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- Planning Board to Consider Adding Environmental Resource Inventory to Master Plan
- Environmental Resource Inventory Available for Public Comment
- Dr. Joan Ehrenfeld, Rutgers Professor and Member of the Environmental Commission, Passes After Year Long Battle with Acute Leukemia
- Rutgers Bloustein Planning Student Propose Upgrade to Environmental Education Center and Native Plant Reserve
- Highland Park Earth and Health Fair 2011 on Tuesday, May 10, 6-9 PM
- Raritan River Events June 12th and 16th
- Slides from Environmental Resource Inventory Presentation
- Environmental Resource Inventory Presentation, February 17 – Public Participation Needed!
- Borough/EC Receives Grant For Environmental Resource Inventory
- Fall Cleanup at the Meadows
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Author Archives: arnold
Arnold’s Farewell
I suppose it is about time I said goodbye as your (supposedly anonymous) news writer all these years since the Highland Park Environmental web site started. I’m now in Hayward California (another Tree City USA town), but I’ve left a … Continue reading
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Tagged Arnold Henderson, Environmental Center, Meadows
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Salamanders are on the Move!
The annual March-April spotted salamander migration across Beekman Road in East Brunswick is on again. Thursday’s rain made for a heavy migration at this local mini-Serengeti event. Find out how and when you, your raincoat, your flashlight, and your kids … Continue reading
Global Warming Bypasses Environmental Ed Center?
Not really, but in a winter with (as usual now) few snows to match the snows of yesteryear, one snow finally dumped on us and gave the center its insulating white “snow roof.” This lies atop the summer’s insulating “green … Continue reading
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Do you want to grow native plants? Get your start March 21
The open public meeting of the Native Plant Society of New Jersey. will be March 21, 2009, 10:00-1:00. It’s at the Trailside Nature Center, Mountainside New Jersey. There’ll be talks on “Native Plants in Urban Places.” Also free native-tree giveaways, … Continue reading
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How many birds does it take to fly through Highland Park? Let’s count. Feb. 13-16
Citizen Science is becoming a big thing, with thousands participating. Next chance is February 13-16 for the Great Backyard Bird Count. Basically you have four days. You can go to your backyard or any number of parks (or anywhere) any … Continue reading
Eugene Young Environmental Ed Center Gains a Grant and Moves Ahead
Good news. We have been promised a $5,000 grant to install the solar panels in the green-frame shade structure, the last building item we’ve been waiting for. The Edison Wetlands Association arranged that grant for us, along with a new … Continue reading
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HP Forestry Management Plan is Approved
The NJ DEP has now certified Highland Park’s five-year update to our Community Forestry Management Plan. This update was, like the original plan, prepared by the Shade Tree Advisory Committee and its consultant Kevin Scibilia, CTE (Certified Tree Expert). We … Continue reading
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Donaldson Park Phase II Renovation: A New Beginning for the Ends?
Where Phase I of the current Donaldson Park renovation redid just the center portion, Phase II moves to the two ends. Broadly, each end is getting more playing areas and more vegetation (native species at that!). Some elements are already … Continue reading
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This Quick Brown Fox is Just Mangy
The strange critter of the canine family that has been seen around South Adelaide in Highland Park, that looks like a fox or coyote but has too-thin a tail, and that was photographed by Environmental Commission chair Mike Rosenberg, has … Continue reading
Packing Peanuts Find a Home at Last
One big hole in most recycling programs is those lumpy white beads that come in so many shipments to you. Fortunately, some of the shipping and packing stores will take them for reuse. For one, the Highland Park UPS Store … Continue reading
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