Idyllic Retreat
April 24, on a sunny day with a light breeze, my husband and I visited one of my favorite spots—the Natural Lands’ Tatnall Starr Trail in Downe Township, just west […]
The Great Outdoors
Opt for Native
Last week we delved into the effects of deforestation—how a forest collectively protects soils and properties and how entire towns were buried in topsoil because the roots of trees no
One Man, Many Trees
In 2018 I went on a trek to Minnesota along with my husband and my 89-year-old uncle Bob. It was an excursion that I had waited a lifetime to make.
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Meow of a Sunset
There is a pilgrimage that happens on New Jersey’s western shore in which you may be a participant— the observation of evening’s onset. The day loses the harsh casts of
The Itch
Anticipating that many of our readers will soon be increasing their time preparing their gardens and yards for outdoor enjoyment, it seems fitting that we discuss a common annoyance—poison ivy,
Key Player
In the late 1980s, the last remaining pair of American bald eagles in New Jersey would frequent a vast Maurice River marsh known as Sweet Meadow. They would perch on
March Madness
On March 11 and 12 we could hear the roar underscoring the Farmer’s Almanac adage for the month: “In like a lion, out like a lamb.” The previous days’ unseasonably
Let’s Go Green(er)
People often say that everyone is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day. But not everyone is necessarily green, at least not in the environmental sense. How did all this “green” become
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Mink Encounters
In early spring a few years back, my friend Christine and I embarked on the Elephant Swamp Nature Trail beginning in Elmer. We were scouting for a future CU Maurice
A Book Launch
Sometime between December of 1989 and March of ’90, CU Maurice River assembled a work crew to erect an osprey platform near the Mauricetown Causeway Bridge. Prior to the great