By Michele Bakacs (Associate Professor/ County Agent)
I spent the past year watching as beech leaf disease ravaged through some of my favorite forests in New Jersey. Seeing these majestic beech trees suddenly dying around me, has brought me sorrow in a way that I have never felt before about the natural world. I go to the woods to escape and heal. …
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By Paige Radcliffe (Marine Resources Program Monitor, Ocean County)
The Rutgers University Marine Field Station (RUMFS) bridge netting survey is the second longest ongoing study of its kind on the east coast with this year marking 35 years. It provides a valuable time series for studying fish biology and species’ shifts in response to climate change, which are …
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Jean Epiphan, Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Photo Credit: Jean Epiphan Have you heard about all the benefits leaves provide to our landscapes? There are also many downsides to removing leaves. The wide-spread practices of blowing and transporting leaves degrade our environment and quality of life. They pose serious threats to human …
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by Paige Radcliffe, Douglas Zemeckis, and Steve Yergeau
A hot topic and important environmental issue is the increasing prevalence of microplastics in our marine environments. Microplastics, which are defined as plastic particles smaller than 5 millimeters in size (Figure 1), are often broken down from larger plastic debris that find their way into our …
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by Amy Rowe, Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Per- and polyflouroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been in the news recently due to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalizing regulations for public drinking water systems. Health impacts of PFAS are also being reported after years of in-depth research. But what are …
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