Green
By TAPINTO PLAINFIELD STAFF
March 17, 2023
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Local bird watchers and nature fans are invited to join Pete Axelrod of Friends of The Great Swamp for the annual Woodcock Talk & Walk workshop on Monday, March 20, in the Watchung Reservation beginning at 6:30 p.m. “The Talk & Walk event provides our residents with an ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ — Morristown National Historical Park will formally kick off its 90th anniversary year at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 4 in its museum auditorium. The park is celebrating President Herbert Hoover’s March 2, 1933 signing of the legislation that created the park. As the nation's first ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — It may not be too far down the road that you’ll be trading in that gas guzzler for an electric car after Gov. Phil Murphy announced on Wednesday that he has signed an executive order requiring all new cars and light-duty trucks sold in New Jersey to be zero-emission vehicles by ...
In 1977, a commission appointed by then-Gov. Brendan Byrne produced a master plan for Liberty State Park that called for the development of facilities in the park to meet the recreational needs of the community. “Guidelines for the Development and Financing of Liberty State Park,” a product of ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. announced that Essex Edwina, Essex County Turtle Back Zoo’s resident groundhog, saw her shadow and is predicting another six weeks of colder weather. Essex Edwina made her prediction during Turtle Back’s annual Groundhog Day ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ — Mother Nature has delivered again, with the second Bald Eagle egg of 2023 spotted in the nest at Duke Farms mid-afternoon on Monday at 3:05 p.m. The first egg was seen early Saturday morning, Jan. 21. A pair of nesting American Bald Eagles returned to their nest atop an ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ — A pair of nesting American bald eagles has returned to their nest atop an 80-foot Sycamore tree at Duke Farms, poised to continue a ritual witnessed by millions courtesy of a camera mounted on a nearby tree. In a matter of weeks, one, two or three eggs will appear in the nest, ...
The NJ Forest Service weekly 'Fall Foliage Conditions' report shows most of the Garden State is 'past peak.' Don't fret, anyone who has taken a walk around town will notice that while some trees are barren, others are still glowing in full-blown Technicolor. This is probably the last weekend ...
Just in time for great Halloween photos, the annual foliage show across the garden state is at its peak this weekend according to the NJ Forest Service. The northwest corner of the state is reported to be "past peak." Most of the rest of the state is "at peak" except for some areas in Hudson and ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — Plainfield was among the 19 municipalities awarded a grant for improvements to recreation resources for children through the County's Kid's Recreation Trust Fund. In addition, Plainfield was among 18 municipalities awarded matching grants for planting new trees through the ...
Autumn just couldn't wait to put on a show, according to the NJ Forest Service, the entire state is putting on a colorful show. The drought conditions this summer, combined with low rainfall and heat put stress on trees across the Garden State, resulting in an earlier-than-usual foliage show in ...
TRENTON – New Jersey state parks are among the latest recipients of funding to install electric vehicle charging infrastructure, giving visitors the opportunity to both appreciate and protect the environment while quietly charging their vehicles during outings, Commissioner of Environmental ...
TRENTON -- A new bill is being considered in the Senate that would redefine how food related businesses can package items to be delivered to NJ homes. Introduced by Senator Bob Smith (D-Middlesex/Somerset) of Piscataway and Senator Kristen Corrado (R-Bergen/Essex/Morris/Passaic), bill S-3114, ...
NEWARK, NJ — Gov. Phil Murphy came to Newark's best-known green spot to announce that a nine-mile disused railway line has been officially acquired to create a new state park that will weave a new green open space thread from New Jersey's suburbs to its cities. "We had the partners, and we had ...
NEW JERSEY — Spotted lanternfly infestations begin with the appearance of small, beetle-like nymphs in the spring, which transform into large, destructive hopping insects over the summer. Scotch Plains and Fanwood residents can take steps now to help prevent spotted lanternflies from breeding in ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ -- The next Union County Household Hazardous Waste event is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 10, at Union County College, 1033 Springfield Ave., in Cranford from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Items for drop-off include unwanted pesticides & herbicides, pool chemicals, gasoline, oil-based ...
TRENTON, NJ — Given the drier than usual conditions this summer in New Jersey, the NJDEP is encouraging New Jersey residents and businesses to conserve water. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection is responsible for monitoring and protecting the state’s water supply to ensure ...
TRENTON, NJ – The New Jersey Department of Agriculture has funds available to reimburse counties for treatment of the spotted lanternfly. The funding can be as much as $15,000 and possibly more. The funds will be given to counties for costs they accrue for chemical treatment activities ...
HAWTHORNE, NJ — Monarch butterflies, which have been seen locally in parks and gardens, are now an endangered species, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The statement from the IUCN was issued Thursday, and said that the downgrade of the monarch butterfly's status is ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — The go-to for bird rescues in this area is warning the public that the feathered friends they protect are getting hurt and killed by glue traps people have set to catch spotted lanternfly nymphs. The Raptor Trust Bird Rehabilitation and Education Center has cared for 39 birds ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — It hadn’t been on his must-see list, but he saw a deer give birth anyway. It happened right in his backyard last week, Tremont Avenue resident Mitch Slater told TAPinto Westfield. “It certainly wasn’t on my bucket list to watch a deer give birth, but I did, and it was ...
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Ultrarunner Shan Riggs is attempting to be the first-known person to run the East Coast Greenway, the 3,000-mile walking and biking route that extends from Florida to Maine. He has already covered more than two-thirds of the miles, supported by his partner Joshuaine (Josh) Grant, ...
TRENTON, NJ – The New Jersey Department of Agriculture is encouraging residents and business owners to go to www.badbug.nj.gov to find information that can assist them in learning how to fight the spotted lanternfly. The webpage includes a timeline for the stages of growth for the insect as well as ...
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The county is one step further along in its cleanup of the 150-acre Clark Reservoir — the largest water body in the county. Last week, the board of county commissioners formally accepted a $4 million grant that will fund the dredging and environmental remediation of the ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — Friday marked the 150th anniversary of Arbor Day, and students at Cook School in Plainfield celebrated the occasion with members of the Shade Tree Commission, Principal Dr. Caryn D. Cooper, Superintendent Dr. Diana Mitchell and city council members. The students learned why trees ...
UNION COUNTY, NJ — It’s time to destroy the egg masses that spotted lanternflies laid on tree trunks, lawn furniture and other outdoor surfaces this past fall to prevent the pests from doing damage to the county’s plants and crops this spring. The spotted lanternfly is an invasive pest that can ...
RAHWAY RIVER WATERSHED, NJ — Over the last several months, much talk in Rahway, neighboring towns, Union County, and throughout the state has focused on the continuing effects and aftermath of storms, hurricanes and flooding on local communities, especially those along waterways such as the Rahway ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - The first of two Bald Eagle eggs hatched Thursday, Feb. 24 in the familiar nest atop a Sycamore tree in a remote section of Duke Farms; a second egg is expected to hatch within days. A pair of adult Bald Eagles returned to the nest this winter as they have for more than a ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - A pair of adult bald eagles returned to their nest at Duke Farms earlier this winter as they have for more than a decade, and remain busy tending to two eggs that appeared in the nest Jan. 17 and Jan. 20, with the first egg expected to hatch around Feb. 26. The huge nest is ...
UNION COUNTY, NJ — As the winter cold snap continues, nature lovers can enjoy the outdoors from indoors, thanks to a team of expert naturalists from Union County’s Trailside Nature and Science Center. The team took a tracking hike through Conant Park in Hillside on a snowy day and filmed the ...