What are the Rutgers Master Gardeners of Monmouth County and what do they do? The mission of the Rutgers Master Gardeners is to provide gardening, pest and horticultural education to the public…The 12th annul plant sale will be held Friday, May 16 9 …
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ReClam The Bay Seeking Volunteers in Brick
Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE), along with the volunteers in ReClam the Bay are inviting the public to their annual Open House for the ReClam The Bay and the Barnegat Bay Shellfish Restoration Program.
Rutgers NJAES Wins Governor’s Award of Excellence in Environmental Education
Rutgers online undergraduate education program in “Environmental Pollution and Organic and Sustainable Agriculture” was the winner of a 2013 Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award in the Environmental Education category. This award is presented to “an educator, student, group of students, or class that has planned and implemented a project or program with measurable, positive environmental impacts.”
Master Gardener class to start
The Monmouth County Master Gardener program is accepting applications for its next round of training. The deadline to apply is Jan. 6. "Each Master Gardener trainee receives in-depth, hands-on training in horticulture from the best in the field – R…
Barnegat Bay Gains New Crop of Oysters, Clams and Volunteers
Now in its eighth year, the Barnegat Bay Shellfish Restoration Program (BBSRP) has enrolled another round of volunteers who are trained to conduct educational outreach and expand the effort to grow hard clams and oysters in land-based nurseries along the bay. These hard clams and oysters are eventually transferred into the bay. BBSRP is a […]
New Jersey Youth Participate in State 4-H Horse Show Aug. 23-25
4-H horse club members from throughout the state will be participating in the New Jersey State 4-H Championship Horse Show, Aug. 23-25, at the Horse Park of New Jersey in Allentown, NJ in Monmouth County. Over 200 4-H members from throughout New Jersey will gather to compete in the English, Western, Dressage, Driving, Very Small […]
Global Warming, Development Lure Jellyfish to Barnegat Bay
The warm waters of the bay, enriched with nitrogen from environmental runoff, make Barnegat Bay inviting for jellyfish, so much so that in some areas, the water looks almost like jelly on the surface. Read what Mike Kennish of Rutgers Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences has observed in the bay.
NJ 4-H Teens Boost Leadership Skills and Civic Engagement at Citizenship Conference in the Nation’s Capital
New Jersey 4-H Members learned about government processes in the vibrant, living classroom of the nation’s capital as part of Citizenship Washington Focus (CWF), an intensive 4-H civic engagement program for high-school youth held at the National 4-H Youth Conference Center in Chevy Chase, Maryland. The New Jersey 4-H delegation of 30 youth and three […]
New Jersey 4-H members to attend national conference
Thirty 4-H members have been selected to represent New Jersey at the 2013 Citizenship Washington Focus Conference. This conference, now in its 54th year, is taking place this week at the National 4-H Youth Conference Center in Chevy Chase, Md. Citizens…
