An effort led by Brooke Maslo aims to redevelop property purchased through New Jersey’s Blue Acres initiative to protect flood-prone parts of the state In the Watson-Crampton neighborhood of Woodbridge Township, New Jersey, meadows, marshlands and forests form a green, undeveloped crescent on the community’s eastern edge. At first glance, the acres of open space look like […]
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Data-Visualization and Mapping Tools Help New Jersey Communities Plan for Climate Change
The expanded suite of apps will assist decision-makers to predict and prepare for future events and conditions New Jersey residents and planners alike have a new set of decision-support tools to help prepare their communities for climate change, thanks to a suite of data-visualization and mapping tools developed at Rutgers University’s New Jersey Climate Change Resource […]
Blue Acres: Art, science of managing flood-prone open-space properties in N.J.
Brooke Maslo – Dept. of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources; Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Blue Acres: The Art and Science of Managing Flood-Prone Open-Space Properties in New Jersey
By Carol Peters, EOAS Communications A wildlife and conservation management expert for Rutgers Cooperative Extension, EOAS faculty member and Associate Professor Brooke Maslo works with local NJ municipalities to help them manage and restore properties in FEMA-established flood-prone areas purchased through the DEP Blue Acres program. Imagine the plight of families in New Jersey who […]
Experts tout success of transforming suburban New Jersey neighborhood back to natural state for flood resiliency initiative
Brooke Maslo – Dept. of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources; Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Delma Yorimoto is New FCHS Senior Program Coordinator in Hudson County
Announcement by Sara Elnakib, chair of the Department of Family and Community Health Sciences. I am delighted to welcome Delma Yorimoto to SEBS/NJAES-RCE as our new Family and Community Health Sciences Senior Program Coordinator in Hudson County. Delma will lead our produce prescription, nutrition security and food policy efforts in Hudson County in this role. She will […]
Plant of the Month: Itea – A ‘Late Bloomer’ Most Worthy of Rediscovery
by Bruce Crawford, Manager of Horticulture, Morris County Park Commission It is rare for a low maintenance shrub, capable of providing the garden with close to four seasons of interest to be an uncommon plant in the home landscape. Oddly, this has been the fate of Virginia Sweetspire. It was not included in my Woody […]
How Rutgers Is Forging the Next Generation of Climate Change Problem Solvers
Training program created in wake of Superstorm Sandy brings graduate students from varied disciplines together to solve real-world climate problems As a child, Dan Blanco watched low-income neighborhoods in his native Chicago flood during storms while the more affluent enclaves did not. Now, he is pursuing a doctoral degree in atmospheric sciences at Rutgers so […]
Education, appreciation, beginner farmers find home at Rutgers’ Cream Ridge Farm
William Hlubik, Bill Errickson, Brendon Pearsall, Linnea Eberly, Alex Sawatzky – Rutgers Cooperative Extension; Lauren Erriskcon – Rutgers Gardens
Spice Containers Pose Contamination Risk During Food Preparation
A government-funded study on the potential for cross-contaminating kitchen surfaces with pathogens during food preparation has pointed to an unlikely culprit for spreading sickness: spice containers Detailing findings in the Journal of Food Protection, Donald Schaffner, a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Food Science at the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences who co-authored the study in collaboration with […]
