A Shore Thing
The din of laughing gulls hangs in the air like a familiar blanket. A chatter of plaintive calls, peeps, cherts, ‘kip’ sounds, and whistles mix for a cacophony atop the
The din of laughing gulls hangs in the air like a familiar blanket. A chatter of plaintive calls, peeps, cherts, ‘kip’ sounds, and whistles mix for a cacophony atop the
The CU Maurice River and Rutgers University’s Cooperative Extension Service’s Water Resources Program have recently completed a large green infrastructure installation in partnership with WheatonArts. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s
This Saturday, May 15, marks the 16th year that the local watershed protection organization CU Maurice River will be celebrating its outstanding volunteers with “Ah Why Knot Awards.” Our members
If you lead nature walks, are a wildlife biologist, a trapper, an exterminator, a hunter, or a wildlife watcher you probably have a working knowledge of scat. We’re not talking
Sometime prior to 1984, famed birder and Down Jersey resident Pete Dunne came up with the idea of a massive birding competition—a spring fling of sorts—celebrating the return of many
One person’s idea of a noisy racket is another’s favorite rock band. By and large I have a real aversion to noise. On the other hand, I’m a sucker for
As I drive the Bayshore Heritage Byway I have noticed an oddity of sorts in Goshen: An angler has been hanging fish carcasses from a telephone pole’s support cable, the
One of the phenomena that the COVID pandemic has caused is an increase in people’s interest in the out-of-doors and nature. Quite a few people have taken to the trails
On the first day of spring CU held a number of tours at the newly acquired “Holly Farm” property. In a previous article we related that this 1,350-acre property had
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We had lived on the Maurice River for about five years when we got new neighbors. They had built their house, constructed of fine sticks and rather wispy, about 25