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Atlantic menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus)-Also known as mossbunker. This fish is a success story. In the 1940s and 1950s, the waters of the Estuary were very badly polluted and had been polluted since at least the mid 19th century. By the time of the Clean Water Act, the waters surrounding New York City were ecologically dead or dying. As of 2018 ...
New Jersey Meadowlands, also known as the Hackensack Meadowlands after the primary river flowing through it, is a general name for a large ecosystem of wetlands in northeastern New Jersey in the United States, a few miles to the west of New York City. During the 20th century, much of the Meadowlands area was urbanized, and it became known for ...
Designated. May 1966. The Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge is located in Morris County, New Jersey. Established in 1960, it is among what has grown to be more than 550 refuges in the United States National Wildlife Refuge System. The first part of the Great Swamp that was assembled and donated for perpetual preservation by the park service ...
The Maurice River, pronounced "MAW-ris", [2] is approximately 50 miles (80 km) long with a drainage area of 386 square miles (1,000 km 2). [4] It is the second longest and second largest tributary to Delaware Bay. [citation needed] Its watershed includes an extensive southern portion of the coastal forested wetlands known as the Pine Barrens.
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The New Jersey Pine Barrens, also known as the Pinelands or simply the Pines, is the largest remaining example of the Atlantic coastal pine barrens ecosystem, stretching across more than seven counties of New Jersey. Two other large, contiguous examples of this ecosystem remain in the northeastern United States: the Long Island Central Pine ...
August 20, 2024 at 7:52 AM. A tiny, curious-looking, bug-eyed orange fish has popped up at several locales this summer at the Jersey Shore, begging many to take to social media to ask what it is ...
The Cape May National Wildlife Refuge is a protected area on the Cape May Peninsula in Cape May County, New Jersey. It is part of the National Wildlife Refuge System and managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Established in January 1989 with 90 acres (0.36 km 2) acquired from the Nature Conservancy, it has since grown to more ...