Tag: Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership
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Organizations seek donations toward fee of amicus brief to halt Hidden Oak Woods development
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE LAWRENCE BROOK WATERSHED PARTNERSHIP Residents of the East Brunswick area are protesting the potential development of Hidden Oak Woods on wetlands by Harts Lane, adjacent to tributaries of the Lawrence Brook, in East Brunswick. Residents are also concerned about the industrial properties on Harts Lane, and say the construction of 275…
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BioBlitz by citizen scientists uncovers 177 species living at Elmwood Cemetery in North Brunswick
NORTH BRUNSWICK – The North Brunswick Environmental Commission partnered with the New Brunswick Environmental Commission, the Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership and Americorps NJ Watershed Ambassadors to host a BioBlitz at the Elmwood Cemetery in North Brunswick. A BioBlitz is a day when teams of volunteers come to a location to count and identify as…
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Protect darkness, especially during holiday season
As we move toward the shortest and darkest day of the year, and as the winter constellations take their places in our night sky, my family seeks out landscapes freed from the trespass of streetlights to check in with Orion, Taurus, Auriga, Perseus, Cassiopeia, Gemini and Canis Major. These forays are times to marvel at the grandness…
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MCC students participate in community cleanup project
Jessica Colon of Rahway, left, places trash in a bag held by Carolyn Muncibay of Old Bridge during a community cleanup at the Fox Road underpass in Edison. Middlesex County College students in Professor Alexandra Fields’ Integrated Reading and Writing course recently partnered with the Edison Township Environmental Commission and the Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership…