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April is Native Plant Month!
By Suzanne McCarthy Did you know that Congress first adopted April as Native Plant Month in 2021? A yearly bipartisan resolution focuses...
jhansen49
4 days ago4 min read
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Forests Fight Global Warming
By Suzanne McCarthy Climate and weather are always changing, and, currently, changing in the direction of global warming. How do we know...
jhansen49
6 days ago4 min read
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Our Woods and Our Woodpeckers
The family of woodpeckers, Picidae , includes seven species that rely on the woods of southern New Jersey. Many of these birds can also...
jhansen49
Apr 76 min read
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How Trees Pay Us Back
Learn what trees do to help us and why we need your help reforesting a section of our Oldmans Creek Preserve!
jhansen49
Mar 164 min read
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Your Land & Water for February 2025
What's in this issue? How do wild birds deal with the rough weather in winter? How can you help them? BIRD SURVIVAL IN WINTER By Suzanne...
jhansen49
Feb 146 min read
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Your Land & Water for December 2024
What's in this issue? What's that seasonal plant found over our doorways! Did you know it can be found growing here in New Jersey?...
jhansen49
Oct 13, 20244 min read
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Your Land & Water for October 2024
What's in this issue? Where does your drinking water come from? What is an aquifer? A new name for a new property thanks to the support...
jhansen49
Oct 13, 20247 min read
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Your Land & Water for November 2024
What's in this issue? What lives in your stream? Why preserving farmland matters and how it works. Additionally we share an important...
jhansen49
Oct 13, 20246 min read
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Your Land & Water for September 2024
What's in this issue? What is a rain garden and how can you create your own? As well as an introduction to how we at South Jersey Land &...
jhansen49
Sep 11, 20246 min read
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Your Land & Water for August 2024
What's in this issue? All about the new Schipani-Hallissey property including the chance for you to name it as well as an important...
jhansen49
Aug 15, 20243 min read
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Communications Coordinator
Jun 29, 20240 min read
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Celebrating Land Trust Accreditation Renewal
One thing that unites us as a nation is land: We strongly support saving the natural spaces that we love. Since 2006 South Jersey Land &...
Communications Coordinator
Mar 31, 20243 min read
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Stakeholder Notification of Public Comment
The land trust accreditation program recognizes land conservation organizations that meet national quality standards for protecting...
Communications Coordinator
Dec 23, 20221 min read
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Communications Coordinator
Dec 18, 20220 min read
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Farmland Permanently Preserved with aid from South Jersey Land and Water Trust
On June 30, 2022, the County of Gloucester, with assistance from SJLWT, made settlement on the Anthony and Lauren McAlister farm in...
Communications Coordinator
Jul 29, 20221 min read
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Oldmans Creek Preserve Grows Larger
The Oldmans Creek Preserve in Auburn, Salem County, has just grown by 30 acres! The adjacent property, previously owned by the...
Communications Coordinator
Aug 23, 20213 min read
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New Farmland Permanently Preserved!
On July 29th settlement took place on the David and Lynn McAlister farm in Franklin Township, ensuring that the property is forever...
Communications Coordinator
Aug 15, 20212 min read
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Say "Hello" to Our New Team Members!
Our new employees will work to improve the quality of NJ’s water and preserve its natural lands With climate change and algae blooms...
Nicole Lloyd
Sep 24, 20192 min read
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Bringing Back the Butterflies
Plant milkweed in a field and it will quickly be filled with the fluttering orange wings of monarch butterflies. Monarchs, which are...
Nicole Lloyd
Sep 6, 20193 min read
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Water Audits: Protect Natural Resources from Home
Want to get started on a household water audit? See our Household Water Audit Guide and Worksheet Freshwater is always at our fingertips....
Nicole Lloyd
Jan 24, 20192 min read
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