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, Children, Conservation, Ecology, Fauna, Flora, Habitat, hiking, Hopewell Valley, Land Ethic, Nature, Sustainable
Developing a sense of place in a people who have no deep ties to the land is a major challenge to the environmental movement. An intellectual understanding of ecology and conservation is a necessary but not sufficient requirement of building a sustainable grass roots...
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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