On April 24, Nurseryman Ken Osterman was presented with a Distinguished Service to Agriculture Award by the New Jersey State Board of Agriculture in Trenton, NJ. Osterman has played a major role in many aspects of New Jersey’s agriculture industry over the years, from leadership within Rutgers University and the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, […]
Archives for May 2013
Arctic Scientists Take On ‘Emerging Research Questions’
Environmental changes from climate warming are hitting the Arctic harder and faster than anyone predicted. This week, top Arctic scientists have been meeting in Anchorage looking for better ways to investigate and even track the changes and what they c…
Allergy Alert: Dark day is bright spot for allergy sufferers
Today’s downpour makes for an ugly day, but it’s a beautiful sight for allergy sufferers. All this rain should scrub the air from pollen giving a bit of relief to those runny noses and itchy eyes. Earlier this week, the tree pollen count was as high as…
The Song of the Cicada
If you live in a suburb or a rural area, from Albany down through North Carolina, you may notice any day now that dozens of holes, maybe half an inch across, have mysteriously appeared in the ground around trees and shrubs…The chirp of a single Magic…
New Jersey Waterways Under Stress
Case Study: Barnegat Bay How is it that one of the most wonderful estuaries on the east coast, Barnegat Bay in Ocean County, is now one of the most impaired coastal water bodies in the nation? Designated by the federal Environmental Protection Agency as a National Estuary Program site in 1995–one of 28 such estuaries […]
Fly Away: Rutgers Entomologist studies Blow flies and crime scenes
At crime scenes, there are the obvious clues: DNA, fingerprints and blood stains. Then, there are the maggots. And in New Jersey, few – if any – know maggots better than Lauren Weidner, a Rutgers graduate student whose research in the growing field of …
First Green Car Wash off to a roaring start in Clark
Using rainwater collected from a roof, last weekend Cub Scout Pack 145 performed the first known "green" car wash fundraiser in Union County, at the public works building in Clark. The event was a success for the Scouts, who washed almost 100 c…
State 4-H Camp Hosts Overnight Youth Camp for More Than Six Decades
For many youngsters, the first extensive time away from the family hearth is a sleepaway camp during the summer, like the one offered by the Lindley G. Cook 4-H Youth Center for Outdoor Education. Each year, for the past 62 years, the center has offered a high quality, fun-filled overnight camp experience to countless youths, grades […]
Rutgers Firmly Planted on Central Park Turf
Rutgers University’s bond with Central Park is as strong as the hardy grass a Rutgers professor plucked from Sheep Meadow in the 1960s and cultivated into world-class turf. Rutgers and the Central Park Conservancy (CPC), a non-profit organization responsible for the restoration, maintenance and enhancement of the iconic park in Manhattan, have strengthened their collective […]
RCE Hosts Workshop on Residential Organic Lawn and Landcare
On May 18, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County will host an Organic Lawn & Landcare for Your Home workshop at the EARTH Center in Davidson’s Mill Pond Park, 42 Riva Ave in South Brunswick. The program will run from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. This three-hour program will teach homeowners how to have a […]