As storms get bigger, oyster reefs can help protect shorelines
EMILY MATCHAR / SMITHSONIAN.COM - Two hundred years ago, the streets of lower Manhattan were lined with “oyster cellars,” rough-and-ready establishments [go to article]
Lawmakers flush Christie’s septic plan for Highlands reservoir region down the drain
SCOTT FALLON / NORTHJERSEY.COM - A plan by the Christie administration to allow more development in the most protected regions of the Highlands was shot down [go to article]
Military turns to oyster reefs to protect against storms
WAYNE PARRY / AP / NORTHJERSEY.COM - Earle Naval Weapons Station, where the Navy loads some of America's most sophisticated weapons [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]
High court to review development bid in sensitive Highlands area
MARSHA STOLTZ and JOSHUA JONGSMA / NORTHJERSEY.COM - Calling it "a victory for the environment and the Highlands Act," New Jersey Sierra Club Director Jeff Tittel [go to article]
Lawmakers ready to say no to more development in Highlands
TOM JOHNSON / NJ SPOTLIGHT - Ignoring a plea from state environmental officials, lawmakers yesterday moved to rescind [go to article]
Editorial: In Highlands, preservation first
MYCENTRALJERSEY.COM - State legislators on Monday took an important step toward protecting the Highlands region when a Senate [go to article]
NY/NJ Baykeeper’s oyster reef naturally reproduces baby oysters in Raritan Bay
ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS HERALD - NY/NJ Baykeeper’s Restoration Program scientists discovered the natural growth of baby oysters [go to article]
Will climate change revive an old idea: A regional coastal commission?
TOM JOHNSON / NJ SPOTLIGHT – Could climate change lead the state to embrace an idea it shunned more than three decades ago [go to article]
5 years after Superstorm Sandy, the lessons haven’t sunk in
FRANK ELTMAN and WAYNE PARRY / AP / WASHINGTON POST – Five years after Superstorm Sandy was supposed to have [go to article]
