Biodiversity, Birds, Central America, Conservation, Deforestation, Ecology, Greater Sourland Important Bird Macrosite, Habitat Destruction, Migration, Neotropical migrants, Uncategorized, Warbler
Warblers seemed everywhere in Central America in late November. Our North American breeders are spread out over a large area in the breeding season but in their wintering grounds in Central America, they are concentrated and very noticeable despite the lack of song...
Biodiversity, Birds, Conservation, Ecology, Gardening, Native Plants, Sustainable
Looking out the window at the grayness of winter, thoughts turn to spring and inevitability to birds and plants. Winter is a good time to take stock of the property and plan for the spring’s gardening. Intelligent gardening is applied ecology. Gardens play an...
Baldpate, Biodiversity, Birds, Migration, Sourlands, Weather
This fall has been notable for the scarcity of birds. Baldpate Mountain, the Sourland Ecosystem Preserve, Cedar Ridge, St. Michaels’s, the Watershed Institute, and Mount Rose Preserve, the places I normally see good numbers of fall migrants, have been strangely quiet....
Baldpate, Biodiversity, Birds, Conservation, Ecology, endangered species, Extinction, Fauna, Flora, Habitat, Hopewell Valley, IBA, Important Bird Areas, Nature, PennEast, Research, Uncategorized
The Musconetcong in Hunterdon County has been proposed for a gas-fired power plant. The Musconetcong, a C-1 stream, is considered by many anglers to be the best trout stream in New Jersey. The scenic Musconetcong Gorge, just below the proposed power plant location, is...
Baldpate, Biodiversity, Birds, Conservation, Ecology, endangered species, Extinction, Federal Regulatory Energy Commission, FERC, Habitat, IBA, Important Bird Areas, Nature, NJDEP, PennEast
In January 2018, a Conditional Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity was issued to PennEast by the Federal Regulatory Energy Commission (FERC), giving PennEast the right of eminent domain. This certificate was issued without a thorough survey of the flora...
Biodiversity, Birds, Extinction, Habitat, Nature
Conservation biologists Paul Ehrlich and Gerardo Ceballos have raised the alarm about the impending human driven sixth extinction in their book, The Annihilation of Nature: Human Extinction of Birds and Nature, a must read for anyone concerned about the loss of...
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