Bordentown Opinion

Migrating birds from the tropics returning to New Jersey

by Jay Watson, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step," according to a Chinese proverb. But in the avian world,...

‘We need both natural lands and playgrounds, sports fields’

In calling for the "preservation" of "half" of New Jersey's land (https://centraljersey.com/2024/05/06/an-urgent-call-to-preserve-half-of-new-jerseys-land/), Jay Watson and the New Jersey Conservation...

An ‘ode’ to New Jersey’s dragonflies and damselflies

by Alison Mitchell, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation If you're near a pond, stream, or marsh on a...

Depression and suicide risk can intensify in spring and summer

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Intense symptoms for individuals with depression are commonly associated with the winter...

An urgent call to preserve half of New Jersey’s land

by Jay Watson, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation New Jersey is not only the nation's most densely populated...

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Solutions 3/22: Individual and town responses to global warming

By Huck Fairman With warnings about the threats to the natural world and to human civilization coming from numerous sources, many local residents have been...

The State We’re In 3/22: Putting down new roots to help rivers

B: Michele S. Byers Here’s a not-too-fun fact. Eight-five percent of New Jersey’s rivers are considered impaired, in large part because their banks are denuded of...

Solutions 3/15: ‘The Uninhabitable Earth’ – Life after warming

By: Huck Fairman “It’s worse, much worse than you think.” This is how the book begins. David Wallace-Wells, journalist and author, wants to be very clear,...

The State We’re In 3/15: A little help for our kestrels

By Michele S. Byers If you build it, they will come. That’s the hope for new nesting boxes for American kestrels, whose populations have declined severely...

Reader: New Jersey should not prosecute citizens for cannabis

I recently retired after a higher education career in the Garden State, where soon it will be legal to get high from cannabis. I...

Solutions 2/22: Should I sell my house at the Jersey Shore?

By Huck Fairman A question many, if not most, New Jersey shore home owners have asked themselves. Following the arrival of our one-in-a-hundred years storm, superstorm...

The State We’re In 12/7: Preserved lands protect clean air and water

“Forests are the ‘lungs’ of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people. The forests are also needed for mitigating...

The State We’re In — 11/30: To tree or not to tree?

The holiday season’s here and it’s time for a tree. Do you go for a real tree or a fake? You may think that an...

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