

by Tom Gilbert, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation The chunky woodland sandpiper called the American woodcock is a favorite of spring birdwatchers due to...

Lawrenceville resident: Proposed Care One facility compromises integrity of township master plan

Lawrence Ledger Opinion

Reader Submitted - May 16, 2023

Why have a Master Plan that preserves the integrity of our community if it is not followed? That is the question many of us have...

Delivering environmental justice to help communities breathe easier

Bordentown Opinion

Submitted Content - May 15, 2023

by Jay Watson, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation New Jersey is known as the Garden State, but not all communities are filled with trees,...

Solutions: A poem titled ‘So much’

Bordentown Opinion

Submitted Content - May 12, 2023

By Huck Fairman We live on a planet both large and small. There is so much, as we know, to it all. So much has...

New Jersey’s native plants need stronger protections

Bordentown Opinion

Submitted Content - May 8, 2023

by Alison Mitchell, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation You wouldn't guess this from its name, but the wild plant called sensitive joint-vetch has beautiful...

From city streets to wooded trails, illegal vehicles are a problem

Bordentown Opinion

Submitted Content - May 1, 2023

Tom Gilbert, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation It often seems that cities and rural towns have little in common regarding the problems and nuisances...