The no-smoking section in N.J. could include all beaches
SUSAN K. LIVIO / NJ.COM - Beachgoers in New Jersey left behind an estimated 29,000 cigarette butts last year [go to article]
The last days of the blue-blood harvest
SARAH ZHANG / THE ATLANTIC - Horseshoe crabs are sometimes called “living fossils” because they have been around in some form for more than 450 million years [go to article]
New Jersey’s migrating shorebirds shun sunken shellfish supports
LINDSEY KONKEL / HAKAI MAGAZINE - Each May, up to a million migrating shorebirds alight on the shore of Delaware Bay to fatten up on horseshoe crab eggs [go to article]
NJ measure creates commission tasked with protecting the Jersey Shore
NJ 101.5 - Adequately protecting the Jersey Shore from future storms and rising sea levels would be best achieved through a regional approach and not on a town-by-town basis [go to article]
FEMA proposes to buy flooded homes and let owners rebuild
JOEL SCATA / NRDC - FEMA has proposed allowing owners of homes that have been repeatedly damaged by coastal storms and floods, and that were bought out by taxpayers [go to article]
Editorial: Protecting piping plovers helps keep NJ natural, wildlife diverse
PRESS OF ATLANTIC CITY - The choice between foxes and plovers in North Brigantine is a difficult one to make from the heart [go to article]
Flooding hot spots: Why seas are rising faster on the U.S. East Coast
JIM MORRISON / YALE ENVIRONMENT 360 - Seen from a pedestrian footbridge overlooking Myrtle Park — a sliver of land that Norfolk, Virginia is allowing to revert to wetlands [go to article]
Phil Murphy signs bill banning offshore drilling in New Jersey
CHRISTIAN HETRICK / OBSERVER - New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill into a law on Friday to ban offshore drilling in state waters, hindering President Trump’s plan [go to article]
The latest climate threat for coastal cities: More rich people
CHRISTOPHER FLAVELLE / BLOOMBERG - When Hurricane Irma reached Florida’s Big Pine Key in September, it caused the floor of Terry and Sharon Baron’s cream-colored [go to article]
Petition to stop state’s killing of red foxes on Jersey beach nears 80K signatures
CAITLYN STULPIN / NJ.COM - Residents of Brigantine speculated for years about the state's role in the dwindling numbers of their beloved unofficial mascots, the red fox [go to article]
