New Jersey has contracted with six universities and colleges to study ways the state can reduce flood risks and potential damage from storm surges and sea level rise. The Department of Environmental Protection has approved 10 projects, worth a total of…
Camp hooks youths on big-game fishing
The biggest fish Dominic Petrocci has ever caught was a 23-inch striped bass he reeled in under the concrete bridge coming into town. But after visiting the Mid-Atlantic $500,000 big-game fishing tournament this week, he is dreaming bigger – much bigge…
High-tech data will help guide fishing nets in South Jersey
The next time Lund’s Fisheries wants to land a particular species of fish while avoiding other species they aren’t supposed to catch, a new high-tech system aboard the boats could point them in the right direction. That’s the promise of a system curren…
Stretch along Maurice River in Cumberland becomes a living shoreline
A short stretch of marsh along the Maurice River is the latest New Jersey test site for a unique way of naturally reinforcing the shoreline. Researchers will use the site to learn how to restore and fortify the marsh through a "living shoreline,…
Flounder season in New Jersey extended 8 days
The New Jersey Marine Fisheries Council on Thursday compromised in a vote that will extend the summer flounder season by eight days this year. The council could have extended the season by 11 days, taking advantage of unused quota other East Coast stat…
New Jersey agency tries to ward off pests without insecticides
Researchers at the Philip E. Marucci Center for Blueberry and Cranberry Research had helped reduce pesticide use in blueberry fields by about 60 percent in recent years, when they suffered a setback. "We got this new invasive species," said Dea…
Some advocates say South Jersey towns are ignoring future weather risks
As towns work to recover from Hurricane Sandy, some environmental and community advocates worry they are missing a golden opportunity to plan for future weather risks. These advocates said while towns are committing a lot of energy and attention to reb…
Atlantic County produce auction house one of nation’s oldest
Felix Donato’s great-grandfather was a farmer who helped start the Landisville Produce Cooperative 100 years ago so growers in the region could match their crops with buyers. But Donato, 42, who manages it today, is not a farmer. He has an economics an…
Nearly 75 percent of N.J. residents concerned about climate change, but few want to pay for needed changes
Nearly three quarters of New Jerseyans are concerned with how climate change may affect the state and two thirds of those of those people say Hurricane Sandy and other recent storms changed their views on climate change…This is the crux of a new poll…
Yellow Sea: Allergy sufferers facing worst pollen season on record
Jay Rivera sees green every time a car or truck covered in yellow pollen pulls into the Sparklin’ Kleen Car Wash in Vineland. Pollen season translates to extra business for the Main Road car wash, and Rivera, its assistant manager, just points to the l…
