Musconetcong Watershed Association’s 5th ‘Annual Meet the River’ in Byram Township!

An environmental education experience for children (and adults!), to be presented by the Musconetcong Watershed Association on Saturday, August 4, 2012.

Musconetcong River at Byram Riverside Park. Photo by Beth Styler Barry

Come out and get your feet wet!

Date: Saturday, August 4, 2012 Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Place: Byram Township’s […]

Garden Update: Some like it hot.

Summer has set in with its usual severity. ~Samuel Taylor Coleridge

July? July? Where did June go? With the weather we’ve had the last few weeks, you could almost convince me it’s August already! Daily high and low temperatures are averaging 5-15 degrees above normal, and have caused an explosion of growth in the garden. […]

New Jersey Highlands News in financial drought

Good day, Highlanders.

It’s that time again. You know, that moment that I dread every year: “How in the heck am I going to keep the New Jersey Highlands News project alive for another year while paying my mortgage and other bills?”

Sadly, funding is again looking scarce for this project, so for the […]

Wrongs done in the darkness of ignorance and unbelief

April 29, 2012 By Scott Olson

“The wrongs done to trees, wrongs of every sort, are done in the darkness of ignorance and unbelief, for when the light comes, the heart of the people is always right.” –John Muir

This past year has seemed hellish for many of us involved with the protection of the […]

Do you live in New Jersey and drink water?

If so, this video is something you should watch. Now. If you don’t live in New Jersey (or don’t drink water) watch it anyway.

From our friends at the New Jersey Highlands Coalition. I can’t say it enough: Everybody benefits from clean water!

When Did Environmental Protection Become New Jersey’s Public Enemy Number One?

Special Guest Commentary

By William Honachefsky Sr., P.L.S., P.P., QEP

The intensity at which the State’s legislators and Governor’s office seem driven to destroy (See especially Senate Bill S3156 and Assembly Bill A4335) or at the least emasculate, 41 years of the State’s hard won environmental protection laws, rules and regulations is not only unsettling, […]

You are invited to “Meet the River”

Fourth annual environmental education experience for children and adults to be presented by the Musconetcong Watershed Association and Byram Township Environmental Commission at Riverside Park in Byram Township on Saturday, August 6, 2011.

Byram Township's Riverside Park. Photo by Beth Styler Barry.

Come out and get your feet wet!

Date: Saturday, August 6, […]