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Plants and pollinators partnering for spring

By ALISON MITCHELL Executive director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation Ah, the signs of early spring: we’re ready to trade our winter coats for rain jackets, and the first snowdrops, crocuses, and red...
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Letter to the editor

As a lifelong New Jerseyan, I've always been proud to call the Garden State home. But like many...
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Treat for the Pine Barrens: An 18th-century science writer

By ALISON MITCHELL Executive director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation March is Women's History Month, a time to honor women who changed the...
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State’s residents deserve a Green Amendment

By ALISON MITCHELL Executive director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation Shouldn't a clean and healthy environment be a guaranteed right, as essential...
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Crabs at the crossroads of science and survival

Photo Courtesy of George Williams Horseshoe crabs come ashore to spawn. By ALISON MITCHELL Executive director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation Once there was a superabundance of...

One of the last stands for Atlantic white cedar

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By Alison Mitchell Executive director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation Before many of New Jersey’s forests started being cleared and drained for agriculture some 400 years ago – drastically changing the landscape of...

Time to talk about the birds and the bees – and the blossoms, too

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Photo Courtesy of Coastal Mountain Land Trust Spring peeper By Alison Mitchell New Jersey Conservation Foundation Step outside and listen to the singing birds, admire the blooming flowers or lean...

PSA video contest open to students

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The Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey is hosting a PSA (Public Service Announcement) Video Contest with a $1,000 prize for fifth- to eighth-graders...

Protecting the declining monarch butterfly population  

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By Alison Mitchell, Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation Of the many butterflies in the world, none has captured our collective attention and awe over the years quite like...

New Jersey has a bright green future

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By Jay Watson Co-executive director of the New Jersey Conservation Foundation For the last three years, I have served in the unique capacity of the New...

The gift of giving a much-needed living organ donation

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February isn't just about Valentine's Day. But since that holiday means something from a sweetheart, it's also an opportunity to focus on another kind of...
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