Over the past four years, the Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) Water Resources Program has partnered with the Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority to address stormwater management issues throughout the City of Camden. Through this partnership and the efforts of the Camden SMART (Stormwater Management and Resource Training) Initiative, over 30 green infrastructure projects have been constructed capturing over 3 […]
Doctoral Student Amanda Wenczel Awarded New Jersey Sea Grant Scholarship
Amanda Wenczel, a doctoral candidate in Ecology and Evolution working at the Haskin Lab, is the winner of the New Jersey Sea Grant (NJSG) Stew Tweed Scholarship Award for 2014. Stew Tweed was a student of Hal Haskin, for whom the Rutgers Haskin Lab is named, and later spent a productive career as a County […]
On the Road to Health and Wealth: Rutgers Cooperative Extension Launches Online Personal Health and Finance Quiz
To help Americans reach their personal health and financial planning goals, Rutgers Cooperative Extension developed a new online self-assessment tool called the Personal Health and Finance Quiz. The quiz is available online at no charge and is believed to be among the first surveys for public use to simultaneously query users about their daily health […]
RCE Campus Tree Planting Marks 100th Anniversary of Smith-Lever Act
On June 10, a Red Pygmy® dogwood tree was planted in the Foran Conservation Garden on the George H. Cook Campus to commemorate 100 years since the signing of the Smith Lever Act and the creation of Cooperative Extension in 1914. Larry Katz, director of Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) began the ceremony by reading the […]
Rutgers Haskin Lab Helps Celebrate Annual Bay Day in New Jersey
Delaware Bay Day, the free folklife festival celebrating the Bay and the Bayshore region, was held on June 7 in Bivalve, Port Norris and East Point, NJ. Hosted by the Bayshore Center, the festival which is dubbed “Food, Fun & Fireworks in Bivalve, NJ,” offered a number of fun activities and historical displays, including educational […]
Sustainable Farming on the Urban Fringe: Sex and the Single Asparagus
In the land of asparagus, it’s a male dominated world where the female just can’t catch a break. Not weighed down by seed, the male asparagus not only out-yields the female, but ironically is more tender and sweet. Read more on how males take the lead in hybrid asparagus production in the latest “Sustainable Farming […]
NJ Secretary of Ag Acknowledges Rutgers 4-H Equine Clubs During Month of the Horse Kickoff Event
Source: New Jersey Department of Agriculture New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. Fisher kicked off June as the Month of the Horse in New Jersey on Friday, June 6 by highlighting the state’s 4-H equine clubs, which operate through Rutgers Cooperative Extension county offices. Fisher observed a demonstration by the Gloucester County Equine Science […]
NJ Sea Grant Funds Coastal Storm Risk Communication Study Led by Rutgers Faculty
Despite the unparalleled accuracy of the forecast for post-Tropical Storm Sandy, too many coastal residents either failed to fully understand the severity of the storm and the dangerous conditions it would produce, or chose not to evacuate in spite of the serious risks of staying in their homes. Three statewide agencies, New Jersey Sea Grant, […]
Cumberland County 4-H Offers Summer Enrichment Program for Middle Schoolers
Cumberland County 4-H will offer a marine science summer enrichment program called SEA-SI: Sea Science Investigations that will enable participants to become active stewards of the Oranokin Creek through exploration of water quality, marine life, boating and crabbing. The enrichment program will be held August 25 to 27, from 9 a.m. to noon at Beaver […]
Student Stormchasers Share Their Adventures in Infamous Tornado Alley
Is it the thrill of the chase or the chance to witness the development of storm cells that lures students to SEBS meteorology professor Steve Decker’s storm chasing class? The two-week, “Severe Weather Forecasting Field Trip,” allows students to predict, observe and analyze storms to better understand the dynamics and thermodynamics that lead to some […]
