By Michele Bakacs, Rutgers Cooperative Extension, County Agent II/Associate Professor Reprinted from Green Knight newsletter, Rutgers NJAES Cooperative Extension, February 2017 Manalapan Lake in Middlesex County’s Thompson Park received an ecological makeover this past fall when 600 feet of bare shoreline were planted with native plants. This shoreline buffer was established to prevent soil from […]
Archives for April 2017
Rutgers Gardens Receives Prestigious National Horticultural Landmark Award
Rutgers Gardens was presented with a Horticultural Landmark Award by the American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) on April 4 at the Log Cabin on the grounds of the Gardens. The ASHS president John Dole and ASHS Executive Director Michael Neff presented a brass commemorative plaque to dean Bob Goodman, chairman of the Rutgers Gardens […]
Here’s the Bad News for People Who Want to Lose Weight Without Exercising
Shawn Arent – Center for Human Health and Performance, IFNH
Ask The Experts: Learning From the Best
Barbara O’Neill – Financial Resource Management at the Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Water, water everywhere. But will drought warnings be lifted?
Mathieu Gerbush, Assistant New Jersey State Climatologist
NJ bat species may be making a comeback after fungus devastation
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In Memoriam: David A. Meirs
David A. Meirs, alumnus and former chair of the Rutgers University Board for Equine Advancement, passed away on March 27, 2017. He was 87. Services were held on April 1 at the Crosswicks Meeting House, Chesterfield, N.J. A Rutgers alumnus, Meirs was heavily involved in the growth and development of Rutgers’ equine science program and […]
N.J. drought easing just in time for peak water demand
David Robinson – New Jersey State Climatologist
Tree pollen levels are way up in NJ, leading to allergy misery for many
Leonard Bielory – Rutgers Climate Institute
Using GIS Mapping and Spatial Thinking to Promote Health in the Urban Landscape
With funding from the New Jersey Healthy Community Network, the 3rd Annual Geohealth Workshop, led by David Tulloch, associate director for program development and GIS applications program leader at the Rutgers Grant F. Walton Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis (CRSSA), is scheduled to get underway at Rutgers this summer. The annual workshop, which […]