Opinion: The Pine Barrens gets some help from its friends
MICHELE S. BYERS / NJCF - Along New Jersey State Highway 72 in New Lisbon, just around the bend from Brendan Byrne State Forest, is a publicly-accessible forest fire [go to article]
Opinion: Science won the day in defeating Highlands rule
CINDY EHRENCLOU / RARITAN HEADWATERS ASSOCIATION - Clean water in the Highlands won an enormous victory on Jan. 8, when the state Legislature invalidated a state [go to article]
Wetlands restoration on Newark Bay protects against flooding, improves water quality
MIKE SMITH / NJ ENVIRONMENT NEWS - Jet passengers flying into Newark International Airport or car drivers zipping along the New Jersey Turnpike may not think [go to article]
New Jersey lawmakers recalling Roman empire in beach fight
WAYNE PARRY / AP / WASHINGTON POST - New Jersey lawmakers are reaching back to the Roman empire in their latest effort to guarantee public access [go to article]
Highlands defenders lost battles to Christie, but won the war
CHRISTOPHER MAAG / NORTHJERSEY.COM - Julia Somers stood on the shore of Splitrock Reservoir looking south, into the sun. Behind her was a view of her victory [go to article]
Offshore oil drillers want another crack at N.J.’s Atlantic coast, and Trump wants to...
ANDREW MAYKUTH / PHILLY.COM - The Ben Ocean Lancer, a 490-foot-long drill ship, positioned itself in federal waters about 93 miles southeast of Atlantic City [go to article]
Shore towns use sand dredged from inlets to widen beaches
WAYNE PARRY / AP / WASHINGTON POST - Two common problems in coastal areas — eroded beaches, and clogged inlets hazardous for boat traffic — have a mutual solution [go to article]
Former Gov. Brendan Byrne wanted to be remembered for saving the Pine Barrens
TED SHERMAN / NJ.COM - In the summer of 2002, Lebanon State Forest, a portion of the vast New Jersey Pinelands, was renamed in honor of Brendan T. Byrne [go to article]
Opinion: DEP must stop mini-city in Pinelands
JEFF TITTEL / APP.COM - In the middle of the Pinelands, a developer has proposed a mini-city in one of the most environmentally sensitive areas in the country [go to article]
DEP won’t rescind septic-tank rule in Highlands, despite legislative action
TOM JOHNSON / NJ SPOTLIGHT - The state Department of Environmental Protection is refusing to withdraw a rule involving development in the New Jersey Highlands [go to article]
