Tri-Town Opinion
Check out the ‘fun’ in fungi
By Michele S. Byers
How many times have you bent down to check out a mushroom, only to be told, “Stop! It may be poisonous!”
New...
Resident requests placement of question on Nov. ballot
Because New Jersey has the highest property tax in the nation, I am requesting every municipal and county governing body to place the following...
Love NJ’s outdoors? Take action now!
By Michele S. Byers
What do Wharton State Forest in the Pine Barrens, Jesse Allen Park in Newark, Camden Waterfront Park, the Great Swamp National...
New Jersey’s official reptile, the bog turtle
By Michele S. Byers
In 1974, reptile researcher Robert Zappalorti captured a female bog turtle in a Sussex County swamp. In keeping with protocols, he...
Sea level rise and New Jersey: Not perfect together
By Michele S. Byers
Street flooding is not unusual in New Jersey’s coastal towns, especially during high tides, heavy rains, on-shore winds and full moons.
But...
These New Jersey plants have an appetite for insects
By Michele S. Byers
In the musical “Little Shop of Horrors,” a mysterious Venus flytrap in a florist shop reveals its appetite for human flesh...
Article reminds us waterways are polluted
An article that was recently published in the Tri-Town News, "Howell and Jackson Receive Grants to Clean Up Litter" reminded readers that our local...
Explore the Pine Barrens through paddles, hikes and tours
By Michele S. Byers
New Jersey may be the nation’s most densely populated state, but how many of its citizens know the Pine Barrens?
The Pine...
The Pine Barrens gets some help from its friends
By Michele S. Byers
Along New Jersey State Highway 72 in New Lisbon, just around the bend from Brendan Byrne State Forest, is a publicly...
3,000 birds and counting for ‘bluebird grandfather’
By Michele S. Byers
Bluebirds have been a symbol of happiness for thousands of years and across many cultures. With their brilliant blue plumage and...
Love Jersey fruit? Thank our native pollinators!
By Michele S. Byers
For many New Jerseyans, it wouldn’t be summer without blueberries, peaches, tomatoes, and many varieties of melon and squash, all grown...
Say cheese! Remote cameras aid wildlife research
By Michele S. Byers
A dozen years ago, wildlife experts were sure that the fisher – a member of the weasel family – was long...
Like to jog? ‘Plog’ instead and keep NJ clean
By Michele S. Byers
Have you seen unusual groups of joggers and runners breaking stride to pick up litter from the ground? They are “ploggers,”...
Begone, single-use plastic bags!
By Michele S. Byers
Look around and you will see plastic bags everywhere: tumbling along roads, washed up on beaches, caught in tree branches, and...
Good news for globally rare swamp pink lilies
By Michele S. Byers
How can you tell if an ecosystem is healthy? Take a look at the plants and animals living there. In New...
When ‘all hell broke loose’
On June 5, 1944, coded radio messages were broadcast into Europe alerting the underground that what was long anticipated and anxiously awaited was about...
Poppy sales represent a wonderful May
I have always loved the balmy days of May. Maybe it was because everything was in bloom to prepare nature’s summer wardrobe. Or, was...
A clean energy future for New Jersey
By Michele S. Byers
Clean energy like solar and wind got a huge boost last week with the passage of a new clean energy bill.
The...
