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Greater White-fronted Goose

Posted on March 15, 2012 by leora

The greater white-fronted goose is quite rare, and its January sighting is the first known in Highland Park. John Beetham photographed this goose on January 18, 2012. Continue reading →

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Volunteers Pick Invasives at Native Plant Reserve

Posted on May 16, 2010 by leora

Today volunteers learned to identify mustard weed and picked much of it at the Native Plant Reserve in Highland Park, New Jersey. Continue reading →

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Highland Park Library Green Teens

Posted on June 5, 2009 by leora

Michelle Reasso, Teen Librarian at the Highland Park Public Library, has a new blog for the Green Teens, a program for Highland Park teens who are educating themselves about the environment and learning gardening. Here’s the first post on the … Continue reading →

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Earth Day Extravaganza on Weds April 22

Posted on March 18, 2009 by leora

Celebrate Highland Park’s Green Action at… Sustainable Highland Park’s Earth Day Extravaganza An evening of exhibits, information sharing and networking, children’s activities, films, and workshops Renewable Energy and Efficiency Local and Sustainable Economic Development Local Food and Organic Food (Food … Continue reading →

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Middlesex County to Pay $2.4M for Wetlands

Posted on March 6, 2009 by leora

From NJ.com: Middlesex County will pay $2.4M to preserve wetlands by Tom Haydon/The Star-Ledger Friday March 06, 2009, 11:48 AM Middlesex County freeholders will pay $2.4 million in open space funds for a 9.7 acre tract of environmentally sensitive land … Continue reading →

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Pine Siskin – An Unusual Bird

Posted on February 6, 2009 by leora

boreal Pine Siskins in Highland Park Continue reading →

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Bradford Pears on Raritan Avenue

Posted on November 23, 2008 by leora

The Bradford pear trees on Raritan Avenue in the center of Highland Park, New Jersey showed some lovely foliage this fall. Trees like these were planted in many towns and cities in the 1960s. Unfortunately, this species tree is 1) … Continue reading →

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Carnival of Environmental Issues

Posted on July 17, 2008 by leora

No Highland Park environmental news right now, but you might enjoy visiting this blog carnival: Wiggly Wigglers hosts the Carnival of Environmental Issues. What’s a blog carnival? A blogger submits a post on a topic related to the carnival, in … Continue reading →

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Board of Health Ordinances Online

Posted on June 12, 2008 by leora

The Highland Park Board of Health Ordinances have been updated; a new noise ordinance has been added. These cover retail food establishments; litter; public nuisances; swimming pools; animal control; requirements for heat in apartment buildings; noise; air and water pollution; … Continue reading →

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What is Your Favorite Nature Spot?

Posted on May 29, 2008 by leora

Highland Park has a lot of nature in this area. Donaldson Park, the Rutgers Ecological Preserve, the Native Plant Reserve, the Meadows, and Rutgers Gardens, which is close to Highland Park, are a few. Can you tell us by leaving … Continue reading →

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