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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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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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Volunteers Pick Invasives at Native Plant Reserve
Today volunteers learned to identify mustard weed and picked much of it at the Native Plant Reserve in Highland Park, New Jersey. Continue reading
Additions to the Home Page
On the Home Page under More on This Website are two new resource documents: Native Plants in HP Gardens – the document is a listing of the Latin and common names of the native plants found in Highland Park gardens. … Continue reading
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Meadows Mystery ??
There is a small mystery in the Highland Park Meadows (by the Southside Bikeway and adjacent to DPW on Valentine Street). On the Meadow trail going east (start at the trailhead and take the first left) is a Pear Tree … Continue reading
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Cleanup on May 16th at the Native Plant Reserve
Come enjoy the spring weather and pitch in to help out our community at the Native Plant Reserve, a site owned by the Borough of Highland Park. This event is co-sponsored with AAEC (Ahavas Achim Environmental Committee). When Sunday May … Continue reading
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EARTH DAY EXTRAVAGANZA AND HEALTH FAIR – April 22, 2010
The Earth Day Extravaganza and Health Fair takes place at the Highland Park High School and Gym on April 22, 6:00-9:00 PM. Please bring a food donation for the Food Pantry.
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Congregation Ahavas Achim Environmental Committee at the Meadows
On a sunny Sunday morning (September 13), the Environmental Committee of Congregation Ahavas Achim (216 1st Avenue) and members of the Environmental Commission had a work session at the Meadows. We had a total of 24 volunteers including members of … Continue reading
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RIVERPALOOZA – Meadows Cleanup
The Highland Park Environmental Commission is co-sponsoring with NJ Community WaterWatch a cleanup of the Meadows (see map below) as part of the RIVERPALOOZA Event (see Home News Tribune article) on August 8, 2009. There will be a kick off … Continue reading
Teenage Osprey with Jewelry
Local Highland Park resident George Pitcher participated in the banding of two juvenile ospreys at a tidal marsh in Cheesequake, NJ and took the above pictures. The birds were approximately 3-4 months old and were expected to fledge (begin flying) … Continue reading
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HPEC now on Facebook
Follow the Highland Park Environmental Commission news on Facebook – HPEC Facebook wall. Become a “fan” and stay up to date on goings on.
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