Category Archives: Environmental Center

Arnold’s Farewell

Posted on July 22, 2010 by arnold

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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Global Warming Bypasses Environmental Ed Center?

Posted on February 27, 2009 by arnold

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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Eugene Young Environmental Ed Center Gains a Grant and Moves Ahead

Posted on February 1, 2009 by arnold

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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The Early Bird Gets the Nest

Posted on May 23, 2008 by arnold

The first bird to nest directly on Highland Park’s Eugene Young Environmental Education Center (NJ) chose a quite visible spot (see photo at left) on the raucous green solar roof structure. Actually, the structure is not yet truly solar: we … Continue reading →

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Environmental Ed Center Gets its Furniture.

Posted on February 10, 2008 by leora

Step by step the Eugene Young Environmental Education Center on River Road at the Native Plant Reserve is being outfitted. New furniture will allow new activities to serve youth groups and adults interested in the local Highland Park (NJ) natural … Continue reading →

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