By Alison Mitchell, Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation When winter locks a pond or stream under a lid of ice, the surface goes still. But beneath that frozen cap, there is life! Since ice is less dense than liquid water, it floats to t... See more
By Alison Mitchell, Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation
Photo (c) Bill Amos / The Nature Conservancy
For nearly 15,000 years, American shad and other migratory fish moved freely up the Paulins Kill River from the Delaware to spawn. That... See more
The National Guard And The Carpenter Ants, This West Virginia Week On this West Virginia Week, the National Guard stays in Washington, D.C. for now, a deadline looms for Real IDs and West Virginia band, The Carpenter Ants, celebrate the holidays with a ne... See more
By Alison Mitchell, Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation For thousands of years, an estimated four billion native American chestnut trees provided bounty for Indigenous Peoples, wildlife, and entire forest ecosystems in New Jersey. Each ... See more
By Alison Mitchell, Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation Nothing says “fresh start” like a good walk outside. While the rest of the world is negotiating with their alarm clocks, hundreds of New Jersey hikers will venture into parks and p... See more
