Lawrence Ledger Opinion

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 state, it’s also predicted to be the first to reach full...

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...

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...

Warmer winters shift plant growing zones

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

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...

Lawrence Ledger Opinion

SOLUTIONS 4/8: Preserving local environments through composting

By Huck Fairman While warnings from the United Nations’ panel on climate change call for wide-ranging, indeed global, adoption of clean energy and environmental preservation,...

SOLUTIONS 3/25: “Sleepwalking to catastrophe”

By Huck Fairman  UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned this week that countries are "sleepwalking to climate catastrophe." They are operating, since the Glasgow summit,...

SOLUTIONS 3/18: The Seas are Rising

By Huck Fairman Central New Jersey's Sierra Club recently presented a Zoom talk on the accelerating rate of sea level rise, presented by Dr. Jennifer...

Opinion: A question of ballot harvesting during 2021 elections

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!

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

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

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

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...

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