Tucked on the back of the Rutgers University Inn on Cook campus lies a hidden and once forgotten gem: the Arbor Trail. Four years ago, senior environmental planning and design major Elliot Nagele was walking along the inn’s lawn and noticed this hidden Rutgers relic overgrown with weeds, leaves and tree stumps. Intrigued, Nagele, went […]
Middlesex County
EARTH Center hosting bird count on Saturday
Rutgers Master Gardeners of Middlesex County
Sue Meaney, Rutgers Environmental Steward
Home Gardeners School Returns to Rutgers March 23
The annual Rutgers Home Gardeners School, offering “something for everyone,” will be held at on Saturday, March 23, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. This year’s program consists of 40 workshop sessions covering a wide array of horticulture topics. Attendees can create a personalized schedule for a fun day of learning by selecting the workshops […]
Rutgers Against Hunger Successfully Concludes 10th Annual Adopt-A-Family Program
Rutgers Against Hunger (RAH) has successfully concluded the 10th year of their Adopt-A-Family initiative. Through the generosity of approximately 180 Rutgers New Brunswick faculty and staff “adopting” families for the holidays, a total of 279 families in the greater New Brunswick area were sponsored this year. In Newark, approximately 62 families were adopted by sponsors from […]
Deadline near for Rutgers stewards program
Environmental Steward Program – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Strengthening Healthy Community Connections in New Brunswick: Farmers Market Pops up at Lincoln Annex School
The schoolyard at the Lincoln Annex School on Somerset Street in New Brunswick was abuzz on a chilly day in October. The clackety clack of a prize wheel and delighted cries of children claiming their apples and mini pumpkins gave the aura of a carnival, however this festivity was actually a health and wellness-based farmers […]
Registration open for RCE environmental stewards
Rutgers Environmental Stewards program – Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Make a Difference in Your Community – Become a Rutgers Environmental Steward
Registration is open for the 2019 Rutgers Environmental Stewards program – a great gift for your family’s environmentalist or…a great way to back up your New Year’s “Green” resolution. Since 2005, hundreds of volunteers have made the commitment to protecting New Jersey’s environment by participating in the Rutgers Environmental Stewards Program. Offered by Rutgers Cooperative Extension, […]
Environmental Steward program coming in 2019
Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County
Brand New Trail Opens Access to Remote Section of Rutgers Ecological Preserve
The Rutgers Ecological Preserve and Natural Teaching Area is a 360-acre wooded preserve located between Busch and Livingston Campus in Piscataway. The preserve–one of the largest contiguous patches of forest in the area–is habitat to diverse wildlife including wild turkeys, pileated woodpeckers, salamanders, red tailed hawks, herons, snakes, turtles, fish and foxes. The landscape covers […]
